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India’s ‘streaming dream’ may dim with new digital regulations
When major companies like Amazon and Netflix fixed their attention on India, it seemed like a match made in heaven for filmmakers.The two platforms invested heavily in India’s booming streaming market...
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WTO head Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on vaccines: ‘We have to solve the health crisis...
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala made history after becoming the first African and woman director-general of the World Trade Organization, a crucial international body that helps set the rules of trade between...
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Afghan amb to the US on the Taliban: ‘They are not interested in peace but...
Grieving families buried their dead on Sunday after a horrific bombing at a girls’ school in the Afghan capital that killed 50 people, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old.The number of...
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For pregnant women, getting the COVID-19 jab is a challenging choice
When I found out that I was pregnant in early February, Arizona had barely begun its COVID-19 vaccine rollout for essential workers. I asked my midwife what she thought about me getting the shot, and...
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Many asylum-seekers are returned at the US-Mexico border under Title 42....
Day by day, Felicia Rangel-Samponaro is seeing more migrants arrive in Reynosa, a city in Mexico, just across from South Texas.Tents crowd a plaza in Reynosa. People sleep in a large gazebo.“Once you...
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Women in Afghanistan push for rights and more representation amid ongoing...
Women, as much as any other demographic in Afghanistan, have a pressing interest in ensuring a just and sustainable peace in their country, after fighting hard for their rights for the past 20...
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Sexual violence in conflict: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.A new article in the Annual Review of Political Science by field leaders Ragnhild...
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'Just a respite': Accord to protect Bangladesh’s garment workers gets...
The Accord on Building and Fire Safety in Bangladesh, which was established in 2013 following the deadliest garment industry accident in the world, was set to expire on Monday.But in a last-minute...
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Sexual violence in conflict: Part II
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from The World and Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.Last week, we began our look at the study of wartime sexual violence through the lens...
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China now allows 3 kids per family, but many couples say they can’t afford it
When the Chinese government announced a relaxation of the two-child policy, allowing couples to have three children, reactions were not quite what the government was hoping for. “We all thought it was...
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Gruesome boarding school discovery forces Canada to reckon with its cultural...
Roberta Hill was just a child when she and five of her six siblings were forced to attend a residential school in Canada. Now 70, Hill was shocked by the recent, gruesome discovery of the remains of...
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This teen's TikTok video takes on Malaysia's toxic culture of misogyny
Over a month ago, Ain Husniza, 17, posted a TikTok video calling out her male gym teacher for making an inappropriate comment about rape during a class discussion about sex education at school in...
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Catalonia’s temporary tele-abortion services are a game-changer for women...
When 41-year-old Ana Vargas found out she was pregnant this February, her decision to abort didn’t come easily.Her experience with an abortion four years ago was unpleasant. She had to make the...
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Abortion is illegal in Malta. Activists are trying to increase access.
Last September, gynecologist Isabel Stabile stood outside the Maltese Parliament with a group of activists on International Safe Abortion Day, holding signs that said: “Abortions are safe and...
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Hundreds protest Turkey’s withdrawal from treaty to prevent violence against...
Hundreds of women gathered on Istanbul’s Istiklal (Independence) Avenue, carrying banners, purple flags and signs in support of the Istanbul Convention — an international treaty to prevent violence...
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'Formal solution' reached over Ever Given container ship in the Suez Canal
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Suez Canal ship freedEgypt has agreed to a deal to release the impounded Ever Given container ship in the...
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Gunmen abduct 150 schoolgirls in Nigeria
Top of The World — our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Nigeria kidnappingArmed men have abducted around 150 schoolgirls from a boarding school in Nigeria's Kaduna...
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Feminist activists in China speak out against online censorship, despite...
Last week, LGBTQ student groups in China woke up to find their social media accounts abruptly shut down. It came after several feminist activists had similar shutdowns back in April.When Chinese...
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In Thailand, new abortion freedoms face spiritual resistance
It’s been a breakthrough for reproductive rights in Southeast Asia. As of February, anyone seeking an abortion in Thailand can get one legally — at least in the first trimester.Yet, they may still face...
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Mermaid diving is making a splash in China
On a recent afternoon at Unique Diving Club in Shanghai, Christina Bao, a music teacher, was taking her first mermaid lesson. The instructor gave her tips on how to move her body through the water. Bao...
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