Tag: women’s rights

‘Going to hospital meant risking our lives’: the terror of giving birth in Gaza

Aseel Mousa in Gaza Women such as Hanan face labour at home without medical help or pain relief, with only neighbours and relatives to help GAZA casualties live statistics When Hanan went into labour earlier this month, she was caught between the pain and fear of facing childbirth without medical help, and the terror of Israeli… Read More ‘Going to hospital meant risking our lives’: the terror of giving birth in Gaza

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A Murder at the End of the World: Emma Corrin is the ‘Gen Z Sherlock Holmes’

Extreme wealth is becoming the narrative preoccupation of our times. The obscenely rich entrepreneur, or sometimes the heir to an immoral fortune, has been all over television in 2023, from Beef to Dead Ringers, Succession to The Fall of the House of Usher to The Morning Show. In A Murder at the End of the… Read More A Murder at the End of the World: Emma Corrin is the ‘Gen Z Sherlock Holmes’

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Civilians make up 61% of Gaza deaths from airstrikes / By Vetoing this Ceasefire, the US has cast its vote against Humanity: MSF

The aerial bombing campaign by Israel in Gaza is the most indiscriminate in terms of civilian casualties in recent years, a study published by an Israeli newspaper has found. The analysis in Haaretz came as Israeli forces fought to consolidate their control of northern Gaza on Saturday, bombing the Shejaiya district of Gaza City, while also conducting airstrikes on… Read More Civilians make up 61% of Gaza deaths from airstrikes / By Vetoing this Ceasefire, the US has cast its vote against Humanity: MSF

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‘What’s your rate’. Northeast women still have it bad in Delhi. Nothing has changed in 9 years

NB: This a damn shame, even worse is that it has been going on for decades; and despite promises by the police and various administrations to educate the public and punish the offenders, nothing changes. Calling people chinki‘s and prostitutes because of the way they look is racist and misogynist. Those politicians who go on… Read More ‘What’s your rate’. Northeast women still have it bad in Delhi. Nothing has changed in 9 years

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How a father’s love for his daughter challenged India’s ‘rape culture’

When his 13-year-old daughter stumbled home six years ago and told her father that she had been gang-raped, Ranjit embarked on a mission to get justice in a manner that is almost unheard of in rural India. Going against the wishes of the entire village in the eastern state of Jharkhand, and challenging India’s highly patriarchal culture,… Read More How a father’s love for his daughter challenged India’s ‘rape culture’

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Grit and glamour: how Mahua Moitra shook up the misogyny and hypocrisy of Indian politics

Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi Mahua Moitra is a misfit in Indian politics. She rejects the notion that a woman must ideally be married, and if she happens to be divorced, single or widowed, should not openly date or be seen to be in a relationship. Nor should she drink or smoke in public or be… Read More Grit and glamour: how Mahua Moitra shook up the misogyny and hypocrisy of Indian politics

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Iran arrests lawyer at funeral of girl who died after metro incident

Iranian authorities have arrested a prominent lawyer and human rights defender as she attended the funeral of a teenage girl who died after a disputed metro incident, her husband has said. Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested on Sunday in Tehran during the funeral of 16-year-old Armita Garawand, who died a day earlier after nearly a month in intensive… Read More Iran arrests lawyer at funeral of girl who died after metro incident

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Iceland’s first full-day women’s strike in 48 years aims to close pay gap

Miranda Bryant in Reykjavík Tens of thousands of women and non-binary people across Iceland, including the prime minister, are expected to stop work – both paid and unpaid – on Tuesday in the first strike of its kind in nearly half a century. Organisers hope the women’s strike – whose confirmed participants include fishing industry workers, teachers,… Read More Iceland’s first full-day women’s strike in 48 years aims to close pay gap

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Nobel Peace Prize won by Narges Mohammadi for fight against the oppression of women in Iran

Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal costs. Altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times, and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison, and 154 lashes The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women… Read More Nobel Peace Prize won by Narges Mohammadi for fight against the oppression of women in Iran

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