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.
Impact
41-year-old Montse Tomé previously played as a midfielder for Barcelona, Levante and Spain’s women’s national soccer team.
Featured
12 out of 32 states in Mexico have decriminalized abortion, but the Supreme Court decriminalized it across the whole country Wednesday Sep. 6.
Impact
The move comes after Jimmy Sham, a pro-democracy activist, sued the government for not recognizing same-sex marriage.
Impact
The 1988 constitution was translated into Nheengatu, the general language used to communicate between different Indigenous groups in the Amazon.
Featured
Louise Taylor, an Indigenous Kamilaroi woman, was appointed to the supreme court of the Australian Capital Territory.
Impact
Ghana is now the 29th African country to abolish the death penalty.
Impact
Previously, the law required proof that there was violence, threats or coercion in order for it to count as rape.
Impact
Nepal has now become the world’s first least developed country to achieve marriage equality.
Featured
Abortion had been illegal in Malta under all circumstances.