- • September 22, 2023
60-year-old farmer Wang Enlin taught himself the law for 16 years to sue a chemical company that was polluting his village.
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- • September 15, 2023
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.
- • September 7, 2023
41-year-old Montse Tomé previously played as a midfielder for Barcelona, Levante and Spain’s women’s national soccer team.
- • September 6, 2023
The move comes after Jimmy Sham, a pro-democracy activist, sued the government for not recognizing same-sex marriage.
- • August 7, 2023
The 1988 constitution was translated into Nheengatu, the general language used to communicate between different Indigenous groups in the Amazon.
- • July 31, 2023
Louise Taylor, an Indigenous Kamilaroi woman, was appointed to the supreme court of the Australian Capital Territory.
- • July 30, 2023
Ghana is now the 29th African country to abolish the death penalty.
- • July 5, 2023
Previously, the law required proof that there was violence, threats or coercion in order for it to count as rape.
- • July 3, 2023
Nepal has now become the world’s first least developed country to achieve marriage equality.
- • July 1, 2023
Abortion had been illegal in Malta under all circumstances.
- • June 29, 2023
The morning-after pill will be available over the counter at pharmacies until March 2024 as part of the trial.