By Michelle Ye Hee Lee & Julia Mio Inuma July 25, 2022 - NAHA, Japan — Hana Morita was scrolling through Pinterest when she came across hajichi, a minimalistic tattoo worn by Okinawan women on their fingers and hands. Once common on the subtropical islands where traces of a distinct culture remain, the art had almost disappeared over a . Learn More
Haiti – Gangs Rampant – Rape – Torture – Homes & People Burned, Food & Fuel Shortages
Haiti - Gangs Rampant - Rape - Torture - Homes & People Burned, Food & Fuel Shortages At Least 234 Dead, Hurt in 5 Days of Haiti Gang Violence, UN Says (voanews.com) – July 16, 2022 Haiti - At Least 234 Dead, Hurt, in 5 Days of Haiti Gang Violence Haiti - Gangs Raped Women, Burned People Alive During Turf Wars By Gessika . Learn More
ISIS: Islamic State – Al Hol Prison Camp in Syria with 93% Women & Children – Vulnerabilities to Radicalization, Terrorism
ISIS: Islamic State - Al Hol Camp with 93% Women & Children - Vulnerabilities to Radicalization, Terrorism Leaving captured men, women and children in prisons and camps run by Kurds risks seeding a new global terrorism disaster, rights groups and the U.S. military warn. By Charlie Savage - Leer en español July 19, 2022 - AL HOL, Syria . Learn More
Turkey – Court Upholds Turkey Exit from Treaty on Violence Against Women – EU Istanbul Convention on VAW
Turkey - Court Upholds Exit from Treaty on Violence Against Women – EU Istanbul Convention on VAW The decision by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to withdraw Turkey from the Istanbul Convention on gender-based violence had triggered a backlash. July 19, 2022 - Turkey's top administrative court on Tuesday ruled that President Recep Tayyip . Learn More
Somalia – Famine Looms Amidst Food Crisis Sparked by Ukraine War – Gender
Somalia - Famine Looms Amidst Food Crisis Sparked by Ukraine War - Gender More than 7 million Somalis face acute food insecurity, with almost 250,000 at risk of imminent starvation. Story by Sudarsan Raghavan - Photos by Luis Tato Children are ‘buried everywhere’ June 30, 2022 - By the time Farheiya Ibrahim arrived at the Waafi camp for . Learn More
Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced by US Judge for 20 Years as Part of Epstein Sex Trafficking Ring
A court sketch of Ghislaine Maxwell attending her sentencing hearing in New York Jamie Johnson, us correspondent & Josie Ensor, new york 28 JUNE 2022 - Ghislaine Maxwell said meeting Jeffrey Epstein was the “biggest regret" of her life as a judge sentenced the disgraced British socialite to 20 years in prison for her role in a “horrific . Learn More
China – Advocacy for Women’s Rights & Feminism Is on the Rise Amidst Challenges
By Xuyang Dong March 22, 2022 - Advocacy for women’s rights is on the rise in China, whether the censors like it or not. And feminism is gathering more support, highlighted in recent weeks across China’s social media through debate on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an uncomfortable exposition of the country’s struggle with sexism and gender . Learn More
France – French Court Rules to Ban the Burkini in Public Swimming Pools
Karima, wearing a full-body burkini swimsuit, swims in Cannes after the call to support the wearing of burkinis by businessman and political activist Rachid Nekkaz. - Copyright ERIC GAILLARD/REUTERS By Euronews with AFP • Updated: 21/06/22 France's highest administrative court has upheld a nationwide ban on the wearing of "burkini" . Learn More
Ukraine-Bosnia: Bosnia Women Survivors of Rape, War Crimes, Urge Ukrainian Women Victims to Document EVERYTHING
Nusreta Sivac, a Bosnian War rape victim, looks through a window in one of several camps where she was detained, in Trnopolje near Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (file photo) By Milorad Milojevic & Meliha Kesmer April 27, 2022 - SARAJEVO -- Nusreta Sivac has spent decades recounting horrific episodes from a war that much of Europe has tried . Learn More
UK – New Law Raises the Legal Age of Marriage to 18 in England & Wales
Previously, people could get married at 16 or 17 as long as they had parental consent. The new law also applies to cultural or religious marriages that are not registered with the local council. Conservative MP Pauline Latham, who introduced the bill to Parliament, said it would "transform the life chances of many girls". Under the new rules, . Learn More
USA – Woman Joined ISIS & Trained Women Terrorists – Now US Prosecution
© Alexandria Sheriff's Office, via Associated PressAllison Fluke-Ekren provided investigators with details about her roles in Syria and Libya as part of a plea deal. By Adam Goldman June 7, 2022 - Syria was where the teacher, Allison Fluke-Ekren, ultimately made her mark: She rose through the ranks of the Islamic State, commanding a battalion of . Learn More
North Korea – Expectant Mothers at Risk for Stillbirths – Inadequate Medical Care, COVID, Quarantines
North Korea - Expectant Mothers at Risk for Stillbirths - Inadequate Medical Care, COVID, Quarantines May 23, 2022 - North Korea’s COVID outbreak may be leading to a rise in stillbirths as pregnant women thought to be suffering from the disease are shuttled into hotels, warehouses and other improvised medical facilities that lack proper treatment, . Learn More
Papua New Guinea – Addressing Serious Levels of Sexual Violence
7 May 2022 - Nearly 60 per cent of women and girls aged 15-49 in Papua New Guinea have experienced some form of physical sexual violence, almost twice the global average. A health support group, backed by the UN, is educating young people and supporting survivors. “Most of the survivors of gender-based violence that we see in the clinic are young . Learn More
Australia – New Government Makes History with Largest Number of Elected Women
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong smiles as she introduces newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at an event in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, May 22, 2022. | Rick Rycroft/AP By Madeleine Keck June 1, 2022 - Numerous exceptional firsts have been made with the appointment of Australia’s government, with newly-elected Prime Minister . Learn More
Turkmenistan – Severe Restrictions on Women’s Beauty Appearance & Couples Showing Affection
Eyewitnesses say dozens of couples in Turkmenistan have been detained for merely holding hands in public. (file photo) May 14, 2022 – CITY OF MARY, Turkmenistan -- Dozens of couples have been detained in the Turkmen city of Mary and taken away in handcuffs for violating "social norms" by holding hands in public as the government tightens control . Learn More
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