For the first time in human history, an entire generation of children has had their education disrupted. By April 2020 to halt the spread of COVID-19, 1.6 billion learners globally, 90% of the entire student population, were out of school. A new report published by Save The Children has warned
Sudan is breaking with hardline Islamist policies as it announces it will ban female genital mutilation (FGM), cancel prohibitions against religions conversions from Islam, allow women to travel with their children without the permission from male family members, and permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol. This is a decisive break from
Obstetric violence committed in Latin America is itself an epidemic—one that has seen the further erosion of women’s basic rights to bodily autonomy under the guise of medical professionalism. Obstetric violence can be loosely defined as practices that directly cause physical or psychological harm to a woman during childbirth or
After failing to win a majority in the Polish Presidential election – June 28th – Andrzej Duda went head-to-head in the second round with Rafal Trzaskowski this Monday. He won by a narrow margin (51.1% to 48.9%), to the despair of partisans of LGBT rights. Duda, the incumbent President, hails
As COVID-19 continues to cripple the world economy, Bangladesh’s garment industry suffers exponentially. Clothing has been Bangladesh’s key export division and primary source of foreign exchange for the last two decades. However, many claim the country’s mounting dependence on the industry continues to serve as a double-edged sword. Experts say
On July 4, 2020, the spokesperson for the National Committee of West Papua (KNB), Victor Yeimo repudiated a unilateral deliberation of the West Papua autonomy bill in Indonesia’s House of Representatives. Indigenous Papuans – the subject of this bill – were not included in the discussion. Sixteen groups in Papua
