Call to ban LGBTQ+ events in Lebanon sparks rights groups' anger
LGBTQ+ groups say they will not be deterred by minister Bassam Mawlawi's order to ban their events for spreading 'perversion'
Gig economy workers hit by high fuel prices and layoffs
High fuel prices, income cuts, and a global economic slowdown have put gig workers in a precarious position
Crabbers face danger and poverty to save Ecuador's mangroves
Coastal communities who protect Ecuador's carbon-absorbing mangrove forests find their livelihoods - and lives - under threat
Zimbabwe's drought-hit farmers fear hunger after poor maize harvest
Drought-ruined crops and a government mandate to sell harvests to the state raise fears of food insecurity
Why climate groups want Europe to quit obscure energy treaty
Critics say newly-agreed reforms to a treaty that allows energy companies to sue states for lost profits are "greenwashing"
Brazil's biodiversity at risk in projected global warming overshoot
Exceeding heat limits in the Paris Agreement on climate change could threaten thousands of species in the Amazon and beyond
Thailand bars prisons from using inmates to make fishing nets
Thai officials ban new contracts using prison labour to make nets after ex-inmates said they were forced to work for little or no pay
Peru's indigenous communities fear rising violence from drug traffickers
Drug traffickers and coca farmers have targeted more territory in Peru's central Amazon region since the coronavirus pandemic
Bangladesh disaster response neglects vulnerable trans community
Already struggling to access work, education and other basic rights, trans and intersex people in Bangladesh are at greater risk from climate threats like floods and cyclones
Trans sports bans are 'fearmongering', says Marvel actor Zach Barack
Moves to bar trans women from competing in elite sports is an attempt to police people's bodies, says the 'Spider-Man' actor