The “un cuarto más” scheme (“one more room”), which aims to help more than two million people, was announced at a press conference on 12 October by Rosario Robles Berlango, the minister for urban development (pictured, centre). She claimed the initiative would cut domestic violence, and have an economic impact in Mexico worth 20 billion...Read More

A new report from the U.S. government calls for an end to the discredited practice known as conversion therapy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youths. The report released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) comes less than a year after the Obama administration endorsed efforts to ban the...Read More