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This Japanese Woman Soldier Sued Three Male Colleagues For Sexually Assaulting Her And Won
Rina Gonoi’s case is being seen as a victory for women’s rights in Japan, where speaking out against gender violence still remains a taboo.
Impact
Rina Gonoi’s case is being seen as a victory for women’s rights in Japan, where speaking out against gender violence still remains a taboo.
Climate
This is the first agreement in COP’s history to explicitly state it is necessary to shift away from fossil fuels but does not call for “phasing out”, which more than 100 countries had been calling for.
Impact
12 out of 22 members in socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez’s cabinet are women.
Activism
The holiday is the first step towards Kenya’s goal of planting 15 billion trees by 2032.
Featured
Currently, Japan requires people to have their reproductive organs removed before they can legally change their gender.
Impact
41-year-old Wab Kinew, said his election is “a testament to our province and country moving forward”.
Impact
Greg Fergus is known for chairing the Black Caucus in parliament and holding senior advisory roles in various ministries.
Cute
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Impact
A 185-year-old British colonial-era law had made anal intercourse between gay men a crime.
Climate
The state government had argued that Indigenous people could only claim their land if they proved that they were occupying the land when Brazil passed its constitution in 1988.
Activism
60-year-old farmer Wang Enlin taught himself the law for 16 years to sue a chemical company that was polluting his village.
Activism
In a single hectare of land in the Yasuní national park, there are more insect species than in all of North America and more species of trees and plants than in any other hectare on Earth.