Pakistan Faces Severe Voter Gender Gap
Click to expand Image A demonstration in Islamabad, Pakistan, on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2023. © 2023 Nabila Lalee/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Out of 127 million registered voters in...
View ArticleSouth Africa Mulls Major Immigration Overhaul
Click to expand Image South Africans and foreign nationals during a demonstration against xenophobia in Johannesburg, on March 26, 2022. © 2022 EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images Migration may be an...
View ArticleUAE: Migrant Worker Abuses Linked to Broader Climate Harms
Migrant workers form 88 percent of the UAE population and often come from climate-vulnerable countries. UAE-based workers are exposed to escalating climate risks, especially extreme heat, which is...
View ArticlePhilippines: Lawmakers Threaten Rights Body on Abortion
Click to expand Image Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his second state of the nation address at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Philippines, July 24, 2023. © 2023 AP...
View ArticleGuatemala: Renewed Attacks Against Democracy
Click to expand Image Marcela Blanco (C), a member of the Semilla Party, arrives handcuffed for a hearing at the Palace of Justice after being arrested at her home in Guatemala City on November 16,...
View ArticleEU: Reports Show Need to Fix GSP Trade Regulation
Click to expand Image Police confront garment industry workers on the streets as they protest for a wage increase, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 12, 2023. © 2023 Kazi Salahuddin Razu/NurPhoto...
View ArticleWhile a Fire Rages in Gaza, the West Bank Smolders
Click to expand Image Palestinians inspect a damaged building following a November 14 Israeli army raid in the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank. © 2023 Sipa via AP Images While global...
View ArticleGaza: Release Civilians Held Hostage, Fully Allow in Aid
(Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities and Hamas have reportedly agreed to a multiple-day ceasefire and the release of dozens of civilians held hostage in Gaza in exchange for the release of scores of...
View ArticleChina: Mosques Shuttered, Razed, Altered in Muslim Areas
Click to expand Image A WeChat post by the state television station in Linxia shows how a mosque was closed and turned into a cloth shoe poverty alleviation workshop in Huangniwan Village in August...
View ArticleIsrael/Gaza Hostilities Take Horrific Toll on Children
Click to expand Image Palestinian children stand amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Al-Bureij camp, Gaza, on October 29, 2023 following Israeli airstrikes. © 2023 Mohammed...
View ArticleIran: Security Forces Violently Repress Anniversary Protest
Click to expand Image People protest in Zahedan, Iran, on October 28, 2022. © 2022 Private (Beirut) – Iranian security forces used excessive force on protesters commemorating the anniversary of the...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Crackdown on Independent Media
Click to expand Image Sevinc Vagifgizi and Ulvi Hasanli (undated) © Meydan TV (Berlin, November 22, 2023) – Azerbaijani authorities have arrested Ulvi Hasanli and Sevinc Vagifgizi, top leaders of...
View ArticleAhead of Black Friday, Support Zoya and Other Bangladesh Garment Workers
Click to expand Image Bangladesh police clashes with garment workers protesting to demand the increase of their salaries, in Dhaka on November 2, 2023. © AP Zoya S. (not her real name), is a garment...
View ArticleUgandan Authorities Should Drop Charges Against Environmental Protesters
Click to expand Image Ugandan security officials detain a protester during a march in support of the European Parliament resolution to stop the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s Rights Abuses Flout EU Trade Benefits Requirements
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan police disperse protesters in Colombo with tear gas and a water cannon, September 24, 2022. © 2022 Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via AP Sri Lanka’s economy has contracted...
View ArticleEU: Use Trade Leverage to Support Democracy and Rights in Central Asia
Click to expand Image European Union flags wave in the wind as pedestrians walk by EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File (Brussels) – The European...
View ArticleUsing ‘16 Days of Activism’ to End Gender-Based Violence at Work
Click to expand Image Garment workers protest against violence and sexual harassment in the workplace, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 11, 2021. © 2021 Habibur Rahman/Abaca/Sipa via AP Photo Thanks to the...
View ArticleProtect Women with Disabilities from Violence in Mexico
Click to expand Image Women with disabilities demonstrating on March 8, 2020 against violence against women. © 2020 Mexicanas con Discapacidad Imagine being trapped with someone who is violent and...
View ArticleGaza: Findings on October 17 al-Ahli Hospital Explosion
Click to expand Image An aerial view of the grounds of al-Ahli hospital. The crater is visible on the pathway between the two landscaped areas. Fire damage is visible on cars in the adjoining parking...
View ArticleSpain’s New Government Should Prioritize Tackling Poverty
Click to expand Image Volunteers attend to people at the Food Bank of Lugo, May 2, 2023, in Lugo, Galicia, Spain. © 2023 Europa Press via AP Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been sworn back in...
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