“Le donne dovrebbero essere considerate cittadini a pari diritti”, aveva dichiarato l’attivista saudita Aziza Al-Yousef al Guardian, nel 2016. Era stata lei a guidare una campagna in cui a migliaia avevano firmato la petizione per sradicare il sistema dittatoriale di...
Holi, il festival dei colori che nella religione induista, affonda le radici in antiche mitologie e celebra l’arrivo della primavera, col declino dell’inverno. Il 20 marzo, mentre gli induisti che abitano il distretto di Ghotki – all’interno della provincia di...
Holi, the Hindu festival of colours steeped in ancient legend, celebrates the coming spring as winter ebbs. On March 20, while the local Hindus in Sindh’s Ghotki province of Pakistan delighted in the religious revelries, two sisters were allegedly abducted...
“Women should be treated as a full citizen,” Saudi Arabian activist, Aziza Al-Yousef told the Guardian back in 2016. She had spearheaded a campaign which saw thousands sign a petition to eradicate the country’s dictatorial guardianship system – one that...
Brunei has sent shockwaves around the globe with the announcement that it will be implementing the punishment of death by stoning for gay sex and adultery. According to the draconian penal code. those found guilty will face the aforementioned execution,...
La loro storia rappresenta una dicotomia priva di compromessi fra liberazione e repressione. Le immagini dei loro volti sono state distillate – quasi con eccessiva lentezza – per essere trasmesse a un mondo in attesa e una stampa impaziente. Si...
Their story is an unyielding dichotomy between liberation and repression. Images of their faces trickled – almost too slowly – to a waiting world and an eager press. They are the 11 female activists from Saudi Arabia who, in June...
With dark eyes that stared defiantly into a world – one in which the trademark pearl necklace of the devadasi that clung around her neck inscribed destiny, Sitavva Dundappa Jodatti would defy its age-old custom. A steadfast figure, she would...
Cultural relativism has a boundary, and any practice that inflicts cruelty on a child crosses that line. In a landmark ruling, the UK has seen its first conviction for the crime of female genital mutilation (FGM). In February of this...
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