Period poverty: In Africa, women are being priced out of buying sanitary ware
BBC research reveals that women in Africa spend up to 13% of their income on menstrual products.
2023-08-11 07:47
Taliban repression of women is a crime against humanity, says Gordon Brown
Former PM calls on ICC to investigate "systematic brutalisation" of Afghan females.
2023-08-10 16:20
World Bank halts new Uganda loans over anti-LGBTQ+ law
Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act contradicts the World Bank Group's values, the global financier says.
2023-08-09 21:53
Belarus isolates political prisoners to break their spirit
Families of Belarusian political prisoners say loved ones are being denied any outside contact.
2023-08-07 07:23
The anti-abortion movement is fractured over what it wants from its first post-Roe GOP presidential nominee
Bernie Hayes has spent most Mondays since the overturning of Roe v. Wade meeting with friends outside of an Iowa Planned Parenthood trying to stop abortions one at a time. He huddles monthly with other like-minded activists plotting more wholesale paths to halting the procedure.
2023-08-07 04:20
Analysis-US Civil War-era rights law key in Trump election interference charges
By Jack Queen and Sarah N. Lynch A law enacted in the aftermath of the U.S. Civil War
2023-08-02 23:00
North Korea criticises US human rights envoy as 'wicked, mudslinging'
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL North Korea denounced the new U.S. special envoy on the country's human rights issues,
2023-08-02 06:54
US presses Taliban on human rights at Doha talks
It urges Afghanistan's rulers to reverse policies harming rights of women and vulnerable communities.
2023-08-01 08:56
Department of Justice to investigate city of Memphis and its police department
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the city of Memphis and its police department, it announced Thursday. The investigation will seek to determine whether there are systemic violations of the Constitution or federal law by the police department.
2023-07-28 00:52
Abortion rights amendment qualifies for November ballot in Ohio
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose announced Tuesday that organizers submitted enough valid signatures to put an amendment on the November ballot to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution.
2023-07-26 05:56
Department of Education launches civil rights probe after lawsuit accuses Harvard of giving preferential treatment to legacy admissions
The US Department of Education has begun a civil rights investigation into whether Harvard University discriminates in its admissions process by giving preferential treatment to children of wealthy donors and alumni, roughly three weeks after a lawsuit made those allegations.
2023-07-26 05:25
UN says Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk not killed by rocket, as Russia claimed
GENEVA The U.N. human rights chief on Tuesday called for accountability for the deaths of at least 50
2023-07-25 21:54