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Points of Progress: FIFA guarantees maternity leave, and more

Places where the world saw progress, for the Jan. 25, 2021 Monitor Weekly.

1. United States

including Malden, Massachusetts, where people of Asian descent make up 23% of its residents. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 calls for translated voting materials in jurisdictions that meet certain criteria, such as having 10,000 eligible voters or 5% of the resident population who speak limited English, but many communities still struggle to accommodate multilingual populations. Malden, which has been covered by Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act since 2016, has made significant strides in eliminating language barriers to voting. During the 2020 elections, city officials partnered with community organizations to

2. Peru3. France4. Syria5. ChinaWorld

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