Today, the Republic of South Sudan officially declares independence. This is the culmination of a peace process that started in 2005 after nearly 20 years of civil war between the central government in Khartoum and the South Sudanese.
Does a country's level of gender equality correlate to prowess on the pitch? Here is how the FIFA Women's World Cup teams would square off against each other if victory were not decided by the number of goals scored in a contest, but by each country's level of gender equality.
UN Women released its first flagship report today, called "Progress of the World's Women." The theme of this progress report is the Pursuit of Justice; it analyzes how laws and legal systems are evolving (or not) to give women equal access to justice as men.
Mashable just announced that the second annual Social Good Summit will take place in New York city on the outskirts of the UN General Assembly in September. Come one, come all!
On July 7, Humberto Leal Garcia, Jr is scheduled to die. He was convicted in a Texas court of rape and murder--a capital offense for which he was sentenced to death. But this case is different from other Texas death penalty cases for the fact that Leal is a Mexican citizen. When he was arrested, he was denied the right under international law to contact the Mexican consulate.