Azraq is the world’s first refugee camp powered by solar energy
The Azraq solar plant in Jordan will provide electricity to 20,000 Syrian refugees. It’s the first refugee camp in the world to be powered by renewable energy.
Death penalty. Global executions fell 37% in 2016, says Amnesty
Il rapporto annuale di Anmesty International sulla pena di morte indica dati positivi. Ma in Cina le stime ufficiali non sono giudicate affidabili.
India, ending child marriage by making young girls the agents of change
Once shy, the adolescent girls of Gumma Block in India Gajapati district now speak out, laugh and dance to live the life upto their expectation.
Climate change is a fact and women are tackling it
In a letter 11 women mayors outline the relationship between women and climate change: whilst they’re more vulnerable to it they’re also fundamental to its mitigation.
Argentina, beauty pageants banned all over the country. Women’s rights activists celebrate
The latest beauty pageant to take a hit is Miss Reef, where women are judged on their posteriors. A necessary measure in a country where violence against women is much too common.
A marathon in the Tindouf refugee camps reminds us that African decolonisation isn’t over
Si chiama Sahara Marathon ed è una maratona tra i campi profughi di Tindouf, in Algeria. Una volta all’anno ci ricorda che la decolonizzazione in Africa non è ancora finita.
Phil Robertson. Myanmar pursued ethnic cleansing and apartheid against Rohingya Muslims
Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch says that ethnic cleansing was pursued against Rohingya Muslims. And Aung San Suu Kyi also has responsibility.
Malala’s response to Trump’s decision of banning people fleeing war
After Donald Trump signed an executive order to bar refugees and citizens of 7 Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, Nobel Peace prize winner Malala had her say.
Women’s March, the story behind the largest demonstration in US history
The Women’s March drew over 5 million people worldwide and was held the day after Trump’s inauguration. How and why it became the United States’ largest demonstration ever.
Iraq, the mobile clinic that helps women who are fleeing from the Islamic State
A minibus driven by female doctors who are fleeing from the Islamic State becomes a mobile clinic for all women living in camps located in the country’s remotest areas.