Dominican Republic bans child marriage amid fears of global rise
The Caribbean nation has one of Latin America’s highest rates of child marriage
How a U.S. jobs charity plans to spend $20 million from Mackenzie Scott
Goodwill Industries International, a non-profit that helps Americans find jobs, is among hundreds of organizations receiving grants from the ex-wife of Amazon’s founder
Why Ebola survivors like me can help fight COVID-19
Health worker Sherry Bangura survived Ebola in Sierra Leone in 2014. Now he's on the frontlines fighting COVID-19 - and wants other survivors to do the same
Vaccinating the world: Lessons learned from India, Haiti and Sierra Leone
As countries around the globe prepare to roll out highly complex COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, there are valuable lessons to be learned from previous efforts in India, Haiti and Sierra Leone
Colombia's Cartagena seeks to clean up corruption blocking climate plans
City mayor says projects to protect poor residents from worsening floods and storms were not implemented under previous administrations, and vows to change that
Amazon ancestral land not up for sale, says 'Green Nobel' winner
Nemonte Nenquimo, first female leader of the Waorani, won a landmark court case to protect half a million acres of rainforest
Costa Rica eyes billions of dollars in savings with net-zero emissions
Transitioning to net-zero emissions in Costa Rica will bring $41 billion in net benefits across the country’s economy over the next three decades, says president
'Feminist' mayors vow all-out drive against gender inequality in pandemic
Six city mayors from three continents launch new network to fight gender inequality that has been grown worse during the coronavirus pandemic
Emissions from industry, farms and forests endanger Paris climate goals
Far more effort will be needed to clean up economic sectors like cement and agriculture if the world is to keep climate change in check, researchers say
High hopes for abortion rights to expand in Argentina
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez presented the bill to Congress to legalize abortion, saying reproductive rights are a public health issue