Fighting sex trafficking with soap at the US Super Bowl
Thomson Reuters Foundation Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, tens of thousands of unaccompanied men will arrive in Atlanta to schmooze and be schmoozed, but most of all to party. That brings sex trafficking to the top of the agenda for US authorities such as the Atlanta Police Department and the FBI, and for smaller organisations […]
SNAPSHOT: AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
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Climate shocks threaten gains against HIV in Africa, researchers say
Thomson Reuters Foundation Teenage girls growing up in areas hit by harsh drought and other climate shocks in Lesotho are more likely to drop out of school, start having sex earlier and contract HIV, researchers said. In a study looking at the link between climate change and HIV infection since antiretroviral treatment drugs became widely […]
Willow Creek Association releases resource on ministry and #MeToo
RNS There are a lot of abuse survivors who don’t feel safe in church – and a lot of abusers who do, Rev Dale Ingraham of Curtis Baptist Bible Church in Campbell, New York, told a room of Willow Creek Association staff and Christian leaders last month. Whether the abuse happened at home or in the […]
Aid groups warn of lost generation as 500,000 Yemeni children flee fighting
Thomson Reuters Foundation Fighting in Yemen has forced more than half a million children from their homes in the past six months alone, aid groups said on Thursday, warning of a lost generation of young people. Most fled during a major military offensive on the key port of Hodeidah in July and August and all […]
SPACE INVADERS: CELESTIAL BILLBOARDS SPARK DEBATE ABOUT WHO OWNS THE SKY
As UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation reports, to date only the United States and Luxembourg have passed domestic legislation on the commercial exploitation of celestial bodies…
Fat and happy: the comforts of practicing a religion
RNS People who are active in their religious congregations tend to be happier, a new Pew survey finds. But that advantage doesn’t extend to their waistlines. In a large meta-analysis of 35 countries, Pew researchers found that religiously active people around the world report a range of desirable health and social outcomes. They vote and volunteer more. They […]
ESSAY: IN THE US, STATES’ MOVES TOWARD ABORTION EXTREMISM HEATS UP ‘COLD CIVIL WAR’
In an article published on Religion News Service, CHARLES C CAMOSY, board member of Democrats for Life and author of ‘Beyond the Abortion Wars’, expresses alarm over recent shifts in abortion laws in some states…