Climate
The death of a nine-year-old girl in the UK has made legal history after a coroner’s court listed air pollution as one of the causes of death for the first time.
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Denmark’s government has passed a law that clearly defines sex without explicit consent as rape.
Impact
Argentina’s lower house of Congress voted in favor of a bill to legalize abortion on Friday, moving the country one step closer to becoming the most populous Latin American country to allow for abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
Impact
Bhutan’s government has approved a bill to decriminalize gay sex, making it the latest country in Asia to reform restrictive laws against LGBT people.
Climate
New Zealand has declared a climate emergency and pledged to make its government carbon-neutral by 2025.
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South Korea’s parliament has passed a bill that will allow globally recognized K-pop stars such as BTS to postpone mandatory military service until they turn 30.
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Scotland has become the first country in the world to make period products free and available for anyone who needs them.
Activism
Guatemala’s congress has shelved a proposed budget that would have cut spending on healthcare and education after it sparked massive, violent anti-government protests in the country.
Impact
Argentina’s president Alberto Fernández has finally presented a draft bill to legalize abortion to Congress after saying he would do so in March.
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New Zealand police have added a hijab to its official uniform for the first time.
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Maia Sandu, a 48-year-old economist who went to Harvard, was elected as Moldova’s first woman president on Monday Nov. 16. Sandu, who supports closer ties with the European Union, won 57.7 percent of the votes, beating her male opponent, Igor Dodon, the incumbent president who had the open backing o
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Bangladesh has opened its first school for trans people in the capital, Dhaka.