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Female students have broken their silence about professors demanding sexual favors in exchange for good grades. One professor has already been sentenced to a two-year prison term this month. It's not the first time that Moroccan professors have been accused of sexual harassment, but until now, this has almost never had any consequences. Louisa Wright has this report by Dunja Sadaqi.

Many emergency shelters for migrants have become overcrowded in Central America. Despite the pandemic — and sometimes because of it — people are trying to find better prospects elsewhere and dare to make the dangerous trek up north. Most of them want to reach the US. And it's not just the coronavirus pushing people to try and escape poverty, it's also the climate crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only lead to a global health crisis, but also to economic hardships. Some people from Latin America and the Caribbean are getting so desperate they embark on a dangerous journey north to make it all the way to the US — in the middle of the pandemic! We also hear how one neighborhood in Australia managed to pull off a vaccination success story.

World in Progress is a 30-minute radio show that connects the dots in a globalized era.

When pregnant women drink alcohol, the impact on their babies' health can be severe. In South Africa, more than ten percent of kids suffer from Fetal Alcohol symptome - the highest figure worldwide.