“Like all North Korean women, I had no rights under their (Kim dynasty’s) rule – no right to freedom, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness. My family was ripped apart and our relationships severed. I was forced to endure starvation...
Gulnaz, a demure and quiet Afghan woman, gained public attention in 2011. At 16-years-old, a male relative had raped and impregnated her. When she reported the incident, she was promptly arrested and jailed for 12 years for adultery since her...
Shagufta Kousar and Shafqat Masih have been sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly sending blasphemous text messages to a Muslim man. The illiterate pair from Gojra, Punjab province were detained and charged with “insulting the Qur’an” and “insulting the...
Mafi Dove is a dusty little village bursting with golden sand valleys in South Ghana. It is home to a population of around 5,000 yet what is unique about its people is that almost none of them were born there....
Cianjur is a rustic region in the verdant landscapes of West Java in Indonesia. It was here that 75-years-old Engkos Kosasih lived with his 50-years-old daughter. The woman was imprisoned in a small room–windows boarded up so firmly that it...
Ask the average person what he or she thinks about Eritrea, and it would not be surprising if the response is one of bewilderment. Bordered by Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, the Red Sea meanders effervescently around the coastline of this...
As the days lengthen and weather warms with the new season, a usual sight is the common bee – buzzing in his own bustle. Yet, as humble and inconspicuous as he may seem, he is crucial to the Earth’s ecosystem...
When she was 6-years-old Gabriella Gillespie’s father murdered her mother. At 13, he took her and her sisters to his native country, Yemen, where he sold them as child brides. Despairing the prospects of marrying the man in his 60s...
Welcome to the Trokosi’s clandestine playground. There are no games to be played and the waif girls who roam here, sometimes daydream about suicide. For centuries, girls as young as two-years-old, have been offered to shrines across Ghana as slaves...
It remains one of the most secretive weapons of war – one that is swept under the carpet like offending dust because so few will address it. Yet, from time to time, someone dares to confront that hidden dirt. “My...
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