日: 2020-10-19

BangladeshGlobal developmentRape and sexual assaultSexual harassmentSexual violenceSouth and Central AsiaWomen's rights and gender equalityWorld news

To tackle sexual violence in Bangladesh the culture of victim blaming must end

There are still those who ask ‘what was she wearing’. An urgent conversation is needed about toxic masculinity and consentThere has been growing outrage among Bangladeshi citizens over the past two weeks at a string of gruesome gang rapes and sexual as…

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Asia PacificJacinda ArdernLabour partyNational partyNew ZealandNew Zealand election 2020New Zealand politicsWinston Peters

Why New Zealand rejected populist ideas other nations have embraced

Labour’s historic win delivered Ardern a second term while voters punished politicians who embraced populism Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s Labour prime minister who was returned to power for a second term with a commanding majority, has often been hail…

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CatholicismDalitsHuman rightsIndiaIndigenous peoplesLawSouth and Central AsiaWorld news

India’s arrest of an 83-year-old priest on terrorism charges is an insult to justice | Mari Marcel Thekaekara

Father Stan Swamy, who was helping indigenous people fight mining corporates, is far from a violent MaoistA frail, ailing 83-year-old Jesuit priest, Father Stan Swamy, has become the oldest person to be accused of terrorism in India. He is incarcerated…

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