Myanmar's first openly gay candidate kindles hopes for LGBT+ rights
In a country where gay sex is punishable by up to 10 years in jail, Myo Min Htun wants to be 'a voice for LGBT+ people'
Gay former Goldman executive Chavez reflects on diversity on Wall Street
Marty Chavez said he hesitated when offered a job at Goldman Sachs in 1993 as he feared they may see a gay man as a liability
OPINION: Lose the rhetoric and look to the law to end modern slavery
Governments prefer voluntary initiatives to legally binding systems that could help tackle trafficking and slavery
Europe's dying villages woo immigrants to survive
Migrants resettling in rural parts of Europe are helping reverse population decline and driving economic and social change
Pandemic speeds labour shift from humans to robots, WEF survey finds
Robots will destroy 85 million jobs over the next five years as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates changes in the workplace
U.N. says pandemic will slow already miniscule progress in women's rights
Only modest gains in education and lowered maternal mortality have taken place since 1995, the U.N. said
Slovak parliament narrowly rejects tightening of abortion rules
The amendment would have doubled waiting periods, banned clinics from advertising services and made women declare their reasons for termination
Irish town cuts ties with 'LGBT-free' Polish twin in growing culture war
Fermoy cut its ties with Polish counterpart Nowa Deba over its motion condemning 'LGBT ideology'
German govt to commission institutional racism study
This comes after several German cops were suspended for harbouring far-right sentiments and sharing pictures of Adolf Hitler
Only one in seven UK rape victims think reporting will bring justice
Only around one in seven rape victims in Britain believes that by reporting the crime to the police they will receive justice