Watered-down LGBTQ ‘understanding’ bill shows how far Japan’s parliament is out of step with its society – and history
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Finland's far-right Perussuomalaiset party has agreed to enter a coalition government with the centre-right Kokoomus and two other groups
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Sweden set up a eugenics plan, grounded in the science of racial biology, between 1934 and 1976 – between 20,000 and 33,000 Swedes were forced to be sterilised
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Brazil sends thousands of Venezuelan migrants to country's rich southern states
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Taiwan grants right of adoption to same-sex couples in latest move toward full equality
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Trendy neighbourhood in Copenhagen bracing for major protests over anti-ghetto law – critics say it's racist and pushing out remaining social housing
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The reasons behind France’s pension protests
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Swedish retirees demand fairer pensions for women – The Old Lady Patrol's protest against the country's pension system enters its tenth year
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Chile's Congress passes bill to cut workweek to forty hours
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Once praised for its generous social safety net, Denmark now collects troves of data on welfare claimants
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Legal expert Anna Singer is investigating whether Swedish authorities were aware of falsified child origins as they approved the adoptions of thousands of South Korean children
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Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country
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Yale academic suggests mass suicide for Japan’s elderly
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Finland has passed a new, progressive rights law which makes it substantially easier for trans people to change their legal gender
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US citizens can now sponsor refugees directly. Here’s how to apply.
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Year of public service, proposal by MD Governor Wes Moore
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Norway's golden generation of athletes proves the value of sport as a public good – commitment to making the “joy of sport” available to all is producing world-class talent
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France strikes: One million protest against Macron's rise in retirement age
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UK government to block Scottish gender bill
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US President Joe Biden signs marriage equality bill into law
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Thousands of women in Greenland, including some as young as twelve, had a contraceptive device implanted in their womb, often without consent
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South Koreans are getting a year younger, parliament rules
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Same-sex marriage is now legal in all of Mexico's states
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How Finland put traffic crashes on ice – only 219 people died on Finnish roads in 2021, or four per 100,000 residents
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Denmark and Greenland have formally agreed to launch a two-year investigation into historic birth control practices carried out for many years on Inuit Greenlanders
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US child poverty rate at an all-time low
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New LGBTQ+ plan presented by the Danish government includes a proposal to expand access to legal gender change to all children regardless of age
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California first US state to offer free meals to all public school students
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Denmark's controversial family policy sees many Danish parents fleeing to nearby countries, especially to the German border city of Flensburg
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‘Am I even fit to be a mom?’ Diaper need is an invisible part of poverty in America
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Prisoners serving life sentences in Denmark are to be banned from entering new romantic relationships
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Danish government has presented a proposal to get foreigners and people with immigrant backgrounds to work thirty-seven hours a week in exchange for welfare benefits
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Dutch cities want to ban property investors in all neighborhoods
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China cuts amount of time minors can spend playing online video games to three hours a week, with an hour extra during holidays
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Finland has an ageing population and a labor shortage – despite government programs, immigrants and their families are not always greeted with open arms
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China allows couples to have three children
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In Finland, high-quality free school meals are provided to all children between six and sixteen as a public service – students everywhere deserve the same
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Miscarriage bereavement leave bill passes unanimously in New Zealand Parliament
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Spain passes law allowing euthanasia
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How Iceland is closing the gender wage gap
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Amid a crackdown on ‘separatism’, how do French Muslims feel?
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Brazil hands out so much Covid cash that poverty nears a low
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Donald Trump administration announces nationwide US eviction moratorium through end of the year
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Facing eviction, residents of Denmark's 'ghettos' are suing the government – evictions part of a sweeping plan to rid the country of immigrant-heavy areas by 2030
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Denmark is a liberal paradise for many people, but the reality is very different for immigrants
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The Chinese government is engaging in a widespread, systematic campaign of forced birth control and sterilization on Uighurs and other minorities
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For two years the government gave 2,000 unemployed citizens €560 a month with no strings attached – does Finland show the way to universal basic income?
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Spain set to introduce permanent basic income scheme to rebuild economy post-coronavirus
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Spain approves 462 euro monthly minimum income for the poorest
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A group of Copenhagen residents sued the Danish government Wednesday over legislation that authorized dismantling neighborhoods designated as ghettos
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