Joanna Gill

1 month ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

What’s the context? Controversial "gay cure" practices are already outlawed in some EU countries but bloc-wide ban faces obstacles. BRUSSELS - More than a million people have backed a Europe-wide ban on "conversion therapy", boosting European Union efforts to outlaw outdated and discredited practices that aim to change a person's sexuality or gender identity.

2 months ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

What’s the context? Climate campaigners are pushing back against EU plans to loosen sustainability rules to boost business. BRUSSELS - The European Union spent five years developing new laws requiring companies to check and remedy cases of forced labour or environmental damage caused in their global supply chains. Now it is seeking to roll back certain measures just months after adopting them.

2 months ago | business-humanrights.org | Joanna Gill

“Q&A: Why we're challenging the EU's watering down of green rules”…The European Union spent five years developing new laws requiring companies to check and remedy cases of forced labour or environmental damage caused in their global supply chains. Now it is seeking to roll back certain measures just months after adopting them.

2 months ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

The shadow of a child is cast as he plays on a trampoline in Nairobi, Kenya February 12, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas MukoyaWhat’s the context? European countries host the most child sexual abuse content online, but proposed rules to protect victims and identify perpetrators have stalled. BRUSSELS - As the popularity of social media and messaging apps grows, so does the volume of child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, on the internet, and 2024 was the worst year on record, a new report shows.

2 months ago | context.news | Joanna Gill

An Afghan boy drinks water as he and others fill their containers from a tap in Nahr-e-Shahi district in Balkh province, Afghanistan, August 6, 2023. REUTERS/Ali KharaWhat’s the context? From water projects in Afghanistan to demining in Colombia, aid cuts from Trump, EU and UK stop work that makes the world safer. Refugee numbers rise as budgets shrinkAid cuts felt from Kabul to KhartoumState of insecurity - the new norm?