News & Views Texas bans abortion after six weeks as draconian law comes into effect A last-minute attempt to stop Senate Bill 8 that bans abortion through an appeal to the US supreme court failed in Texas.
News & Views Afghan Minister for Women flees country in disguise as UNICEF hold “deepest concern” for women and children Afghanistan’s minister for women Hasina Safi has fled the country in disguise, saying it was “the hardest, hardest day.”
News & Views Samoa’s former PM accuses Jacinda Ardern of plot to replace him with female prime minster Samoa’s former Prime Minister has baselessly accused Jacinda Ardern of plotting his removal from office in a bid to install a female prime minister.
News & Views Afghan women told to stay home because soldiers are ‘not trained’ to respect them Taliban tells Afghan women who work to remain at home, saying they are not safe when the militant group’s soldiers are roaming the streets.
Sport Women’s national soccer team evacuated from Afghanistan On Tuesday, players from Afghanistan women’s national soccer team were evacuated on a flight from Kabul.
Politics There will always be leaders who seek to build trust from fear-mongering. It won’t work with Afghanistan. Where fear-mongering was once the most effective strategy for re-election, Australian society has evolved.
Game Changers Tsai Ing-wen rolls up her sleeve for domestic vaccine reminding us again how conviction defines her leadership Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has publicly demonstrated the safety of a new dose of vaccine developed in Taiwan.
Education and economic opportunities Afghan all-girls robotics team flee safely to Qatar The nine teenage girls of the Afghan robotics team have arrived safety in Qatar after days of negotiations by an NGO to bring them to safety.
News & Views The compassion quotient in Morrison’s Afghan response needs a boost The government’s refugee policy in the wake of the Afghanistan war is a chance to show the world what sort of country we are.
News & Views Taliban says it has changed. Evidence on the streets of Kabul tells a different story. Despite claims they are altering their ways, Taliban insurgents shot and killed a woman for not wearing a burqa on Tuesday.
Politics ‘We’ve seen the dire consequences of taking too long’: Jacinda Ardern points the finger at NSW for NZ’s latest COVID outbreak New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern hasn’t minced words about who she blames for her country’s latest COVID-19 Delta outbreak.
News & Views ‘No time to spare’: Malala Yousafzai on why we must listen to Afghan women and girls Malala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt as a teenager, has said she has real fears for women and girls in Afghanistan.
