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For nearly two decades, ‘General’ Narsamma and her team at Sangham Radio have honed their craft, learning every aspect of broadcasting, including fixing the radio mast and interview techniquesWords and photographs by Uday NarayananAs twilight settles o…
続きを読むSobia Batool Shah is being protected in hospital after a mob of male relatives attacked her in a harrowing case that highlights Pakistan’s epidemic of gender-based violenceThe household was fast asleep when the six men broke in. They sought out Sobia B…
続きを読むKazakhstan to toughen penalties for domestic violence as killing of Saltanat Nukenova prompts national outcry and shines spotlight on high femicide rates A former Kazakh government minister has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the torture and …
続きを読むMental health apps focusing on personal history part of a wider push to support men and address high rates of family harmJoshua Wilson* was abandoned at birth and then adopted into a family where he was sexually abused by his father and violently torme…
続きを読むChinese cyberspace is filled with videos showing violence against women and activists say only real social change will stop the abuseTang Ping, 31, a mother-of-two in the southern Chinese city of Nanning, says in 2014 when her first child was six month…
続きを読むZahir Jaffer tortured and beheaded Noor Mukadam, in July last year, in case that sparked outrage over violence against womenA court in Islamabad has sentenced to death the tycoon’s son who raped and murdered Noor Mukadam, a case that sparked outrage in…
続きを読むIn Lyari, a slum notorious for violence in Pakistan’s most populous city, Mehr Ghar offers young people a safe place to hang out and study – and, for many, an alternative path to gang lifeLiving in Lyari was like living on the frontlines of a war, says…
続きを読むGul Bano and Karima’s former offices are in the hands of the Taliban – and they fear for their livesGul Bano* and Karima* are activists who ran provincial branches of the ministry of women’s affairs in two different parts of Afghanistan. Their former o…
続きを読むFrom Greece the women are advocating for fellow refugees – and those left behind under Taliban ruleIt is a Saturday morning in November, and Afghan MP Nazifa Yousufi Bek gathers up her notes and prepares to head for the office. But instead of jumping i…
続きを読むA gift of a camera inspired Belmaya Nepali to rise above poverty and abuse to make documentaries• I Am Belmaya reviewBelmaya Nepali’s life changed for ever when, at 14, she was given a camera.The British film-maker Sue Carpenter had come to Pokhara, a …
続きを読むActivists highlight the poverty, stigma and abuse faced by women deserted by spouses living abroad Kamala Reddy*, 33, a software engineer from Andhra Pradesh, married Vijay Kumar* in a traditional Hindu wedding in 2012. Kumar, who was working in the UK…
続きを読むBrutal death of social media star Lhamo has shone spotlight on domestic violence in the countryA Chinese man has been sentenced to death after a court found him guilty of killing his ex-wife while she was livestreaming on social media last year.The int…
続きを読むWomen’s protests led to prohibition in Bihar but can alcohol bans end domestic abuse and harassment?Holding sticks and brooms, the women marched to the liquor shop in the centre of Konar village. It was a rare ambush in the staunchly patriarchal Bihar …
続きを読むA roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms from Thailand to Texas Continue reading…
続きを読むExclusive: Front Line Defenders report says rights defenders working in sex industry face ‘targeted attacks’ around the world‘I’m scared of being killed’: sex worker activists speak outSex worker activists are among the most at risk defenders of human …
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