Ellen Wulfhorst is the Chief Correspondent of the Americas for the Thompson Reuters Foundation.
As employees return to their workplaces, there is a growing concern that women are less likely than men to return, instead opting to stay home to continue to look after children and do ho...
A new report from the Gates Foundation shows the impact of the coronavirus on inequality and progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
4月28日，联合国预测，新冠病毒导致的封锁可能会导致家庭暴力事件激增20%，因为受害者被困在家中，与施暴者待在一起。联合国警告说，疫情将对女性造成“灾难性的影响”。
Coronavirus is having a major impact on women, with unintended pregnacies and cases of domestic abuse and female genital mutilation all at risk of rising.
The New York jail is set to close in 2026. But what will replace it? Suggestions include a solar farm, a modernized wastewater treatment facility and a plant converting organic waste into...
This year, 88 cities scored a perfect score on the Municipal Equality Index, a 10-city increase from the previous year.
COPE team - Citizens Organized to Prepare for Emergencies - links residents and authorities to share advice on everything from how to pack evacuation bags to how to find family during a f...
While life for women has improved in some 60 countries, it has deteriorated in Yemen and other war-torn nations, according to the Women, Peace, and Security Index.
The biggest obstacle to women moving up in the corporate world is the very first step to manager, according to new research.
Melinda Gates has pledged $1 billion towards expanding women's power and influence in the United States over the next decade. Admitting that she looses sleep over fears that inequality wi...
With the popularity of skiing, ice hockey and outdoor skating combined there is a large base for increasing climate control support after repeated years of decreased or unreliable snowfal...
Leading scientists have warned the United Nations that we are not on track to meet global goals due to climate change and inequality.
Women working full-time earned 82 cents for every dollar earned by men last year. The gender pay gap in the U.S. has not budged for over a year.
To end global slavery in the next decade, 10,000 people must be freed every day. North Korea and Eritrea are among the worst affected countries, with Russia, Singapore and Hong Kong doing...
Climate change is "the greatest challenge to sustainable development" and threatens to "render many parts of the globe uninhabitable", according to a new UN report.
