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Coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus in US: Volunteers deliver meals to poorest students

As spread of COVID-19 forces class closures, volunteers step in to ensure pupils dependent on US school meals get fed.

Coronavirus in US: Volunteers deliver meals to poorest students
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Women

Carrying the load: The weight of women's work in the DRC

For one photojournalist, an image of women miners symbolises the struggles and strength of all the women she has met.

Carrying the load: The weight of women's work in the DRC

AJ Impact

This report confirms it: Almost everyone is biased against women

The UN says bias blocks women from accessing education, jobs and political power - and that is bad for everyone.

This report confirms it: Almost everyone is biased against women

Poverty & Development

Invisible to everyone, but safe together: Life in a labour colony

Parvati may not have much in her ramshackle Bengaluru settlement, but a sense of community blossoms among residents.

Invisible to everyone, but safe together: Life in a labour colony

South Africa

Shrouded in silence: The death of a schoolboy in South Africa

Loss of 13-year-old Enock Mpianzi casts light on flaws in the education system, decades after schools were desegregated.

Shrouded in silence: The death of a schoolboy in South Africa

AJ Impact

Lebanon: Hezbollah does 'not accept' IMF managing economic crisis

A team of IMF experts arrived in Beirut last week at the new government's request to offer technical support.

Lebanon: Hezbollah does 'not accept' IMF managing economic crisis

Education

'I wish I was a boy': The Kenyan girls fighting period poverty

In Kenya, one million girls miss school each month because they cannot afford sanitary pads, while some share used ones.

'I wish I was a boy': The Kenyan girls fighting period poverty

AJ Impact

Short Answer

Will Trump's 'public charge' rule keep poor migrants out of US?

The expanded rule makes immigrants ineligible for US entry or legal status if they receive public benefits.

Will Trump's 'public charge' rule keep poor migrants out of US?

AJ Impact

Chocolate danger: Ghana's cocoa output hit hard by dry, hot winds

Bad weather also damaged crop in Ivory Coast, which is world's top cocoa bean producer.

Chocolate danger: Ghana's cocoa output hit hard by dry, hot winds

Talk to Al Jazeera

UN's Moratinos: 'Inclusive identity' can build a better world

UN High representative for the Alliance of Civilizations on whether relations between societies can be improved.

UN's Moratinos: 'Inclusive identity' can build a better world
24:25

Latin America

Brazil 'Bolsa Familia' cut, millions struggle to survive

The government has cut the number of beneficiaries of the anti-poverty programme.

Brazil 'Bolsa Familia' cut, millions struggle to survive
02:24

AJ Impact

To end female genital mutilation, economically empower women

FGM severely hampers career prospects and economic opportunities for 200 million women and girls.

To end female genital mutilation, economically empower women

AJ Impact

Dads win: Finland to give men the same parental leave as new moms

The move is seen as a way to boost birth rates in the Northern European country, where the population is declining.

Dads win: Finland to give men the same parental leave as new moms

AJ Impact

'The new normal': Growing number in US cannot afford rent

Almost half of the renters in US spend more than 30 percent of income on housing, report shows, part of a global trend.

'The new normal': Growing number in US cannot afford rent

AJ Impact

'Never seen it this bad': India faces tough growth challenges

With India's economic growth at its slowest in 11 years, the government's options in its upcoming budget appear limited.

'Never seen it this bad': India faces tough growth challenges