Philippines is world’s deadliest nation for land rights: campaign group
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation More than three people were murdered each week last year while protecting their land from encroaching industries, a human rights group said on Tuesday, with a four-fold increase in killings related to conflicts over water. At least 164 farmers and land rights activists were killed worldwide last year, with the Philippines […]
New Zealand’s Indigenous Maori protest over “stolen children”
Reuters Wellington, New ZealandReuters Thousands of Maori people protested across New Zealand on Tuesday calling for an end to the practice of taking at-risk children away from their families, as tensions grow between the Indigenous community and the government. Children facing harm have been moved into state care for decades despite criticism from many Maori […]
US megachurch sued for more than $US1 million over alleged abuse at church camp
RNS A young woman who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a youth minister at a church camp is suing the Village Church for more than $US1 million for gross negligence and the emotional distress the alleged abuse has caused her. According to the lawsuit obtained by Religion News Service, the Village Church’s former associate children’s […]
Climate champion Greta Thunberg plans to set sail for Americas on zero-carbon trip
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg is taking a year off school to pursue her campaign to curb global warming in the Americas, which she will reach by sailboat on a transatlantic voyage. She will travel from Britain to the United States, leaving in mid-August on the Malizia II, a racing boat […]
Flip-flops to building blocks: Ivory Coast uses plastic waste to build classrooms
Yaounde, CameroonThomson Reuters Foundation Too much plastic and not enough schools are scourges of modern life many countries face. Now a factory in West Africa will try to tackle both by transforming old flip-flops and car tyres into bricks to build classrooms. The factory in Ivory Coast will be the first of its kind in […]
VULNERABILITY
Vulnerability is the ability to admit, to ourselves and others, areas in our life where we don’t feel confident, where we lack strength. Being vulnerable is to open yourself up to criticism and the possibility of being hurt. PICTURE: Harli Marten/Unsplash Many people see vulnerability as weakness and therefore never go there. They never open […]
BOLIVIA: CELEBRATING NEW RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LAW, EVANGELICALS PUSH FOR MORE
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, of Religion News Service, reports from South America…
Call for prayer as southern India faces water shortages amid crippling drought
Christian organisation GFA World has called for Christians around the world to pray as a drought in southern India puts hundreds of millions at risk. GFA World, formerly known as Gospel for Asia, says that as many as 600 million people – almost half of India’s population – face acute water shortages with the city of […]
ESSAY: WITHOUT SCHOOL, A ‘LOST GENERATION’ OF ROHINGYA REFUGEE CHILDREN FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE
In an article first published on The Conversation, RUBAYAT JESMIN, a doctoral student at Binghamton University, State University of New York, looks at the risks facing Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh…
POSTCARDS: SICILY LURES VISITORS WITH ‘ETHICAL TOURISM’ FREE OF MAFIA TAINT
ELENA BARTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…