New York — UN names an array of experts to a panel aimed at ending incidents of harassment that have plagued the global agency for years The United Nations on Tuesday took steps to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse within its ranks, naming an array of experts to a panel aimed at ending incidents of harassment that have plagued the global agency for years. The panel will advise the U.N. secretary-general on ways to address gender-based harassment and abuse by U.N. staff and U.N.-related...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Americans use more toilet paper than anyone else in the world, helping destroy the habitats of native people who live where it is sourced and contributing to global warming, a research study said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Toilet paper is pictured in New York March 11, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson U.S. consumers use roughly three rolls of toilet paper a week, accounting for a fifth of the world’s tissue consumption, according to the report by...

Toilet paper overuse is helping destroy the habitats of native people and affecting climate change. Americans use more toilet paper than anyone else in the world, helping destroy the habitats of native people who live where it is sourced and contributing to global warming, a research study says.

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — A campaign that began amid the #MeToo movement to battle workplace sexual harassment launched a new effort on Thursday to fight misconduct in the giant U.S. health-care industry, organizers said. Time's Up Healthcare will promote policies to make health-care leadership more gender-balanced and accountable and address workplace discrimination, harassment and abuse, said the leaders of its parent organization, Time's Up, in a statement. Time's Up was...

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A fresh round in the battle for equal pay will be fought at upcoming U.S. corporate annual meetings, where investors will demand that firms reveal how much less women earn than men. The latest tactic is to use shareholder resolutions - where stock owners propose issues to be voted upon - to request companies’ average salaries, said Natasha Lamb, a managing partner at the investment firm Arjuna Capital. Arjuna, which specializes in sustainable and...