The Kenyan government has launched an inquiry into allegations of abuse by the British army, which MPs say could have implications for the future role of UK troops in the country. The investigation will examine the activities of the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk), whose soldiers have been accused of murder, sexual abuse, and…
A 16-year-old girl from Nepal has died as a result of the illegal practice of chhaupadi, where menstruating women are forced to stay in huts outside their homes. Anita Chand, from Baitadi district, in the west of the country, bordering India, is understood to have died on Wednesday from a snake bite while she was…
Covid-19 caught the world unprepared; the scramble it prompted for treatments, tests, protective equipment and vaccines favoured the world’s richest nations. To avoid the same thing happening in future pandemics, a group of world leaders has proposed a pandemic treaty, which is being negotiated in a series of international meetings hosted by the World Health…
Century-old legislation in the South American country decrees up to six years in prison for those who have or provide abortions. Despite demands for change, the government shows no sign of reforming the 1926 law. Only in 2000 was it amended to allow for abortions to save the life of the pregnant woman. Venezuelans have…
As the road winds around the Mediterranean coastline on the southern edge of Turkey’s Hatay province, the outline of what seems to be hills appear on the horizon. But as they loom closer it becomes clear these are hulking mountains of rubble, so big that they have their own topography, as heavy machinery sorting through…
Andreas Mallis leans into the smoke and winces from the heat, sweat bursting from his forehead and running down his nose. The 57-year-old boat-tour operator blows on the embers of a fire and carefully turns strips of squid on a grill he hauled from his boat on to shore in the midday sun on the…
Hundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe abortions and thousands will die in pregnancy and childbirth as a result of UK aid cuts in 2023-24, Foreign Office ministers were warned in an internal assessment. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) published its programme allocations for the next two years last month, showing that…
Yazar Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, neslini şekillendiren bir avuç olayın olduğunu söylüyor. “Savaş, HIV krizi, göç ve beyin göçü ve Zimbabwe diasporasının ortaya çıkışı.” Bunlar ülke liderlerinin konuştuğu konular değildi ve Zimbabve hakkında açıkça konuşan birçok kişi hapsedildi veya yargılandı. Ancak yeni nesil kadın romancılar, bu karmaşık ve yeni gelişen ulusun insanlarını, siyasi meselelerini ve tarihini…
Le Jeux de la Francophonie’nin on günü, Cuma günü Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti’nin başkenti Kinşasa’da neşeli, rumba dolu bir açılış töreniyle başladı. Oyunlar 1989’dan beri her dört yılda bir düzenleniyor ve Fransızca konuşulan ülkelerden 18 ila 35 yaş arası insanları hedefliyor. Oyunlar arasında fotoğrafçılık, dans ve resim ile halter, koşu ve bisiklet bulunmaktadır. Fransız dilinin empoze…
Aynı adı taşıyan Mozambik şehrinde 20 yıl önce imzalanan, Maputo Protokolü Afrika’da toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliğine giden yolda dönüm noktası niteliğinde bir anlaşmaydı. Kadınlara ve kız çocuklarına medeni, siyasi, ekonomik, sosyal ve kültürel haklar açısından eşit haklar ve ayrımcılık yapılmamasını vaat ediyor. Yürürlüğe girmesinden bu yana, Afrika Birliği’nin 55 üye ülkesinden 49’u anlaşmayı imzaladı. 42 onayladı….