International Women News
Haben, is a truly inspiring memoir of a remarkable woman who despite being born deaf and blind, refused to let her disabilities define her, and instead pursued a path of education and advocacy that culminated in her becoming the first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges humanity faces, and its impacts are felt around the world. But the effects of climate change are not felt equally by all, and women are often on the frontlines of its impact.
In the mid-1960s, Malcolm X once remarked, “If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America hasn’t even begun to pull out the knife.” Unfortunately, to this day his words are just as salient and prophetic as they were during the Civil Rights Era. Race, discrimination, and power are the holy trinity that have shaped the American Criminal Justice System.
A 6-year-old girl won a legal case against the Egyptian Ministry of Education after a primary school rejected her enrollment in the second grade, Egypt Today reports.
In the wake of the chaos unleashed by the infamous Senate 8 Bill it is important to take a look at ground zero, the fabled Roe v Wade. The broad idea held by the people is the US and the world at large is that Roe was instrumental in ‘legalising abortion’ in Texas, however the truth might be far from it. What it essentially did was determine the way states can regulate abortion.
A fourteen-year girl died while giving birth at Church Shrine in Zimbabwe. The girl was forced to marry at an early age. After two hours of her death, she was secretly buried by Church. This incident caused a serious outrage among citizens and Human Rights fraternity all over the world.
Afghanistan, which was once a forward-thinking nation with so much potential, has now turned into a living nightmare. After the departure of the US forces from Afghanistan, the Taliban has taken control over most of Afghanistan in the last 1 week. Taliban’s rise to power in the nation means that the progress the nation had made in the last 20 years for democracy, girl’s education, women’s rights, and healthcare will be reversed.
By Muskan Rani The world we live in still has a long way to go to achieve gender equality. There are several countries that are doing well but there are…
Ashmi Sheth The Mona Lisa soon won’t be the only woman in spotlight in the Louvre. On 28 May, 2021, art historian and curator Laurence des Cars became the first…
Ashmi Sheth Freda, a UK-based period organic period product brand has launched Cycle, a new line of period products designed to be inclusive and raise awareness about communities who are…