The COVID-19 pandemic is an international public health crisis that is still threatening the entire world. Gender inequalities continue to be a critical challenge for society, including the healthcare area. In this pandemic, millions of women have been the ones who have been on the front line to face COVID-19.
A 13-year-old Palestinian, named Ali Abu Alia, died on Friday, December 4th, after being critically injured by Israeli troops in Almugayer, a village just northeast of Ramallah. The deadly incident occurred when Israeli soldiers came upon a group in the West Bank who began throwing stones. The Israeli soldiers responded,
November 10th saw the signing of the Azerbaijan-Armenian peace deal, ending six weeks of bloody conflict. Large swathes of Nagorno-Karabakh were awarded to Azerbaijan after being seized during the war. Ethnic Armenians who resided in these areas fled Armenia, often destroying their homes in the process. During the war, international
On December 4, 2020, Ali Abu Aliya, a fourteen-year-old Palestinian, was shot by Israeli troops during a protest against Israeli occupation and land theft in the village of al-Mughayyi. Abu Aliya was taken to the Palestine Medical Center where he later died due to his wounds, according to the Palestinian
After almost three years of negotiation, Canadian natural gas company TC Energy has sold a $1.1 billion Canadian dollar ($769 million U.S. dollar) stake in the Keystone XL (KXL) oil pipeline to a group of Indigenous First Nations. The share was bought by Natural Law Energy (NLE), a conglomerate of
On 30 November 2020, Nemonte Nenquimo, an Indigenous leader of the Waorani people from the Ecuadorian Amazon, was awarded the 2020 Goldman Environmental prize following her 2019 legal battle against the government’s proposal to use the rainforest for oil extraction. The Ecuadorian government intended to destroy 500,000 acres of rainforest,
‘Black Pete,’ better known as Zwarte Piet in the Netherlands, is a historical holiday tradition that dates back to the 19th century. This tradition is prominent in the Netherlands and celebrates Saint Nicholas’ helper, a black man nicknamed ‘Black Pete.’ This event is often celebrated through the use of costumes
On Friday, November 13, a young Sikh boy was walking home from school and was attacked by two students. The two boys continued punching him repeatedly with several blows to his head. The boy tried to defend himself but continued to get injured until they were able to pin him
In the shadow of the U.S. elections, on November 8th, the National League for Democracy (NLD) won Myanmar’s second democratic election. The NLD won in a landslide victory and it sees Aung San Suu Kyi continue her role as State Counsellor, Myanmar’s equivalent of a prime minister. This is a
