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Refugee women in Greece are moving forward. But many men around them are not.

August 09, 2018

As nonprofits educate and train women, the gap in programming can and has caused additional conflict and violence in the homes of many refugee women whose husbands have begun to feel their power slip away as their wives and daughters move forward with their lives.

Economics

Chiapas artisans face major threat from knockoff handicrafts, mostly made in China

Global Press Journal

August 09, 2018

For generations, artisans in Mexico’s Chiapas state have produced handmade crafts such as clothing, leather goods and looms, to be sold in local markets. But cheap, factory-made copies of these products, mostly from China, have begun to seep into the local market, presenting a serious threat to the artisans’ traditional livelihoods.

Food

In food-insecure Haiti, street vendors play a central role in feeding the capital

Global Press Journal

August 03, 2018

Earlier in July, protests against price hikes paralyzed Port-au-Prince, but the demonstrations also forced the closing of one of the capital’s sources of affordable food: the informal street chefs known as “manje kwit.” With stands near markets and bus stops, these vendors offer meals for $1 or less, and their fare is a lifeline for many of the capital’s food-insecure residents.

Justice

Ukraine's first female police officers won't be posing for selfies anymore. They're too busy doing their jobs.

PRI's The World

August 02, 2018

Once prohibited from active duty, Ukraine's female officers are done being a novelty and are hoping to change the public perception of the police force in Kiev.

Justice

The shady and dangerous business of Chinese mining in Cameroon

GlobalPost

July 31, 2018

Artisanal miners in Cameroon accuse elites and local officials of working with Chinese mining firms to skirt laws — and putting locals in danger.

Health

Child labor continues to be a pressing problem in Nigeria. Girls are especially at risk.

GlobalPost

July 30, 2018

Hadiza is among several girls between the ages of 10 and 15 hawking at a railway crossing in Gudi, a small agrarian community along the busy Abuja-Akwanga motorway in Nasarawa State in north-central Nigeria.

Food

In Camden, a hot sauce is helping young urban entrepreneurs fight poverty

Civil Eats

July 30, 2018

Eco Interns, a teen-focused entrepreneurial program in New Jersey, offers job training and education in community gardens and farmers’ markets for an underserved urban community.

Historians say Australian massacres killed thousands of Indigenous people

Reuters

July 27, 2018

"To date we have identified about 250 massacre sites in colonial Australia and we estimate there will be about 500 when the project is finished," lead researcher Lyndall Ryan told Reuters.

Trump relents on EU car tariffs, as US-China fight derails Qualcomm deal

Reuters

July 26, 2018

In what the EU chief called a "major concession," US President Donald Trump agreed on Wednesday to refrain from imposing car tariffs while the two sides launch negotiations to cut other trade barriers, easing the threat of a transatlantic trade war.

50 States

A Pennsylvania steel town reinvents itself with a future beyond steel

PRI's The World

July 25, 2018

Many one-industry towns have shriveled up and died in recent decades. But not Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.