2023

Arefa* is a teacher and midwife in Farah, Afghanistan.

Hira* is a former public servant in Kunar, Afghanistan.

“After August” is a collection of stories documenting the lives of Afghan women two years after the Taliban takeover. We created “After August” based on… Read More »In focus: After August – Voices of Afghan women two years after the Taliban takeover

At least 58 people were killed, nine of them in a temple collapse, and many more were feared missing after intense rains caused floods and… Read More »Torrential downpours leave scores dead in northern India

Madagascan chief-of-staff and a French associate arrested in London after meeting with mine company.

Nasima*, 36, is a peacebuilder and a women’s rights activists. She has been living in Afghanistan all her life. After 15 August 2021, she continued… Read More »In the words of Adela*: “I went to the streets every day to fight even harder than the day before.”

A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the… Read More »Human Rights Watch urges international intervention to end surging gang violence in Haiti

Armed with stones, two taxi drivers smashed the windows of a vehicle on July 27 in Cancun, the famous Mexican seaside resort, because they thought… Read More »Mexico: Taxi drivers in Cancun smash car windows, thinking it’s an Uber

Volunteers in Hawaii are delivering essential goods via sea to victims of the wildfires that ravaged the town of Lahaina. Many of the displaced residents… Read More »‘We’re just going, going, going’: Volunteers bring supplies by boat to Hawaii wildfire victims

Coup leaders accuse the detained Mohamed Bazoum of undermining national security,