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Billboards supporting women seeking abortions are popping up along I-55 heading north
By Christopher Blank On October 11, 2023 “People make mistakes,” says Queen, a Memphis hairstylist whose clients often confide those mistakes in her. She’s earned their trust, she says, because she’s forthcoming about her own mistakes. That includes an accidental pregnancy decades ago at age 18, which she terminated when abortion was legal in all…
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Afghan women’s rights activist tells summit: Young people are power of the world
An Afghan women’s rights activist has told young leaders they are the “power of the world”. By Claudia Savage On October 5, 2023 Hasina Safi, the former acting minister of women’s affairs in Afghanistan, spoke to young people at a global summit in Belfast alongside British-Iranian author Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in Iran for…
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Florida’s Republican attorney general will oppose putting abortion rights amendment on 2024 ballot
Ashley Moody said she would eventually argue the proposed ballot language isn’t valid, though she didn’t explain why. By Associated Press On October 10, 2023 TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s Republican attorney general will oppose putting a proposed amendment protecting the right to an abortion on next year’s ballot, she told the state Supreme Court when she…
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Black Patients 42% More Likely to Die After High-Risk Surgery Than White Patients
By Amy Norton On October 16, 2023 Key Takeaways For Black and Hispanic Americans, high-risk surgeries are more deadly than they are for white patients All told, more than 12,000 lives would have been saved during the 20-year study period if disparities had been erased While the study could not determine why, the researchers pointed…
Read MoreThe Importance of Asset Mapping to HIV Prevention
By Donrie Purcell On September 20, 2023 The HIV/AIDS epidemic disproportionately affects the well-being of Black communities throughout the United States. Identifying protective factors may be instrumental in tackling racial inequities in HIV among Black Americans. One possible strengths-based approach that can be employed is asset mapping. Asset mapping is a method of research originally…
Read MoreTens of thousands of Sudanese children on the brink of death before the year ends.
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva By James Elder,Ricardo Pires and Giacomo Colarullo On September 19, 2023 Geneva, 19 Sep 2023 – “On the back of a cruel disregard…
Read MoreEthiopia: Nearly one year after ceasefire, UN experts warn of ongoing atrocities, including war crimes and crimes against humanity
By Todd Pitman and Pascal Sim On September 18, 2023 GENEVA (18 September 2023) – Nearly one year since the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities in Ethiopia, atrocities, war crimes and crimes against humanity are still being committed in the country and peace remains elusive, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia warned in…
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The Taliban have detained 18 staff, including a foreigner, from an Afghanistan-based NGO, it says
On September 16, 2023 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have detained 18 staffers, including a foreigner, from a nongovernmental organization based in Afghanistan, the nonprofit group said Friday. NGOs have come under greater scrutiny since the Taliban seized control of the country two years ago. The Taliban introduced harsh measures and barred Afghan women from…
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War crimes intensifying: Myanmar human rights investigators
On September 11, 2023 “The frequency and intensity of war crimes and crimes against humanity has only increased in recent months,” said Nicholas Koumjian, head of the investigation team, formally known as the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM). ‘Brazen bombings’ Addressing the forum in Geneva, he described even “more brazen aerial bombings and indiscriminate shelling,…
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