A stark warning that the true number of girls in school in Afghanistan could be far worse than the latest figures suggest. Heather Barr of Human Rights Watch, who spent six years living and working in Afghanistan, urges the west not to break its promises, saying a simple strategy could bring hundreds of thousands of Afghan girls into education.
Women, aged 18-30, who have survived human trafficking are sharing their stories in a participatory photography project, using picture captions to speak to an experience suffered by millions of unheard survivors around the world.
After telling the story of Al Khan Al Ahmar’s threatened rubber tyre school, Alice Panepinto writes in The Conversation about the recent decision to demolish the surrounding Bedouin community, and calls for the next chapter to be heard in The Hague.
After four months of paddling down the Yukon River, Adam Weymouth shares the captivating story of the gold miners, dog mushers and reality TV stars he met along the way.
Each day, thousands of “cargo women” carry heavy bundles across the Spain-Morocco border. They are living under heavy burden of exploitation and putting their lives at risk.
These dreamlike images break the taboo of sexual assault and give a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of 25 individuals who have experienced sexual violence. The free exhibition, The Spiral of Containment, opens this week and is also detailed in a new book.
