All Points of Progress
Points of Progress: India鈥檚 Karnataka state outlaws bonded labor, and moreIn good news: Bitti chakri,聽in which Dalit caste members work in upper-caste homes for little pay, is now banned聽鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Seabirds take off in Namibia, and moreIn good news this week: Fishermen and conservationists have saved thousands of seabirds over the past decade聽鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Moscow hires first female metro drivers since 鈥�80sIn good news this week: In a change to laws barring women from certain jobs, Moscow hired women to drive metro trains 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: FIFA guarantees maternity leave, and moreIn good news this week: The world's largest soccer organization ensures female players will receive聽maternity leave 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Denmark ends hunt for oil deposits, and moreIn good news this week: Denmark will no longer search for new oil deposits as part of its emissions reduction goals 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Bolivia recognizes same-sex civil union, and moreIn good news this week: After a two-year legal battle,聽David Aruquipa and Guido Monta帽o can now register聽their union聽鈥� plus more positive headlines.
The other 2020: 274 ways the world got better this yearIt might not feel like it, but in 2020聽every single continent saw incredible progress, in areas ranging from聽conservation to human rights.
Points of Progress: Urban farming takes off in Seattle, and moreIn good news this week: Community leaders are seeing payoffs in the fight to help urban farmers succeed 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Solar power use boosts teacher pay, and moreIn good news this week: Savvy school administrators saved money with solar power, then gave teachers a pay bump 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Norway updates hate speech laws, and moreIn good news this week: Norway鈥檚 parliament approved new legal protections for聽transgender and bisexual聽people聽鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Personal freedoms increase in UAE, and moreIn good news this week: Legal reforms in the United Arab Emirates have given citizens have more personal liberty 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Lynxes make a comeback, and moreIn good news this week: Iberian lynxes nearly disappeared in the early 2000s, but they鈥檙e on their way to recovery聽鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Humane shark attack prevention, and moreIn good news this week: Scientists used magnets disguised as kelp forests to stop shark attacks in South Africa 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: New Zealand elects diverse gov鈥檛, and moreIn good news this week: New Zealand welcomes its most diverse parliament and violent crime drops in the United States聽鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Tasmanian devils back in Australia, and moreIn good news this week: Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years聽鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: US Navy honors Doris Miller, and moreIn good news this week: Togo has a record number of women ministers and France expanded animal welfare laws聽鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Progress WatchPoints of Progress: States ban shark fin trafficking, and moreIn good news this week: Florida became the latest state to ban the trafficking of shark fins聽鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Progress WatchPoints of Progress: Dozens of species saved from extinctionIn good news this week: The Booker Prize finalist list is more diverse than ever, conservation efforts save 48 species 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Zimbabwe bans mining in parks, and moreIn good news this week: Coal mining companies can no longer extract resources from聽Zimbabwe鈥檚 largest nature reserve 鈥� plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Reforestation project smashes goal, and moreIn good news this week: A decade-long project aimed at helping countries restore degraded forests has seen big returns 鈥� plus more positive headlines.