‘Stripped of our human dignity’: What it means to be hungry in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘Stripped of our human dignity’: What it means to be hungry in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Khan Younis, Gaza – What does it mean to be hungry for months? In Gaza, where more than 43,000 of us have been killed by Israel’s bombardment and ground invasions – and many more thousands are lost, feared dead, under the rubble – we have been punished with hunger now…

Fact check: Are late-term abortions ever ‘medically necessary’? | US Election 2024 News

Fact check: Are late-term abortions ever ‘medically necessary’? | US Election 2024 News

Healthcare is considered “medically necessary” when it is required to maintain or restore a patient’s health. And, despite posts on social media claiming otherwise, abortion can fall into that category in emergency situations – even in the third trimester. “Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never….

What is the 4B feminist movement from S Korea that’s taking off in the US? | US Election 2024 News

What is the 4B feminist movement from S Korea that’s taking off in the US? | US Election 2024 News

A feminist movement sweeping South Korea, in which women are saying “No” to any form of intimate relationships with men, is taking hold in the United States following former President Donald Trump’s resounding victory in the presidential election. So what is the 4B movement and why are American women turning…

The girl with sun-shaped earrings: A family remembers a murdered daughter | Women

The girl with sun-shaped earrings: A family remembers a murdered daughter | Women

This article is a collaboration between Kyrgyzstan-based media outlet Kloop and Al Jazeera and is based on reporting conducted between 2022 and 2024. Osh, Kyrgyzstan – When Mediyana Talantbekova was about 10 years old, she would watch over her family’s calves. One day, one of them went to graze in…

Retired officer says US ‘a different country’ from 5 years ago after spree of violent attacks on women
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Retired officer says US ‘a different country’ from 5 years ago after spree of violent attacks on women

Five women have been attacked by strangers with criminal histories over the last three months in Nashville, Tennessee, as FOX 17 Nashville first reported. “We live in a different country than we lived in five, 10, 15 years ago than we do now,” Ken Alexandrow told Fox News Digital. Alexandrow…

Trump, Harris head west in election race for Latino votes in swing states | US Election 2024 News

Trump, Harris head west in election race for Latino votes in swing states | US Election 2024 News

The Democratic and Republican candidates in the November 5 battle for the White House have turned their attention to two key swing states in the southwest of the United States, as the gruelling campaign race goes into the final days locked in a dead heat. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump…

‘Does a Dalit’s life have no value?’: The murder of a teenage girl in India | Women

‘Does a Dalit’s life have no value?’: The murder of a teenage girl in India | Women

Muzaffarpur, India – As protesters took to the streets of Kolkata to demand justice for a trainee doctor who was raped and murdered on August 9, 55-year-old Nirali Kumari* gasped for breath in her small wooden hut 480km (300 miles) away. She hadn’t left her home – or even her…

Gisele Pelicot tells mass rape trial ‘it’s not us who should feel shame’ | Sexual Assault News

Gisele Pelicot tells mass rape trial ‘it’s not us who should feel shame’ | Sexual Assault News

Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband and dozens of other men are on trial in France and accused of raping her, has addressed a French court for the second time, stating that while she was “broken” by her ordeal she is “determined” to support other women. Pelicot spoke on Wednesday at the…

Here’s How Tibetan Women’s Adapts to Thin Air in Extreme High Altitudes

Here’s How Tibetan Women’s Adapts to Thin Air in Extreme High Altitudes

For thousands of years, Tibetan women have lived at extreme altitudes on the Tibetan Plateau, where the air is thin and oxygen is scarce. Over time, they’ve developed unique adaptations that allow them to thrive in this environment, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University.The study, led by…