Number of women in jail soars, despite global push to cut numbers
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The number of women in jail globally has soared by 17 per cent in a decade, despite leaders’ pledges to put fewer women behind bars for petty crimes and the devastating impact on their mental health and children, penal reformers said on Thursday. Penal Reform International said 741,000 women were in […]
“Look for the laggards” – investors told to target modern slavery
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Big investors must look beyond the clamour over climate change and compel companies to tackle modern slavery as well, the head of a United Nations-backed group pushing for responsible investment said on Wednesday. Fund managers can put trillions of dollars worth of pressure on businesses that fail to stop slave labour by […]