Finnish unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners
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The US GOP doesn’t want to punish trans people—it wants to eradicate them
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With one of the lowest rates of bullying in Europe, we speak to teachers, pupils and parents to find out how Denmark is managing to stamp out harassment in schools
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Thailand takes steps toward legalizing same sex marriage - bill from cabinet will be submitted to parliament
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Slate's latest article about US Social Security benefits was full of errors, myths and lies
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You can’t even pay people to have more kids
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The world-first Danish strategy to encourage plant-based foods may contain a lesson for other nations looking to cut back on meat – build new demand first
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Maryland is making a $27.2 million investment in devices as part of an effort to ensure residents have the technology to access reliable, high-speed internet.
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Residents of Luleå, Sweden welcome new campaign encouraging them to say hello to each other during dark winter months
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Sweden's schools minister Lotta Edholm aims to limit the profit-making ability of friskolor/free schools in her plans for education reform
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Led by labor-backed mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago could become the first big city in the US to open a publicly owned grocery store
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A vast northern European project is underway to combat isolation by promoting inclusion – we take a look at the results in Norway
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Marriage between cousins and extended family members may soon be banned in Norway
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Dozens of Greenlandic women who say they were fitted with the contraceptive coil without their consent or knowledge are planning to sue the Danish state
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Is multiculturalism bad for women? (1997)
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Under new policy, Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates
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Italian senate about to vote on a law that upgrades surrogacy to 'universal crime' would lead to prosecution of foreign acts within Italy
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Is Finland the best place in the world to be a parent – Alexandra Topping travels to Helsinki to find out why the UK pre-school system lags so far behind
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Turkey introduces ‘family’ course in schools to ‘fight’ homosexuality
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Danish government has apologized to thousands of people with disabilities who were abused in state-run facilities
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Swedish schools minister Lotta Edholm moves students off digital devices and on to books and handwriting, with teachers and experts debating the pros and cons
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Opinion: The Kids Online Safety Act would harm US LGBTQ+ youth, restrict access to information and community
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Senator admits "Kids Online Safety Act" will target trans content online
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War against the children
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Growing segregation by sex in Israel raises fears for women’s rights
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Norway's ongoing journey to optimize breastfeeding support – rates of breastfeeding in the WHO European Region are the lowest in the world
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Cleveland: New city policy would eliminate mandatory parking near transit corridors
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South Koreans become younger overnight after country scraps ‘Korean age’
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Finland wants to reverse downward trends in PISA school aptitude tests, and promote a focused learning environment, with new laws around mobile phone use
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Finland games industry disappointed by new immigration reforms – 30% of the industry is made up of gaming professionals that have immigrated to the country
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Euronews travelled to Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg, to learn more about another type of economy, one that puts people first: the social economy
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Estonia legalizes same-sex marriage
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Watered-down LGBTQ ‘understanding’ bill shows how far Japan’s parliament is out of step with its society – and history
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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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US lawmakers are being silenced for speaking out against anti-trans bills
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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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Once praised for its generous social safety net, Denmark now collects troves of data on welfare claimants
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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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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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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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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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