News & Views Atrocities against women in Sudan reveal systemic abuse amidst war Harrowing accounts of sexual violence in the Sudan conflict have revealed widespread and systematic abuse against women and girls.
News & Views Malala Yousafzai calls on world leaders to tackle girls’ education crisis in Afghanistan Malala Yousafzai has given a powerful speech at an international education conference, calling on leaders to support girls’ education.
News & Views Killings, sexual violence and disease: humanitarian crisis in Sudan worsens Sudan’s RSF fighters committed rapes and other sexual violence, looted homes and killed more than a hundred people.
Climate Domestic violence rates increase after climate disasters, new study finds The effects of climate change directly impact the rate of intimate partner violence, a new study from the UK has found.
News & Views Protests erupt calling for ceasefire amidst yet more deaths in Gaza Fresh protests have erupted following the death of six Israeli hostages whose bodies were found on Saturday in Gaza.
News & Views ‘A nightmare’: 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied their right to education since 2021 On the three year anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover, the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan remains a ‘total nightmare’
Sport The three Olympians who can’t play sport in their country but are competing for Afghanistan Kimia Yousofi, Fariba Hashimi and Yuldoz Hashimi are the the only female athletes representing Afghanistan at the Paris Games.
News & Views The plight of pregnant women in Nigeria’s displaced people’s camps Accessing care and contending with health in one of the most dangerous places in the world for pregnancy women.
News & Views Hostages and prisoners released as calls for ceasefire extension continues Over the weekend, more than a dozen Israeli hostages held by Hamas since October 7 were released, along with 39 Palestinian prisoners.
News & Views “I was paranoid that my work wouldn’t understand,” Asian-Australian Leadership Awards winner Mariam Veiszadeh on fighting islamophobia Seven extraordinary women have been recognised as influential leaders at this year’s Asian-Australian Leadership Awards.
News & Views UN says Gaza becoming a ‘graveyard for children’. Doctors raise concerns for pregnant women With hundreds killed or injured daily, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Gaza becoming “a graveyard for children.”
News & Views Aussie teachers helping to save Afghan women from returning to violence of home country Australian teachers are helping to get humanitarian visa for their students from the Virtual School Australia. But time is running out.
