Brazil halts mobile group’s anti-slavery operations due to coronavirus
Rio de JaneiroThomson Reuters Foundation Brazil has put anti-slavery operations by its special mobile enforcement group on indefinite hold due to fears of coronavirus infecting its staff or rescued victims, authorities said on Tuesday. The freeze is expected to have an impact on the number of workers rescued from slave labour this year, said Magno […]
As religious groups weigh virus response, Samaritan’s Purse donates a field hospital
RNS A DC-8 aircraft carrying an emergency field hospital and a team of 32 technicians and medical personnel took off from Greensboro, North Carolina, on Tuesday for Cremona, Italy, to set up a triage operation outside a hospital there. The massive shipment is a donation from Samaritan’s Purse, the evangelical humanitarian relief organisation headed by […]
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE: AS COVID-19 LEADS TO CANCELLED RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS, FAITH LEADERS EMBRACE THE DIGITAL
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on how Christian leaders in the US, along with the leaders of other faiths, are turning the digital technologies to continue reaching their flocks in this age of coronavirus…
World “woefully” underestimating female genital mutilation, study finds
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Female genital mutilation affects far more countries than previously thought, meaning global estimates for the number of women who have been cut are “woefully” low, researchers said on Tuesday. FGM is traditionally associated with a swathe of African countries, but the study highlights growing evidence that the ritual is also practised […]
ESSAY: SOCIAL DISTANCING CAN MAKE YOU LONELY. HERE’S HOW TO STAY CONNECTED WHEN YOU’RE IN LOCKDOWN
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian academics MICHELLE H LIM and JOHANNA BADCOCK look at tips for how to stay connected in a time of “social distancing”…