Lifestyle

August 14, 2018

Take-out coffee cups are a popular American import that are filling up the country's trash bins. Now there's an effort in Munich to replace throwaway cups with cups you borrow and return, inspired by the longstanding practice at the city's famous beer gardens.

Why Argentinian activists aren’t stepping down after the Senate voted against legalizing abortion

PRI's The World

August 13, 2018

Senators narrowly voted against a bill to legalize abortion last week, but activists, who have built strong public support for the procedure, say it's just a "temporary setback."

Climate Change

How people are keeping cool amid record-breaking temperatures

PRI's The World

August 09, 2018

If it's summer where you are right now, odds are you've become intimately familiar with your air conditioner as the US, Europe and other parts of the world hit near-record temperatures.

The youngest person to travel to 196 countries is giving away his airline miles

PRI's The World

August 09, 2018

James Asquith is the founder of the holiday home exchange, Holiday Swap. He's also the Guinness World Record holder for the youngest person to travel 196 countries and is always encouraging others to get out and travel.

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

GlobalPost

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.

Facing a groundswell of support for legal abortion, Argentina’s Catholic Church moderates its tone

The Conversation

August 07, 2018

On Aug. 8, Argentina’s Senate will vote on a bill to legalize abortion.

10th Gay Games go on in Paris amid recent surge in anti-gay acts in France

Reuters

August 04, 2018

Over 12,700 participants from 91 countries are expected during the one-week contest, which features a variety of athletes — young and old, male and female, straight and gay.

Conflict

Can Toastmasters Ramallah stay politics-free?

PRI's The World

August 03, 2018

Speakers are asked to avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and race, and so far Toastmasters Ramallah has followed the custom. But it's getting harder to do that, members say.

Lifestyle & Belief

In India's Dawoodi Bohra community, there's a growing debate about FGM

GlobalPost

August 02, 2018

At 7 years old, like thousands of Bohra girls before her, Masooma Ranalvi, now 51, underwent female circumcision. And, like the thousands of young girls before her, she too, was lured by women in her family with the promise of an outing to get ice cream or a special treat.

A Zanzibar 'divorce advocate' says marriage is making women sick

GlobalPost

July 23, 2018

Ayda Abdallah has been practicing and teaching yoga for the last eight years, focusing her attention on women in crisis who struggle with their mental health.