Football Homeless World Cup blows whistle on social exclusion
Cardiff, UKThomson Reuters Foundation From street vendors to asylum seekers, nearly 500 men and women gathered in Cardiff on Saturday to kick off the 17th Football Homeless World Cup, in a bid to tackle social exclusion and offer a respite from rough sleeping. The week-long tournament, which has garnered support from European soccer body UEFA and […]
India ruling could allow millions of home workers to access benefits
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A ruling by India’s top court that a garment firm must pay pensions to women who worked from home in the 1990s could help millions of “invisible” workers access staff benefits, labour rights activists said on Friday. The Supreme Court this week directed Godavari Garments Limited to make pension payments of […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: CANCELLED RACES, FAINTING PLAYERS – HOW THE HEAT IS TURNING UP FOR SPORTING EVENTS
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…