Aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. Often, women and girls face greater health and safety risks as water and sanitation systems become compromised; and take on increased domestic and care work as resources disappear. Credit: UN MINUSTAH/Logan Abassi Opinion by Ayesha Khan – Eliane Ubalijoro – Yuriko Backes (karachi, pakistan /…
Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini, Clarisse Sih – Forus (brussels) Thursday, April 27, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Apr 27 (IPS) – In today’s world, human rights defenders face immense challenges, with threats, attacks, and repression being rampant in many countries. According to the latest report by Front Line Defenders, killings of…
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (L) on the set of Ms Marvel, directing actor Mehwish Hayat (R). Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Inter Press Service KARACHI, Apr 25 (IPS) – The announcement by Lucas film’s president, Kathleen Kennedy, about the upcoming three new live-action Star Wars films was enough…
Opinion by Kipkemoi Saitabau, Arthur Ngetich Kipkemoi Saitabau (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Monday, April 24, 2023 Inter Press Service Women are at higher risk of malaria due to biological, social, economic, and gender factors. They have limited access to healthcare, less decision-making power and control over household resources, which increases their susceptibility….
Opinion by David Kode (johannesburg) Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Inter Press Service JOHANNESBURG, Apr 19 (IPS) – Matiullah Wesa’s crime was to try to ensure young people got an education in Afghanistan. His recent forceful abduction by the Taliban offers the latest stark reminder that global solidarity and coherent action from…
Documents obtained by Fox News Digital show that University of Texas Southwestern medical students are being taught that gender is independent of physical structure. Fox News Digital obtained the documents via a FOIA request from Do No Harm, a national association of medical professionals that combats “woke” activism in the healthcare…
The Abortion Dream Team (from left to right Natalia Broniarczyk, Justyna Wydrzynska, Kinga Jelinska) outside the Warsaw court after Wydrzynska’s conviction. Credit: Abortion Dream Team by Ed Holt (bratislava) Wednesday, April 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BRATISLAVA, Apr 05 (IPS) – “People want the abortion laws here liberalised. Society has changed;…
Opinion by Hyshyama Hamin (colombo, sri lanka) Monday, April 03, 2023 Inter Press Service COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 03 (IPS) – Discriminatory family laws and policies that restrict women’s access to educational opportunities, employment, inheritance, property ownership and equal pay, are making women disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of the global…
Ines Pousadela at the launch of the CIVICUS State of Civil Society Report. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, March 31, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Mar 31 (IPS) – As conflict and crises escalate to create human emergencies that have displaced over 100 million people worldwide, civil society’s…
Opinion by Ines M Pousadela, Andrew Firmin (london / montevideo) Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Inter Press Service LONDON / MONTEVIDEO, Mar 29 (IPS) – Brave protests against women’s second-class status in Iran; the mass defence of economic rights in the face of a unilateral presidential decision in France; huge mobilisations to…
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