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REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez</p></div></div><div class="col col-24 col-lg-18"><div class="ArticleSummary_articleSummary__KD3Cr "><h2>What’s the context?</h2><p>In a nation of farmers, the Philippines is now importing more rice than any other, heaping poverty and debt on struggling sector</p></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><ul> <li>One in four Filipinos farm the land</li> <li>Yet Philippines is now world's top rice importer</li> <li>Climate change, high costs and low prices to blame</li> </ul> <p>MANILA - Alex Quinones has been a rice farmer in the Philippines for almost five decades - last summer was the first time his field dried up, forcing many of his neighbours to swap farm life for street sweeping.</p> <p>"We were not able to harvest any rice. This drought was unlike anything we experienced before," Quinones, 62, told Context from his farm in Oriental Mindoro province, southwest of Manila.</p> <p>Farm groups blame a dangerous cocktail of high imports, low trade prices and an ill-planned subsidy scheme for crippling the rice sector, pushing many small growers out of business.</p> <p>Quinones leads an association of about 300 local rice farmers and said some had now become builders, street sweepers and waste pickers just so they could eat or pay off debts. </p> <p>Along with <a href="https://www.context.news/climate-risks/as-el-nino-bites-indonesians-grapple-with-record-high-rice-prices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fast-changing weather patterns</a>, he said a deluge of foreign rice - imports have risen by nearly 60% since 2020 - has also hit income in recent years, with traders buying local rice near production costs.</p> <p>The government said the El Niño phenomenon had cost the farm sector <a href="https://www.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CLIPPINGS-FOR-MAY-22-2024.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">9.5 billion pesos</a> ($161.70 million)in damages as of May, as climate change slashed rice production.</p> <p>Although one in four Filipinos work in farming, the country has now become the world’s <a href="https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Grain%20and%20Feed%20Update_Manila_Philippines_RP2024-0022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top importer of rice</a>, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.</p> <p>To feed its population of more than 113 million, the country lifted a cap on rice imports five years ago, imposing tariffs of 35% to 40% to cushion the new, competitive blow.</p> <p></p></div><section class="ArticleBodyGoDeeper_wrapper__EZEf_"><div class="ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__C_1oO"><div class="ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__image__rcBiK"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " 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Nigeria as flood-hit farms cut back planting</a></span></div></div><a tabindex="-1" aria-label="Food crisis threatens Nigeria as flood-hit farms cut back planting" href="/socioeconomic-inclusion/food-crisis-threatens-nigeria-as-flood-hit-farms-cut-back-planting"><div class="ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__cta__t_wT_"><div></div></div></a></div></section><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><p>The country is projected to import a record 4.7 million metric tons of rice this year, rising to <a href="https://apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/circulars/grain.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4.9 million metric tons</a> in 2025, surpassing major importers such as China, Indonesia, the European Union, Nigeria and Iraq.</p> <p>But farmers' groups said the high imports and a lack of disaster aid had displaced farmers, trapped rice growers in poverty and left the country dependent on foreign food.</p> <p>“It’s high time to junk the law that for the last five years had consistently failed our rice farmers and consumers”, said Cathy Estavillo, who represents a local group of peasant women and the rice watch group Bantay Bigas.</p> <p>Super Typhoon Enteng, the Philippines' fifth tropical cyclone this year, caused more than <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dadrrmopcen/posts/pfbid0LcX5WPoDosbmAgzkxbmwYXtmkBLuGXzHCiMzmQzxX46asuRHwKPn6tasbskwBAiRl?__cft__[0]=AZVg9wivdgloebovbIa8ZNPF6GMMqBvYdSolrTITM4Nvgp_nJEpeoOAwccTG0u0vOBHTHT89vWrF46y8czI-x5q679BYrrX-fyX1wMuxOQro1FjeZ9MTUjwOzhogi-SpDBZ--x_4VmbNZGELff12VDifyo5vE93xaNYTIQANPGQAXlE_QtuS2WzY35KiSoWCgmx_m3GHFoSMngXgWh-PJ4-Z&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2.2 billion pesos in damage</a> to agriculture and livestock, affecting over 59,000 farmers and 37,000 hectares of agricultural land.</p> <p>In the Bicol region, in the northern part of the country, rights group said about 90% of rice farms that were then ready for harvest was damaged by September's typhoon.</p> <p>Estavillo said farmers hit by this run of climate 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REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez</p></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><h2>Impact on farmers</h2> <p>The Rice Tariffication Law was supposed to help Filipino farmers by channeling import taxes into a Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) worth 10 billion pesos a year.</p> <p>The fund aimed to finance new farm machinery, seed development and propagation, among other initiatives.</p> <p>But Filipino farmers lost an estimated 90 billion pesos during the first year of the new law, data from the National Federation of Peasant Women in the Philippines shows, as traders pushed down prices on the back of all the new imports.</p> <p>During this period, farmers earned barely half the cost of living.</p> <p>In Nueva Ecija, once the nation's rice basket, many farmers went into bankruptcy as prices for rice tanked to new lows.</p> <h2>Local production</h2> <p>Last year, the government reaped a record 30 billion pesos in tariffs on imported rice - money that advocates said did little to help struggling Filipino farmers.</p> <p>Under the law, Manila allots 5 billion pesos a year for cooperatives, associations and local government units to buy agricultural equipment.</p> <p>As of March, Manila said it had delivered over 26,000 units of agricultural equipment, benefitting a million farmers.</p> <p>But Estavillo said many small-scale farmers were not part of cooperatives or groups so were excluded from the distribution.</p> <p>“A bigger number of farmers still rent tractors and harvesters. The 10 billion a year is not enough to slash the cost of rice production to 50%’, said Estavillo.</p> <p>Farmers also complained of insufficient fertiliser handouts, and of seeds being distributed too late or too old.</p> <p>“In reality, the tariffs that ideally should be returned to farmers through machines, fertilisers, and pesticides to lower their production costs were not significant and failed to make them competitive,” said Estavillo.</p> <p>In comparison, Thailand last year approved <a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2694136/support-scheme-for-rice-farmers-gets-underway" target="_blank" rel="noopener">55 billion baht</a> ($1.60 billion) of support for its rice farmers: seven times the amount pledged to their Filipino counterparts.</p> <p>Estavillo said about 100,000 farmers had signed a petition urging the government to scrap the law, strengthen rice production and help farmers earn a decent income.</p> <p>With nothing to harvest, farmers like Quinones now struggle even to take out loans to finance the next planting season in June - putting all his future earnings into jeopardy.</p> <p>"The government promised to loan us 35,000 pesos each for production. Until now, we have not received anything from them and we don't know how to start over,” he said.</p> <p>($1 = 56.4700 Philippine pesos)</p> <p>($1 = 33.8400 baht)</p> <p>(Reporting by Mariejo Ramos; Editing by Lyndsay Griffiths)</p></div><hr class="Container_mainDivider__Y3X5_"/><section class="row"><div class="ArticleBodySignature_article__R6JeU"><div class="ArticleBodySignature_article__body__iMxON"><p>Context is powered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation Newsroom.</p><p>Our Standards: <a href="https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="ArticleBodySignature_link__EnOFh"><u>Thomson Reuters Trust Principles</u></span></a></p></div></div></section></div></div></section><section class=" Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO"><hr class="Divider_divider___wHDg undefined "/><div class="row"><div class="col-24"><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq ">Tags</h2></div><ul class="Tags_wrapper__OoASR"><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Extreme weather</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Wealth inequality</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Poverty</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Agriculture and farming</div></li></ul></div></div></section><div class="d-none d-lg-block"><hr class="Divider_divider___wHDg undefined "/><section class="Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO"><div class="row"><div class="col-24"><div class=""><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq ">MORE ON Money, Power & People</h2></div><div class="MoreOn_container__v1fSZ row "><div class="undefined col-xs-12 col-sm-8"><article class="MoreOn_article__oQxYe"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b MoreOn_imageContainer__BbV6S" style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/money-power-people/opinion/in-sudan-war-is-waged-on-womens-bodies-with-impunity"><img alt="Women from El Geneina, West Darfur, await news of their missing relatives, as they gather near the border crossing in Adre, Chad, November 7, 2023. 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Thomson Reuters Foundation/Enrique Anarte" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 25vw, (max-width: 900px) 25vw, (max-width: 1200px) 33vw, 25vw " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/128w/80q 128w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/256w/80q 256w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/384w/80q 384w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/2400w/80q"/></a></div><div class="MoreOn_article__content__Mn59d"><a tabindex="0" class="LabelText_labelText__z7Rjj clickableUnderLine" aria-label="Socioeconomic Inclusion" href="/socioeconomic-inclusion"><span>Socioeconomic Inclusion</span></a><div class="MoreOn_article__content__title__w62AF "><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false false false false" aria-label="article"><span class=""><a href="/socioeconomic-inclusion/namibias-first-out-lgbtq-candidates-aim-to-change-laws-and-minds">Namibia’s first out LGBTQ+ candidates aim to change laws and minds</a></span></div></div></div></article></div><div class="undefined col-xs-12 col-sm-8"><article class="MoreOn_article__oQxYe"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b MoreOn_imageContainer__BbV6S" style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/socioeconomic-inclusion/opinion/bipoc-lgbtq-youth-feel-a-collision-of-impact-after-us-election"><img alt="A demonstrator reacts during a protest organised by pro-abortion rights, pro-LGBT rights and pro-Palestinian activists, on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 25vw, (max-width: 900px) 25vw, (max-width: 1200px) 33vw, 25vw " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/128w/80q 128w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/256w/80q 256w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/384w/80q 384w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078/2400w/80q"/><div class="ImageFlags_flagOpinion__rJtr_ " role="presentation"><span>Opinion</span></div></a></div><div class="MoreOn_article__content__Mn59d"><a tabindex="0" class="LabelText_labelText__z7Rjj clickableUnderLine" aria-label="Socioeconomic Inclusion" href="/socioeconomic-inclusion"><span>Socioeconomic Inclusion</span></a><div class="MoreOn_article__content__title__w62AF "><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false ArticleThumb_articleQuoteFlag__86TBS false false" aria-label="opinion"><span class=""><a href="/socioeconomic-inclusion/opinion/bipoc-lgbtq-youth-feel-a-collision-of-impact-after-us-election">BIPOC LGBTQ+ youth feel a collision of impact after US election</a></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></section></div><hr class="Divider_divider___wHDg undefined "/><section class="Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO" id="latest-on-context-container"><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq ">Latest on Context</h2></div><div class="LatestOnContext_wrapper__znlQq"><div class="LatestOnContextItem_item__vvTmI "><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/climate-risks/in-data-breathing-in-delhi-is-like-smoking-how-many-cigarettes"><img alt="A woman with a facemask and other people walk amidst the morning smog in New Delhi, India, November 8, 2023. 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This drought was unlike anything we experienced before,\" Quinones, 62, told Context from his farm in Oriental Mindoro province, southwest of Manila.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFarm groups blame a dangerous cocktail of high imports, low trade prices and an ill-planned subsidy scheme for crippling the rice sector, pushing many small growers out of business.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuinones leads an association of about 300 local rice farmers and said some had now become builders, street sweepers and waste pickers just so they could eat or pay off debts. \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/climate-risks/as-el-nino-bites-indonesians-grapple-with-record-high-rice-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003efast-changing weather patterns\u003c/a\u003e, he said a deluge of foreign rice - imports have risen by nearly 60% since 2020 - has also hit income in recent years, with traders buying local rice near production costs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe government said the El Ni\u0026ntilde;o phenomenon had cost the farm sector \u003ca href=\"https://www.da.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CLIPPINGS-FOR-MAY-22-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e9.5 billion pesos\u003c/a\u003e ($161.70 million)in damages as of May, as climate change slashed rice production.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough one in four Filipinos work in farming, the country has now become the world\u0026rsquo;s \u003ca href=\"https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Grain%20and%20Feed%20Update_Manila_Philippines_RP2024-0022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003etop importer of rice\u003c/a\u003e, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo feed its population of more than 113 million, the country lifted a cap on rice imports five years ago, imposing tariffs of 35% to 40% to cushion the new, competitive blow.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart21":"\u003cp\u003eThe country is projected to import a record 4.7 million metric tons of rice this year, rising to \u003ca href=\"https://apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/circulars/grain.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e4.9 million metric tons\u003c/a\u003e in 2025, surpassing major importers such as China, Indonesia, the European Union, Nigeria and Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut farmers' groups said the high imports and a lack of disaster aid had displaced farmers, trapped rice growers in poverty and left the country dependent on foreign food.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s high time to junk the law that for the last five years had consistently failed our rice farmers and consumers\u0026rdquo;, said Cathy Estavillo, who represents a local group of peasant women and the rice watch group Bantay Bigas.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuper Typhoon Enteng, the Philippines' fifth tropical cyclone this year, caused more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/dadrrmopcen/posts/pfbid0LcX5WPoDosbmAgzkxbmwYXtmkBLuGXzHCiMzmQzxX46asuRHwKPn6tasbskwBAiRl?__cft__[0]=AZVg9wivdgloebovbIa8ZNPF6GMMqBvYdSolrTITM4Nvgp_nJEpeoOAwccTG0u0vOBHTHT89vWrF46y8czI-x5q679BYrrX-fyX1wMuxOQro1FjeZ9MTUjwOzhogi-SpDBZ--x_4VmbNZGELff12VDifyo5vE93xaNYTIQANPGQAXlE_QtuS2WzY35KiSoWCgmx_m3GHFoSMngXgWh-PJ4-Z\u0026amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e2.2 billion pesos in damage\u003c/a\u003e to agriculture and livestock, affecting over 59,000 farmers and 37,000 hectares of agricultural land.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Bicol region, in the northern part of the country, rights group said about 90% of rice farms that were then ready for harvest was damaged by September's typhoon.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstavillo said farmers hit by this run of climate disasters had yet to receive any government compensation.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart31":"\u003ch2\u003eImpact on farmers\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Rice Tariffication Law was supposed to help Filipino farmers by channeling import taxes into a Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) worth 10 billion pesos a year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fund aimed to finance new farm machinery, seed development and propagation, among other initiatives.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Filipino farmers lost an estimated 90 billion pesos during the first year of the new law, data from the National Federation of Peasant Women in the Philippines shows, as traders pushed down prices on the back of all the new imports.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring this period, farmers earned barely half the cost of living.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Nueva Ecija, once the nation's rice basket, many farmers went into bankruptcy as prices for rice tanked to new lows.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLocal production\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLast year, the government reaped a record 30 billion pesos in tariffs on imported rice - 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As women bear the burden of care work, apps like Uber, DiDi and Rappi offer women flexible working hours, letting them decide when to connect and disconnect from their jobs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut women in this line of work are not only constantly exposed to road accidents or crime, but also gender violence.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Big Tech","labelLink":"/big-tech","link":"/big-tech/video/mexico-is-pushing-for-gig-worker-rights-women-say-its-not-enough","image":"c117e5c1865bf4b91b92d2adbb398404","altText":"A gig worker takes of their helmet in this screengrab for the Context video 'Mexico is pushing for sweeping gig worker rights. 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They have benefited politically from the anguish that women and civilians have experienced, and they have engineered myopic deals between military and civilian elites that have failed to solve impunity and accountability concerns.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSudan will continue to perpetuate its \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/in-world-of-competing-conflicts-sudan-struggles-for-attention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecycle of conflicts\u003c/a\u003e and horrors unless the damages and extent of violations inflicted on women, girls and communities are addressed.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Money, Power \u0026 People","labelLink":"/money-power-people","link":"/money-power-people/opinion/in-sudan-war-is-waged-on-womens-bodies-with-impunity","image":"53ad03f60d5e5958896ba4051328cb0a","altText":"Women from El Geneina, West Darfur, await news of their missing relatives, as they gather near the border crossing in Adre, Chad, November 7, 2023. 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Yet the way the Democrats narrowed down on \u0026ndash; and framed \u0026ndash; gender rights as a women\u0026rsquo;s issue, played a major role in Kamala Harris losing. It also made it far easier for Trump to reach out and speak to young men. \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Socioeconomic Inclusion","labelLink":"/socioeconomic-inclusion","link":"/socioeconomic-inclusion/opinion/as-trumps-victory-showed-gender-isnt-a-women-only-issue","image":"3f3b1f5fc61c606bb27007ccbecc7c3d","altText":"Supporters of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump celebrate after the Fox Network called the election in his favor at the site of his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. 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We must spread awareness and offer support","homepageHeadline":"BIPOC LGBTQ+ youth feel a collision of impact after US election","homepageTeaser":"\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/what-does-a-donald-trump-presidency-mean-for-lgbtq-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eU.S. election\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/us-crisis-hotlines-see-surge-from-lgbtq-callers-after-trump-win-idUSL1N1DF0UY/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecrisis lines are surging\u003c/a\u003e - an undeniable indication that the most marginalized groups among us are reeling in uncertainty.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn particular, many LGBTQ+ youth are expressing anxiety, stress, and worry. Even before the results of the election were called, The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people, was able to establish a \u003ca href=\"https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41562-024-01979-5.epdf%3Fsharing_token%3DEbX7LsH7-AF5n99850vpnNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PNveFlXHsicuqelg3jvg1Wcsju1CXHxspC9onbX6frEcU1-J5M25Ml5piLTNjBr959LGK7ejPr20VtTVSb18ArMlJnGNGgZYyU9CJQoJuUjN01H4VVGluDqO_epnWIg_A%253D\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7CBeatrice.Tridimas%40thomsonreuters.com%7C8bcc675aaa334e5659c408dd07ca0d66%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C638675286586500869%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=urKPlMXsei9VMIJ92D%2Fl0Yz9cmTVRAAKDycfskM0KGE%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecausal link\u003c/a\u003e between \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/new-id-laws-could-lock-out-210-000-us-trans-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eanti-transgender laws\u003c/a\u003e and increased suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary young people.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Socioeconomic Inclusion","labelLink":"/socioeconomic-inclusion","link":"/socioeconomic-inclusion/opinion/bipoc-lgbtq-youth-feel-a-collision-of-impact-after-us-election","image":"0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078","altText":"A demonstrator reacts during a protest organised by pro-abortion rights, pro-LGBT rights and pro-Palestinian activists, on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. 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