Colorful pageant, street fests cap queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Colorful pageant, street fests cap queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Placeholder while article actions load LONDON — A colorful street pageant highlighting Britain’s diversity paraded through central London on Sunday, the final day of a long holiday weekend honoring Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne. Royal fans were hoping to see another glimpse of the 96-year-old monarch later…

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A catering programme with baked-in prospects for vulnerable Liberian girls — Global Issues

“My name is Agnes Kenderman. I am 19 years old and I live in New Kru Town, Monteserrado County, with my mother and my son. My community selected me for the training programme.  My mother is in poor health, and my father died a long time ago, during the civil…

Ethiopia’s worst drought threatens ‘deadly consequences’ for women — Global Issues

Ethiopia’s worst drought threatens ‘deadly consequences’ for women — Global Issues

More than 286,000 people have been driven from their homes in the region after crops failed and animals died due to the drought and over 1100 schools are either fully or partially closed, leaving young girls especially vulnerable to sexual and physical violence and coercion, child labour and early marriage….