MEN MAKE WAR: WOMEN WANT PEACE! THE HORROR IN THE FACE OF THE GIRL CHILD IN WAR Chris Hondros of Getty Images was with an army unit in Tal Afar, when its soldiers killed the parents of this blood-spattered girl at a checkpoint. Tal Afar is a Kurdish city in northwestern Iraq - Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images WUNRN . Learn More
Conflict & The Right to Food – SR Report
Conflict & The Right to Food - SR Report 37. Regarding discrimination against rural and Indigenous women and girls, general recommendations No. 34 (2016) and No. 39 (2022) of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women respectively provide detailed, comprehensive, systemic and rights-based recommendations. They . Learn More
The Next UN Secretary-General Must Be a Woman & a Feminist
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Women’s Rights & Gender Justice
WOMEN’S RIGHTS & GENDER JUSTICE Gender discrimination and persecution threaten the safety and dignity of millions of women around the world. Queer, trans, and nonbinary people fight for their human rights on the margins of a patriarchal world that values domination over care, and the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women are . Learn More
South Korea-Misogyny Has a New Weapon: Deepfake Sex Videos
South Korea - Misogyny Has a New Weapon: Deepfake Sex Videos Men in chat rooms have been victimizing women they know by putting their faces on pornographic clips. Some Korean women say the only thing new about it is the technology. By Choe Sang-Hun - Reporting from Seoul 阅读简体中文版閱讀繁體中文版 Septeber 12, 2024 - In 2020, as the South Korean . Learn More
China Raises Retirement Age to Tackle Aging Crisis
China Raises Retirement Age to Tackle Aging Population Crisis Story by Robert Kędzierski China has approved a plan to gradually raise the retirement age, marking the first change since the 1950s. The decision responds to growing demographic challenges, including an aging population and shrinking pension funds. Within a decade, China is . Learn More
Malaysia – UNICEF Shocked by Mass Child Abuse in Care Homes
Malaysia - UNICEF Shocked by 'Unimaginable Horror' of Mass Child Abuse in Care Homes 12 September 2024 - The UN children's agency said on Thursday that hundreds of children and teens rescued by Malaysian authorities from care homes where they were allegedly physically and sexually abused faced an "unimaginable horror". "These children have . Learn More
Tajikistan – To Curb Extremism, Targeting of Beards & Headscarves
TAJIKISTAN – TO CURB EXTREMISM, TAJIKISTAN TARGETS BEARDS & HEADSCARVES After Tajiks were charged with a deadly attack in Moscow, Tajikistan has cracked down on signs of Islam. addressing the causes of terrorism. Where stalls once sold head scarves and hijabs, they now mainly offer traditional Tajik clothing. By Valerie . Learn More
Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants
The Religious Composition of the World’s Migrants Christians are the largest migrant group, but Jews are most likely to have migrated BY STEPHANIE KRAMER AND YUNPING TONG August 19, 2024 - Migration has grown steadily in recent decades. Today, more than 280 million people, or 3.6% of the world’s population, are international migrants – . Learn More
Gender Equality Stalling or Going Backwards
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Paris Paralympics Challenge Outside the Olympic Village
Paris Is Utopia for Paralympians Until They Leave the Athletes’ Village The city built highly accessible accommodations for competitors in the 2024 Paralympic Games. But the rest of Paris remains difficult to navigate. By Elena Bergeron and Ségolène Le Stradic Aug. 30, 2024 - To many of the athletes arriving at the 2024 Paralympic Games in . Learn More
STATELESSNESS: Ending Within 10 years – Report
A comprehensive overview of statelessness and its devastating impact. A Special Report: Ending Statelessness Within 10 years | UNHCR Over three millionstateless people live in just 10 countries. Families endure generations of statelessness despite having deep-rooted and longstanding ties to their communities and countries. Some have become . Learn More
El Salvador – The High Price of Safety
THE HIGH PRICE OF SAFETY IN EL SALVADOR By Megan K. Stack - Ms. Stack, a contributing Opinion writer, reported from Apopa, El Salvador. Aug. 29, 2024 - Nöe del Cid watched his neighborhood come back to life from the seat of his wheelchair. This tight row of cinder-block houses with barred windows and corrugated metal roofs formed, for much . Learn More
Gambia – 96-Year-Old Cutter Defies a Ban on FGM
Gambia - 96-Year-Old Cutter Defies a Ban on FGM By Ruth Maclean and Matty Jobe Photographs by Kiana Hayeri Reporting from Bakadaji, Wassu, and Banjul, in Gambia Sept. 6, 2024 - There were young girls, sitting nervous and excited in new clothes under the afternoon sun. There were musicians, dancing and plates of food. There were old . Learn More
Cellphones Banned in Some Schools Amid Mental Health Worries
By Laura Meckler - Hannah Natanson - Karina Elwood August 27, 2024 - Students returning to school in a growing number of states and districts are facing tight restrictions and outright bans on cellphone use as evidence mounts of the damaging impact persistent connection to the internet has on teenagers. In Los Angeles, the second-largest . Learn More
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