Ghana, Ivory Coast cocoa floor price seen as small step toward ending child labour
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Ghana and Ivory Coast’s move this week to set a minimum price for cocoa beans could help reduce child labour, though it will not be enough on its own, advocates said on Friday. The two West African countries, which together supply about 65 per cent of the world’s cocoa, proposed a […]
Southern Baptists give greater attention to diversity but acknowledge more needed
Birmingham, Alabama, US RNS At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists re-elected their president, adopted statements on their views about major cultural issues, and discussed how to deal with sexual abuse and racial discrimination in the church. They also brought to centre stage questions about church leadership roles that are appropriate for women in the church. […]
RUNNING DRY: COMPETING FOR WATER ON A THIRSTY PLANET
LAURIE GOERING, of Thomson News Foundation, reports on the world’s water crisis…
Texas town declares itself a “sanctuary for the unborn”
New York CityThomson Reuters Foundation A town in eastern Texas has declared itself a “sanctuary city for the unborn”, aiming to fend off any demand for abortion services from women in nearby states, officials said. The all-male Waskom City Council unanimously approved this week a resolution declaring that a 1973 US Supreme Court ruling protecting […]