From social activism to human rights and civil rights, from the daily commitment on non-governmental organisation (NGOs) and civil society, to organisations and individuals working on the the ground to improve people’s lives and make them more sustainable, including by proposing new social norms and models, as well as through international cooperation. The themes that our societies face are many and multifaceted. Here you can find the latest news on how society is evolving for better and for worse with a special focus on rights – human, civil, minority, gender, LGBTQ, indigenous, animal – and international politics, for an overview of what is happening in the sphere of sustainability as well as what sustainable things are happening in the world.
Related trends: Gender, Indigenous Peoples, Migration, Animal Rights.
Meet Gokul Subedi and Prakriti Mainali, the founders of two humanitarian organisations with one shared goal: to improve the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of Nepalese society.
With all eyes currently fixed on the war in Ukraine, Paralympians competing in Beijing can show us the bright side of international cooperation.
The Hijab ban has caused a major controversy in India after several Muslim girls were denied entry into a college for wearing the traditional headscarf.
The threat of a Russian invasion has changed the lives of Ukraine’s people. The story of the Ukraine crisis as told by men, women, and soldiers.
At Beijing 2022 politics and superpower rivalry are dominating the headlines. Nowhere is this more evident than in the treatment of Eileen Gu, the US-born Chinese freestyle skier that is taking the sport by storm.
We meet the women working to reverse trends of disengagement with studies, normalise motherhood in universities, and counteract gender disparities to improve access to academic careers for Colombian women and mothers.
With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics about to start, China is under the spotlight as it seeks to deliver on its promise of holding the first ever carbon-neutral Olympic Games.
The #PaidToPollute claimants are taking the UK government to court to answer for giving billions to the oil and gas industry.
A lack of transparency in the fashion supply chains favours labour rights violations and environmental damage. Fashion Revolution is trying to change this.
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has shone a painful spotlight on the dire conditions of tea garden workers struggling against poverty in India.
