Jobs | Public Radio International

June 21, 2018

Seven years after a deadly tsunami ripped through the Tokyo Electric Power plant in Fukushima, Japan, tour organizers are bringing curious sightseers to the region as residents who fled the nuclear catastrophe trickle back.

Economics

Two South Dakota cattle ranchers, two opinions on NAFTA

PRI's The World

June 19, 2018

US beef exports to Canada and Mexico are way up since NAFTA came into effect in 1994. But so are imports to the US.

Women & Girls

Astronaut Sally K. Ride's legacy — encouraging young women to embrace science and engineering

The Conversation

June 18, 2018

Popular TV celebrities continue to boast on air that they either didn’t like math or struggled with it. Sally Ride Science helps to combat misconceptions and dispel myths by bringing practicing scientists and engineers directly to the students.

Conflict

In northern Uganda, these women move past insurgency by baking cakes

GlobalPost

June 15, 2018

Today, the group has 61 members — women who are HIV-positive, widows, single mothers, women who face domestic abuse, former abductees who lost their limbs or still live with bullet wounds and women whose children were abducted during the conflict, with some of them never returning.

Technology

Sweden's #Teknisktfel movement exposes sexual harassment in the tech industry

GlobalPost

June 11, 2018

Inspired by the #MeToo movements that spread around the world last fall, #Teknisktfel is a petition, hashtag and website run by seven women in Sweden’s tech industry dedicated to chronicling the harassment and discrimination that women in the field face every day.

Women & Girls

Why Japan is paying single mothers to move to the countryside

PRI's The World

June 06, 2018

Japan’s population is projected to shrink by a third by 2065. With small towns getting smaller, local governments are looking for creative ways to bring in new people.

Justice

America's poor becoming more destitute under Trump, UN human rights investigator finds

Reuters

June 02, 2018

Poverty in the United States is extensive and is deepening under the Trump administration, whose policies seem aimed at removing the safety net from millions of poor, while rewarding the rich, a UN human rights investigator has found.

Conflict

Overfished: In Senegal, empty nets lead to hunger and violence

GlobalPost

May 30, 2018

The crisis is now forcing West African countries fronting the Atlantic to fight one another over the fish that remain.

Women & Girls

The true cost of Myanmar's growing garment industry

News Deeply

May 29, 2018

Discrimination and sexual harassment in Myanmar’s garment factories can take a massive financial toll on both the workers and the industry. To improve women’s economic wellbeing, employees and authorities need to address their physical safety, say rights advocates.

Jobs

Lagos' megacity dreams are a nightmare for many working people

GlobalPost

May 29, 2018

Lagos, Nigeria, is Africa's largest city and it could double in size by 2050. As city officials and developers undertake a project they say will make Lagos a global city of the future, critics argue that megacity gentrification is hurting working people. A new land use tax increase threatens even more strain.