On July 16th, the E.U. finalized a deal with Tunisia which encompasses better economic relations, and, more importantly, the attempt to stop migrants from crossing the Mediterranean Sea. E.U. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, alongside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, met with Tunisian
On the morning of July 11th, Hong Kong police raided the family home of leading pro-democracy activist Nathan Law, who left Hong Kong in 2020 after Beijing’s grip on the city increased and who currently lives in exile in the U.K. Law’s parents and one of his brothers were taken
Women’s oppression in Afghanistan has been intensified by the Taliban’s order for hair and beauty salons to shut down. Hilary Whiteman reported in her CNN article “Taliban compounds misery for women in Afghanistan with order to close all beauty salons” that Mohammad Sidik Akif Mahajar, a spokesman for the Ministry
On July 20th, the International Rescue Committee (I.R.C.) reported that food security in Burkina Faso is worsening and that more has to be done to help those in need. Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa and, due to its location in the Sahel Region, the nation is
In the early morning local time on June 22nd, about 50km north-west of the capital of Tegucigalpa, a riot in a women’s prison in Tamara, Honduras led to at least 46 deaths. This is the deadliest tragedy in a female detention center in the region since 2017, The Guardian says,
On the 14th of April 2023, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met with the Chinese leaderin Beijing as part of a visit that, according to China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin would “usher in a new era and a new future for China-Brazil relations”. The meeting aimed to
On Sunday, June 25th 2023, people in Guatemala went to the ballot polls to not only vote for the country’s next president but also the vice president, the congress, the parliament, new mayors, and several municipal councils. The election was therefore of great significance and led to heated discussions before
Since conflict broke out between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on April 15th, multiple women have reported being raped by armed men. The lack of medication such as emergency contraception and abortifacients has only intensified the situation for vulnerable civilians and rape survivors. Enass Muzamel, an
On June 4th, 2023 a Chinese navy ship and the American destroyer “USS Chung-Hoon” escaped a near collision in the Taiwan Strait. CBS news reported that the near collision occurred when the Chinese ship cut into the course of the American Destroyer, which had to reduce its speed in order to
Distinctly from other forms of poverty, period poverty – the inability to buy menstrual products – affects people in both developed and developing countries. In her Time article, “Scotland Just Showed How Easy It Is To End ‘Period Poverty,’” Eloise Barry reported that around 500 million people live in period
