Lifestyle

October 16, 2018

For generations, Alaskan Natives crossed the Bering Sea to visit family on nearby islands. It’s harder today, thanks to international politics, high costs and weather.

Italian cities 'turn back the clock' on women’s reproductive rights

GlobalPost

October 15, 2018

Late on Oct. 4, Verona’s local council approved a motion “to prevent abortion and sustain maternity,” which allows the use of public money to fund vehemently anti-abortion Catholic organizations and encourages doctors to dissuade women from aborting. The coalition of center-right councilors also tried and failed to present a motion that would require all aborted fetuses to be buried in a cemetery, even without the consent of the woman involved.

Women & Girls

With an eye on demographics and China, Japanese warships make room for women

Reuters

October 10, 2018

The proportion of women in the Kaga's 450-strong crew is about 9 percent, a level Japan is targeting for the military overall by 2030 — up from 6 percent now. That would still fall short of U.S., where 15 percent of people in uniform are women, and Britain with 10 percent.

Aboriginal rangers use traditional knowledge to protect their lands

PRI's The World

October 10, 2018

A government program has created 800 full-time Indigenous rangers who patrol to make sure water sources are clean and restore resources damaged by intensive farming practices.

Australia returned Uluru to Aboriginals 34 years ago. They're only just now banning tourists from climbing the sacred site.

PRI's The World

October 08, 2018

For decades, the Aboriginal community has politely asked tourists not to climb Uluru, one of their most sacred sites. Beginning in October 2019, the site will finally be closed to climbing.

Women’s surfing riding wave toward gender equity

The Conversation

October 01, 2018

In a Facebook post, the World Surging League announced that women surfers will receive equal pay at all events from 2019. In the world of surfing — a sport and culture long dominated by men — this is a monumental development.

Sexuality

Some refugees use Grindr to find love — and money

GlobalPost

September 24, 2018

Lawrence Alatrash fled his homeland in 2012, not only because of the developing Syrian civil war but also because of safety concerns due to his sexual orientation and gender identity. Now, at 25, he has the freedom to openly express his true self for the first time.

Lifestyle

A year after quake shattered their home and lives, this family rebuilds

PRI's The World

September 19, 2018

The 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico City and surrounding areas killed 369 people. Seven people died in the collapse of Wesley’s apartment building, including his wife, Elizabeth.

Untold Afghanistan

Changing your face to disguise your ethnicity? Maybe, for these Afghan women.

PRI's The World

September 13, 2018

Wars leave behind scars. Emotional ones. Physical ones. And for years, in Afghanistan, the physical ones were the ones surgeons fixed. But in the past couple of years, there’s been a boom in cosmetic surgery.

Conflict

Russia is cracking down on minority languages — but a resistance movement is growing

The Conversation

September 12, 2018

The Russian government has now adopted new amendments to an education bill that will make minority languages lessons in ethnic republics optional, and which limit their teaching to a maximum of two hours a week.

Lifestyle

For some Alaska Natives, the Bering Sea and an international border makes it hard to go home

Italian cities 'turn back the clock' on women’s reproductive rights

With an eye on demographics and China, Japanese warships make room for women

Aboriginal rangers use traditional knowledge to protect their lands

Australia returned Uluru to Aboriginals 34 years ago. They're only just now banning tourists from climbing the sacred site.

Women’s surfing riding wave toward gender equity

Some refugees use Grindr to find love — and money

A year after quake shattered their home and lives, this family rebuilds

Changing your face to disguise your ethnicity? Maybe, for these Afghan women.

Russia is cracking down on minority languages — but a resistance movement is growing

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