Madrid green-lights traffic signals with women, gay couples Madrid is gearing up to host an international LGBT pride celebration by installing “inclusive” and “gender equal” traffic signals across the city.Figures of women or girls, identified by skirts and ponytails, started going up on Monday at intersections that previously featured the familiar figure of a man…
Indian soap tackles taboos to become one of world’s most watched An Indian soap opera whose themes include acid attacks, domestic violence and high rates of abortion of female foetuses has quietly become one of the most-watched programmes on the planet. India’s public broadcaster announced in April that the audience for Main Kuch Bhi Kar…
Ben & Jerry’s launches ingenious marriage equality campaign Ben & Jerry’s recently made a surprising announcement on Twitter. In all of their 26 Australian stores, you can no longer order two scoops of the same flavor. “Chocolate and chocolate? Cookies and cookies? Strawberry and strawberry? We’re scooper sorry. You can’t choose that.” In a promotional video, the…
Christian church destroyed by ISIS rebuilt by muslim residents This group of Muslim volunteers are being hailed for their compassionate gesture of solidarity towards an abused Mosul church earlier this week. According to the Facebook group This Is Christian Iraq, young community Muslims volunteered to help rebuild the Monastery of Mar Georges in the Al…
Citizen-led legal action on climate change peaks New study finds a ‘proliferation’ of climate litigation cases filed against governments by grassroots individuals and communities worldwide. Is there a growing global hunger for accountability and resolution? A study has revealed that governments around the world are facing unprecedented legal pressure to better mitigate and adapt to…
Taiwan could become the first country in Asia to allow same-sex marriage! TTaiwan’s highest court has just paved the way for the country to become the first in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. In their landmark decision, the court held that Taiwan’s current law preventing same-sex couples from marrying was unconstitutional. In a press release following…
These high-tech sensors track exactly how fresh our produce is to stop wasting food How often have you gone to a grocery store, picked out what seems to be a fresh pint of blueberries, and opened the refrigerator door the next day to find half of them covered in mold? If your answer is “all…
Women recovering from eating disorders can receive free fitted clothes Recovering from an eating disorder is no easy journey – that’s why this nonprofit wants to take some of the burden off of women’s shoulders. The Garment Project is the only organization that helps empower women healing from eating disorders by rebuilding their wardrobe for free. Many people…
When “Made In China” means sustainable, ethical and expert! Les Lunes, a fashion label headquartered in Paris and San Francisco, makes its clothes in a factory in the Qingpu district, on the outskirts of Shanghai and it’s a world away from the typical image–and reality–of factory life in China. Every few months, a new scandal about the bleak…
A unique project is empowering women in rural Assam Nizara Talukdar, in her mid 30s, is just another village woman in Assam who has grown up in poverty. But the times seem to have changed, as she has started to earn more through her innovative ideas, thanks to the Internet Saathi (Internet Assist) programme being…