It’s not often that a columnist is obliged to make reference to pizza in the midst of a rogue-nation-made famine. But the times and decency demand it given that, as a defining aspect of its iron-clad siege of Gaza, Israel, by its own admission, has intended all along to bar food and water from reaching the devastated enclave and the children, women and men who, for the moment, populate it.
In a remarkable shift, a new study has revealed that the long-standing disparity in life expectancy between men and women is gradually narrowing across the globe. This trend, driven by changing lifestyles and increased awareness of health issues, challenges the historical norm of women outliving men.
US-based pollster Gallup reports 52 percent of women, 67 percent of young adults aged up to 34 disapprove of Israel’s attacks on besieged Palestinian enclave.
Women are skipping meals, medical appointments and treatments in order to make ends meet as living costs rise worldwide.
For Nina*, dal (stewed lentils) tastes like defeat, preparing it feels like a lost cause. “Sometimes, there is ‘too much salt’, sometimes there is ‘no salt’, so much so that salting is very stressful for me,” she says, recounting the harsh words her cooking receives from her husband of 27 years.
Sanna Marin is on a working visit to New Zealand and Australia this week, the first ever by a Finnish prime minister. But did she meet her Kiwi counterpart Jacinda Ardern just because they’re both women of a similar age?
Throughout Syria’s civil war, women have risked their security to mediate the various conflicts that have affected their communities. Since international efforts to end the fighting have stalled, their role has grown in importance.
Women and girls face “deadly consequences” in the Somali region of Ethiopia due to the worst drought conditions in forty years, according to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) issued a statement of deep concern on Saturday in response to an announcement made by the Taliban de facto authorities saying that women should only leave their homes in cases of necessity and then, with their faces covered in public.
Whether as peacebuilders, humanitarians or pivotal actors courageously pushing their communities forward, Afghan women must be given the space to lead if the country is to find peace and progress, the UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet stressed in a statement on Thursday.
