The Brutality of Sugar: Debt, Child Marriage and Hysterectomies
Archana Ashok Chaure has given her life to sugar. She was married off to a sugar cane laborer in western India at about 14 — “too young,”...
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
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Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
Southern Anti-Trans Laws Are Uprooting Families — And Leaving Them With Impossible Choices
Families in the South had just learned to navigate care for their transgender kids when a slew of new laws put their health and futures...
100 years ago, Virginia authorized forced sterilizations and a ‘paper genocide’
It’s taken nearly a century to undo the legacies of these two measures. This year marks the 100th anniversary of two of the most shameful...
Miscarriages in Gaza Have Increased 300% Under Israeli Bombing
Humanitarian agencies say women and menstruating people are also facing alarming rates of severe infections due to Israel's blockade of...
No Privacy, No Water: Gaza Women Use Period-Delaying Pills Amid Israel War
Tablets used to delay periods can cause negative side effects but without access to water and hygiene products, women in Gaza say they...
Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure
Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the...
The Global Stakes for Human Rights in America’s Election
American leadership impacts human rights globally through the hard power of institutional leadership and the soft power of example — a...
After the fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nowhere in the world has a higher rate of unsafe abortions or unintended pregnancies than sub-Saharan Africa, where...
Cuando las leyes antiaborto matan: las centroamericanas que están abriendo el camino
Las muertes de la salvadoreña Manuela, la dominicana Esperancita o la nicaragüense Amelia son los antecedentes del caso ‘Beatriz vs El...
Lawmakers seek to restrict drag shows, make abortion homicide
As we kick off the third week of the Legislature's session, here's a recap of happenings and bill movement at the state Capitol. Driving...
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