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Pope Gives F-Word Cancer Campaigners Vip Treatment at Audience
Date: June 8, 2022
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The F-word made its debut on T-shirts at a papal general audience on Wednesday and a laughing Pope Francis gave members of the choir wearing them VIP treatment. About 30 Italians wearing red T-shirts bearing the words “Fuck Cancer Choir” sat in a front section at the audience in...
18,000 Voices, 41 Countries, and 72 Microfinance Institutions: 60 Decibels Unveils Definitive Assessment of Microfinance’s Social Impact
Date: June 8, 2022
88% of microfinance borrowers agree their quality of life has improved. 34% say quality of life is “very much improved” 73% of borrowers report increased household incomes Seven out of ten say personal savings and financial resilience have improved Ten out of ten top microfinance institutions are in sub-Saharan Africa Microfinance is improving quality of life,...
Including the Excluded
Date: June 2, 2022
By Ron Benegbi, Founder and CEO of Uplinq Financial Technologies From sports, to politics, it often feels like there’s little people agree on these days. It’s safe to say we live in divisive times, but thankfully there are still areas of consensus, which unify people from across the spectrum together. One such area is the topic...
Portugal Aiming to Protect Young Workers, Interns in Jobs Market
Date: June 2, 2022
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s government is aiming to protect young people in the jobs market with a new law to cut the repeated renewals of short-term contracts, increase overtime and redundancy payments, and secure minimum pay levels for interns. The ruling centre-left Socialists have a majority in parliament, meaning the bill, with...
France’s Macron Defends Choice of Black Minister Amid ‘woke’ Debate
Date: June 2, 2022
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday defended his choice of education minister, a Black academic whose appointment has triggered debate over “wokeism” and racism in France. A specialist in African-American history and minority rights, Pap Ndiaye, the son of a Senegalese father and French mother, is only the second Black person to...
No Work and Nowhere to Live: A Rural Migrant’s Ordeal in Locked-Down Shanghai
Date: May 27, 2022
By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) – When Shanghai began its draconian COVID-19 lockdown two months ago, the French restaurant where Sun Wu waited tables closed and the 22-year-old, like countless other rural migrants, lost his job. To make ends meet, Sun helped sort government deliveries for residents under lockdown, earning 250 yuan ($38) a...