Since 1991, the number of working poor - employed people who live on less than $1.90 per day, which is considered to be the international poverty line - has decreased substantially.
Low-income citizens from Brazil will soon have access to houses since the newly elected President intends to restart the housing program he launched almost 15 years ago.
Kids and teens are now safer across Cuba thanks to a historic new legislation that effectively bans corporal punishment, thus protecting children from violence within families, and prohibits child marriages.
Sierra Leone has passed a ground-breaking law that greatly improves women’s rights, betting on the female population to thrive on a professional level and contribute to the country’s prosperity in a safe manner.
Passed and amended last year, China’s new law reducing gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace is now in effect, thus giving a fair chance for women to have a happier and healthier professional life.
Diamonds may last forever, but since the industry heavily relies on unethical labor and environmentally destructive mining practices, alternatives are available to align with humane and respectful values.
In the United States, the number of teens giving birth has fallen by 77 percent since 1991. Among young teens, the decline is even greater, hovering at about an 85 percent decrease.
Death from natural disasters has seen a large decline in recent decades.
Primary school enrollment in Western and Central Africa has risen from 50 percent in the 1990s to nearly 90 percent today.
The New York pharma giant Pfizer announced it would provide drugs at manufacturing cost, to the world's poorest countries.
