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Under the Taliban, Afghan girls are banned from education beyond sixth grade and women are barred from working, studying, traveling without a male companion, and even going to parks or bath houses. (Photo by Marius Arnesen) Photo used under CC BY

UN: Afghanistan women most repressed globally

Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has become the most repressive in the world for women and girls, deprived of virtually all their basic rights, the United Nations said.

Associated Press

Afghan women say the world has ‘neglected us completely’

CBS News

Campaign calls for gender apartheid to be crime

A prominent group of Afghan and Iranian women are backing a campaign calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law.

Guardian

Where there’s gender equality, people live longer

NPR

Rohingya refugees fear violence amid aid cuts

The UN has recently cut food aid to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Observers fear that this will lead to severe health problems and increased crime. They say refugees must be allowed to work.

Deutsche Welle

Pakistan police probed over march violence

Pakistani police are investigating officers after violence at a march to mark International Women’s Day in Islamabad, a spokesman said. Three constables have been suspended from duty for misusing their authority.

Associated Press

Women in Turkey brave ban on Istanbul march, get tear-gassed

Associated Press

Female activists fight for peace in the DRC

Hit hardest from all sides in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s intractable wars, women are prosecuting attackers and mediating local conflicts, hoping to end the decades of violence.

Guardian

Chaos for patients amid Nigeria currency crisis

Nigeria’s naira fiasco may turn deadly as pregnant women and emergency patients without cash are left untreated and many medical professionals cannot get to work.

Context

HUMAN RIGHTS

What is the state of sub-Saharan migrants?

Tunisian President Kais Saied ordered security forces to “halt the illegal migration of African migrants into the country.” Has North Africa become the new go-to destination for African migrants and refugees? DW looks at the facts.

Deutsche Welle

Sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia living in ‘climate of fear’ after surge in racist attacks

France 24

Thai activist imprisoned for insulting monarchy

A political activist arrested in Thailand for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow ducks has been sentenced to two years in prison for insulting King Maha Vajiralongkorn, a legal assistance group has said.

CNN

Ugandan bill threatens jail time for LGBTQ+

Uganda’s parliament is set to consider a draft law that criminalises anyone identifying as LGBTQ+, and threatens them with 10 years in jail. The bill also threatens landlords who rent premises to gay people with a prison sentence.

BBC

Iranian women continue to fight for freedom

Nearly six months after Jina Masha Amini was killed for not dressing the way the Islamic Republic wanted to, women without hijabs are taking a risk to make a stand.

Deutsche Welle

Why Iranians are cutting their hair for ‘women, life, freedom’

YouTube

Afghan broadcaster airs rare all-female panel

Afghan broadcaster Tolo News aired an all-female panel in its studio with an audience of women to mark International Women’s Day, a rare broadcast since the Taliban took over.

Reuters

Afghan women say they have nothing to celebrate on International Women’s Day

NBCNews.com

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Nigeria postpones election for state governors

Nigeria’s election commission has postponed the West African nation’s March 11 gubernatorial election, an official announced, citing logistics challenges. The election for new governors will now be held on March 18.

Associated Press

Nigerian court rejects bid to stop reconfiguration of voting system for governorship polls

Reuters

Ukraine and Afghan families to be given homes

A number of Ukrainian and Afghan families living in Berkshire, England are to be given new homes. 17 homes available over the next 18 months as it says there is increasing pressure on housing displaced people.

BBC

Lebanon failing to uphold ‘right to electricity’

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Lebanese authorities are failing to grant its citizens the right to electricity necessary for the internationally protected right to an adequate standard of living.

Al Jazeera

Georgian party withdraws ‘foreign agents’ bill

Georgia’s ruling party said it was dropping a bill on “foreign agents” after two nights of violent protests against what opponents said was a Russian-inspired authoritarian shift.

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Breakthrough as eggs made from XY mice cells

A Japanese researcher has told a major genetics conference that he has created eggs from the cells of male mice. The research, still in its early stages, involved turning male XY sex chromosomes into female XX ones.

Yahoo! News

US immigration app struggles with black faces

Activists at the US-Mexico border say that a government mobile app required for US asylum applications is beset by technical problems, and frequently fails to recognise the faces of black and darker-skinned migrants.

Yahoo! News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Afghan women permitted to train as midwives

Since taking over in 2021, Taliban authorities have barred women from universities and most charity jobs, but they have made exemptions in the healthcare sector and the UNHCR says local health authorities support the project.

Al Jazeera

MSF shuts hospital in Haiti over gang violence

The medical charity, Doctors Without Borders, says gang violence in Haiti’s capital has forced the closure of its hospital in Port-au-Prince.

BBC

Malawi’s cholera epidemic hits the poor hardest

Low-income households say clean water is too expensive or simply unavailable, forcing many to rely on contaminated rivers or wells.

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GOOD NEWS

Architect regenerates Jordan’s native forests

Deforestation and the climate crisis have left the desert nation with just 1% tree cover. But Deema Assaf, an architect, believes that with time, patience and new conservation techniques she can help turn it green again.

Guardian

Graffiti artists spark women’s rights debate

Zimbabwe graffiti artists are using their spray paint to spark debate about women’s rights. The country’s women had an especially hard time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Guernsey gives $16K to earthquake victims

Guernsey’s government has announced a $15,870 (£15,000) donation to help victims of the catastrophic Turkey and Syria earthquake. It follows more than $52,903 (£50,000) donated to the cause previously.

BBC

A slum-school under a flyover in New Delhi

In New Delhi, young teachers tutor slum children free of charge. The children learn in order to realize their dreams.

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

UNICEF: 20M Nigerian children out of school

Around 20 million Nigerian children do not go to school, according to figures from UNICEF. Security fears, a lack of public schools and extreme poverty all contribute to keeping children out of school.

France 24

Egypt inflation spikes, hiking basic food prices

Inflation in Egypt again hit a new high for this year in February, the government said Thursday, with prices rising most steeply for food. The country is in the midst of an economic crisis and a currency depreciation.

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

UN buys tanker to prevent Yemen oil spill

The United Nations has purchased a large tanker to store about 1.1 million barrels of oil that will be transferred from a decaying vessel off Yemen’s coast in a bid to avert an environmental disaster, officials said.

Reuters

Oceans littered with 171 trillion plastic pieces

More than 171 trillion pieces of plastic are now estimated to be floating in the world’s oceans, according to scientists. The concentration of plastics in the oceans has increased from 16 trillion pieces in 2005, data suggests.

BBC

Ghanian activists upcycle fast-fashion clothing

Ghana is a leading dumpsite for rejected fast fashion clothing. Some designers and activists are getting creative to upcycle this material, creating value and jobs while reducing its environmental impact.

Deutsche Welle

Fatal Indonesia landslide death toll hits 32

Rescue workers recovered more bodies buried under tons of mud following a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s remote Natuna islands, bringing the death toll to 32, with 22 still missing, officials said.

Associated Press

Villagers fall ill after Philippines oil tanker spill

Officials in the Philippines believe they have located a leaking oil tanker that sank last week and has since coated nearby shorelines in thick sludge, sparking reports of health problems among local residents.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

On Saturday 8 October 2022, several hundred protesters gathered at Parliament Square as part of a worldwide series of protests in solidarity with Iranian women and Iran’s wider population struggling for personal, political and religious freedom and social justice against a ruthless authoritarian theocracy. (Photo by Alisdare Hickson) Photo used under CC BY

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