Abolition doesn’t necessarily mean eradication. At least this is the lesson the history of slavery is trying to teach us, because despite being abolished in the UK in 1833, it continues to ruin lives in 21st Century Britain. And as...
It was just like any other busy day in Kabul, Afghanistan. The city spat out pollution, and people bustled to and from their Sunday morning activities. Sajad Agha slowed his motorcycle as they turned into the street where the Ahmadi’s...
Josper spoke despondently about how she was forced into having sex as a child because of an ancient village custom. Unsurprisingly, she found herself pregnant by the age of 12. She was then made to abandon her new-born baby by...
Nestled in the underbelly of the Himalayan mountains is a small Chinese province, Yunnan. Close to the borders of Tibet, it is where the Mosuo people live. It is not too dissimilar to other agrarian communities – the villagers tend...
Holy is a young boy who enjoys normal activities like most boys his age. He is a bright child who goes to school, plays with his friends, and goes swimming in the local pool. Yet, unlike other boys, Holy goes...
Jordanian-born Princess Haya, a wife of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, has absconded to London after it is said that she has fled for her life. She married the Sheikh in 2004, becoming his sixth wife. Princess...
(Mumbai) Amid the thronging arrivals at Mumbai’s main airport, five men – each clad in t-shirts and tracksuit bottoms – shuffle forward. Their fresh faces and fashionable attire give no hint at the ordeal they’ve endured. For 70 days, the...
Countless dogs are huddled together, crammed on top of each other in cages, their bodies shaking vigorously out of fear. Their mouths are bound tightly with plastic; their whimpers cannot be heard as they struggle to breathe. Their frightened eyes...
“One of the doctors took a scalpel and made a long incision from under the sternum all the way to the umbilicus. The man’s legs began to twitch. Then the doctor opened his entire abdominal cavity. Blood and intestines gushed...
Ceuta is the door to Europe for sub-Saharan migrants, but it represents also an important commercial junction for North Africa, but to get their products directly into the nation from the European continent would cost Moroccan stores about five times as much as the passage from Ceuta. Therefore the system of women is more economical for the arrival of goods from Europe to Africa. So while North African business owners reap the benefits of the system, the porteadoras are left frustrated and underpaid.
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