Moroccan girls at risk of sexual assault, forced marriage after earthquake
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Concerns are rife about trafficking, menstrual hygiene and securing safe childbirth. A torrent of messages posted online by men promoting...
‘An Innocent and Ordinary Young Woman’
A year after Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody ignited fierce anti-government protests, her family reminisces about the young woman...
Iranian authorities detain Mahsa Amini's father on 1-year anniversary of her death
The 22-year-old's death in police custody sparked months of protests. Iranian authorities detained the father of Mahsa Amini, the...
Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure
Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the...
The ‘silent genocide’ haunting Canada’s liberal dream
A culture of extreme violence against indigenous women and girls has become deeply entrenched in Canadian society For more than a decade,...
Queues for bread and no formula milk: Motherhood in blockaded Nagorno-Karabakh
Three Armenian mothers tell of their struggles after eight months living under Azerbaijan’s restrictions Mary Grigoryan’s day starts when...
Protests erupt in Bulgaria after attacks on woman by ex-partner deemed ‘mild’
Rallies in Sofia and other cities after leniency shown to man whose ex-girlfriend says she was cut hundreds of times by him Thousands of...
Millions flee homes in Sudan amid reports of widespread war crimes
The conflict in Sudan has entered its fourth month with no end in sight. The fight between the Sudanese military and a rival paramilitary...
Manipur: India outrage after women paraded naked in violence-hit state
A video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in the north-eastern state of Manipur, hit by violent ethnic clashes, has sparked...
Tatmadaw Targets Religious And Ethnic Communities In Myanmar Yet Again
On February 1, 2021, the Burmese military, the Tatmadaw, staged a coup and took over Myanmar. What followed can only be described as a...
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