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With slow progress on improving diversity in the field of AI, focus on education and peer network is needed.

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Queer communities in the Philippines face heightened risks from climate change, with natural disasters disrupting access to HIV treatment, gender-affirming care and safe shelter. As international aid shrinks, support systems for LGBTQIA+ Filipinos grow more fragile.

Digital Cooperation Organization says online access and inclusion are vital to ensure no country is left behind.

UNICEF warns that heatwaves are pushing millions of children out of school and calls for climate policy to protect classrooms.

By Maddy Bolt

By Gayathri D Naik

By Samantha Ho

By Edward Carver

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Demonstrators in favour of legalising abortion protest outside the US Embassy in Buenos Aires

Sexual and reproductive health and rights are key to achieving development goals and their erosion has clear, serious consequences. By Åsmund Grøver Aukrust

More recognition, private sector investment is needed to protect Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge that preserves nature. By Cristiane Julião

Street vendors work together to fight multiple challenges but they should not have to stand alone: governments must do more. By Lorraine Ndhlovu and Negar Mohtashami Khojasteh

Transgender Australians risk being caught in the crossfire if politicians turn issues that hardly affect most people into supposed threats to broader society. By Dr Tariq Choucair, Katherine M. FitzGerald, Lucinda Nelson

By William Moore

By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Policy & Finance

Did COP29 fail women?

By María Fernanda Espinosa

By Yuen Yoong Leong

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Women play a key role in developing innovations to push for sustainability, but barriers remain to their entry into STEM careers. To celebrate International Day of Women & Girls in Science, EB Impact speaks to three women in science on making an impact and pursuing careers in STEM.

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The stories of Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are now being captured through the fresh lenses of young female filmmakers. In this bilingual podcast recorded in English and Bahasa Melayu, they tell Eco-Business why they've picked up the camera.

What are the dangers of gender bias in technology design and what are the market opportunities for womentech—technologies that centre the needs of women?

Filipino commuters during Covid. Image: Commuters of Metro Manila

Exclusive As the country plunges into a recession borne out of the pandemic, how can it get back on its feet? On this podcast, Eco-Business spoke to top Filipino environmentalist Loren Legarda on how conservation should not take a backseat to economic development.

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