The world’s largest database of social change milestones from throughout human history
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2018 C.E. June 6Philippine city of Mandaluyong passes law against LGBT discrimination
The Philippine city of Mandaluyong has approved an ordinance to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from discrimination, the latest in a slew of local laws passed across the country.
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2018 C.E. June 6UAE makes major strides in education, gender equality, health, and social progress
The total female workforce in the UAE in 2015 was 882,000 compared to just 10,000 in 1975.
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2018 C.E. June 5Australian state of Queensland approves $1bn wind farm
The Queensland government has approved the country's largest windfarm, a $1bn project to build almost 200 turbines in the shadow of the Bowen basin's coalmines.
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2018 C.E. June 5Saudi Arabia issues driving licences to women for first time in decades
Saudi Arabia has issued driving licences to women for the first time in decades just weeks before a ban on female drivers is lifted.
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2018 C.E. June 4California approves $738 million transportation electrification initiative
What we're seeing is one of the largest and most well-thought-out approaches to advancing electrification of vehicles, says Adrian Martinez, an attorney for Earthjustice.
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2018 C.E. June 4Disney embraces $15 minimum wage in negotiations with workers
Disney says that marks the largest increase to starting wages it's ever offered.
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2018 C.E. June 1Myanmar and UN announce deal for safe return of Rohingya
United Nations says staff will visit Rakhine state in first step towards repatriation of 700,000 refugees camped in Bangladesh
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2018 C.E. June 1Rhode Island becomes latest state to pass new gun laws after Parkland
The governor has signed a bill to ban bump stocks and another to implement a red flag law.
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2018 C.E. June 1Stockton, CA becomes first U.S. city to test universal basic income
Stockton, Calif., hopes to become an exhibition ground for fighting poverty with a simple yet unorthodox experiment: giving $500 a month in donated cash to perhaps 100 local families, no strings attached.
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2018 C.E. May 31Chile set to become first American country to ban plastic bags
In a historic decision, Chile's House of Representatives voted this Wednesday to ban the usage of plastic bags in all types of shops across the entire territory, making it the only country to prohibit them in the American continent.
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2018 C.E. June 6Philippine city of Mandaluyong passes law against LGBT discrimination
The Philippine city of Mandaluyong has approved an ordinance to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people from discrimination, the latest in a slew of local laws passed across the country.
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2018 C.E. June 6UAE makes major strides in education, gender equality, health, and social progress
The total female workforce in the UAE in 2015 was 882,000 compared to just 10,000 in 1975.
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2018 C.E. June 5Australian state of Queensland approves $1bn wind farm
The Queensland government has approved the country's largest windfarm, a $1bn project to build almost 200 turbines in the shadow of the Bowen basin's coalmines.
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2018 C.E. June 5Saudi Arabia issues driving licences to women for first time in decades
Saudi Arabia has issued driving licences to women for the first time in decades just weeks before a ban on female drivers is lifted.
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2018 C.E. June 4California approves $738 million transportation electrification initiative
What we're seeing is one of the largest and most well-thought-out approaches to advancing electrification of vehicles, says Adrian Martinez, an attorney for Earthjustice.
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2018 C.E. June 4Disney embraces $15 minimum wage in negotiations with workers
Disney says that marks the largest increase to starting wages it's ever offered.
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2018 C.E. June 1Myanmar and UN announce deal for safe return of Rohingya
United Nations says staff will visit Rakhine state in first step towards repatriation of 700,000 refugees camped in Bangladesh
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2018 C.E. June 1Rhode Island becomes latest state to pass new gun laws after Parkland
The governor has signed a bill to ban bump stocks and another to implement a red flag law.
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2018 C.E. June 1Stockton, CA becomes first U.S. city to test universal basic income
Stockton, Calif., hopes to become an exhibition ground for fighting poverty with a simple yet unorthodox experiment: giving $500 a month in donated cash to perhaps 100 local families, no strings attached.
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2018 C.E. May 31Chile set to become first American country to ban plastic bags
In a historic decision, Chile's House of Representatives voted this Wednesday to ban the usage of plastic bags in all types of shops across the entire territory, making it the only country to prohibit them in the American continent.
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