India plans database to help informal workers access state aid
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation India unveiled plans on Monday to create a database registering hundreds of millions of informal workers, many of whom have struggled to access state aid during the COVID-19 pandemic because they are undocumented. Announcing the annual budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said 1.3 billion rupees ($US20.5 million) would be spent to […]
Senegal launches online database to track the traffickers
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation A new online database of human trafficking cases will help Senegal crack down on a rampant crime that is little understood, highlighting hotspots and profiling crooks in a bid to curb the growing trade in people, the government said last week. The ‘Systraite’ system will collect information on victims, convictions, traffickers […]
In the US, Southern Baptist leaders vow to improve addressing sex abuse after newspapers’ report
RNS Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have called the reports by two Texas newspapers of hundreds of sex abuse cases in affiliated churches evidence of “pure evil” and “satanic” behavior within their ranks. Several vowed to improve the ways churches address such behavior. The Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. PICTURE: Courtesy of […]