投稿者: Sarah Johnson
In countries where tourism is still a male domain, all-female establishments are providing much-needed job opportunitiesIt took Jeewanthi Adhikari a decade to get the promotion she wanted working in the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. For years, she wat…
Médecins Sans Frontières workers have unique insight into the suffering of those they help, providing medical care in times of crisisDonate to our charity appeal hereMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is one of the Guardian and Observer’s three 2024 charit…
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsExtreme religious groups and political parties are targeting schools around the world as part of a coordinated and well-funded attack on gender…
Study confirms huge concentrations of potentially dangerous PFAS in rivers, lakes and taps in DhakaRivers, lakes and tap water in areas of Bangladesh that host garment factories are swarming with dangerous levels of toxic “forever chemicals”, some with…
Researchers find that in low and middle-income countries owning spectacles can help people over 35 increase their incomeOwning a pair of reading glasses might help people increase their earnings by a third, according to new research.The study, conducte…
The pandemic, cost-of-living crisis and the climate emergency are influencing responses to the largest-ever survey of young peopleGetting a good education and a job are the top priorities for 10 to 24-year-olds, according to the preliminary results of …
In at least 17 countries, suicide remains a criminal offence – a ‘huge barrier’ to mental health care. As Ghana becomes one of four countries to overturn its law in a year, others could followWhen Ghana’s parliament voted to decriminalise suicide and a…
Dawoodi Bohra leader Mufaddal Saifuddin, who is in the UK to preach, is an advocate of the abusive practice whose visa should be revoked, say activistsCampaigners have criticised the UK government for granting a visa to a religious leader who has advoc…
Calls grow for repeal of statute of limitations and widening of definition of rape after former model makes allegations on TikTokA young woman’s account on TikTok of being drugged, raped and then blackmailed by a beauty pageant organiser when she was 1…
Exercise to help COPD hospital patients is being rolled out across Kyrgyzstan and to neighbouring countriesPhotographs by Danil UsmanovEvery day on the respiratory ward at one of Kyrgyzstan’s biggest hospitals, Aidai Temiraly Kyzy, a 24-year-old nurse,…
Psychologist Ratnaboli Ray’s recovery from a mental health crisis inspired her to fight for women suffering in ‘abysmal’ conditions in West Bengal’s state institutionsPhotography by Ranita Roy for the GuardianRatnaboli Ray regards one of the lowest poi…
Criminalisation means survivors are vulnerable to blackmail to avoid imprisonment and stigma, but there is hope the colonial-era legislation could soon be repealedIt was when the police knocked on Aatifa Farooqui’s* door and threatened to send her to p…
No laws were broken but brands failed to ensure workers were paid properly during the pandemic, says Clean Clothes CampaignCampaigners claim to have found evidence of “wage theft” in the supply chains of Primark, Nike and H&M in a report that outli…