This article is part of an editorial partnership with the Fund for Global Human Rights. A fifteen-year-old girl gets pregnant and runs away from her highly religious family in Guinea to escape punishment. She ends up in the hands of traffickers and on the streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone, engaged in the sex trade. She […]
Read MoreWhat we can learn from the LGBTQ movement’s 50 years of achievement?
This article was first published on Waging Nonviolence. Now that the LGBTQ movement in the United States has reached the half-century mark, what can activists learn from its story of struggle? Since polarization continues to deepen, this might be a good time to learn from a movement whose enemies once felt so panicked that some […]
Read MoreCreating space for writing alternative histories through peoples’ tribunals
The first peoples’ tribunal, the International War Crimes Tribunals – otherwise referred to as the Bertrand Russell Tribunal or Stockholm Tribunal – was established in 1967 with a defined mandate to address the United States’ complicity in the Vietnam war. They were an innovation intended to address the accountability gap that existed due to the […]
Read MoreFormer cabinet members protest against Bolsonaro and his government
Five ex-incumbents of the Ministry of Culture met on Tuesday, July 2, to reveal a document in which they criticize policies of the Bolsonaro administration regarding the sector. The former ministers particularly criticize the president’s decision to dissolve the MinC, arguing that culture is essential, among other things, for the economic development of the country. […]
Read MoreIn Uzbekistan, women’s rights are changing – but not fast enough
Click:GEEK Vape In Tashkent, women facing violence at home have nowhere to go. No one has heard of shelters, and if a woman has no friends or relatives, the situation becomes impossible: no hotel will take a locally registered single woman, on suspicion of prostitution. It’s pointless contacting the police, even in the most desperate […]
Read MoreAn expert explains if any sugar substitutes are better for diabetes and weight loss
Wandering through the grocery store, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the numerous brands and health claims on the dozens of sugar substitutes. It can be particularly confusing for those with diabetes or pre-diabetes who must keep their blood sugar in check and control their weight. With the growing diabetes and obesity epidemic, there […]
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