Maria Jose Alvarado had the sort of dimpled smile that could stop anyone in his or her tracks. Vivacious and effortlessly beautiful, it would come as no surprise to anyone who knew her that she would one day be crowned...
Akihabara in Japan is a bustling hub crammed with stores that sell anything from electronics to manga to souvenirs. Yet, there is a darker side that attracts a very specific but sizeable audience. There is one street known as “JK...
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The second paragraph of the...
The women of Rwanda are still recovering from the genocide that took place 25 years ago. Pictures by Massimiliano Pescarolo.
Rwanda is often remembered as the country in which its eponymous genocide took place last century. The genocide resulted in the loss of life of more than a million people, over the course of a three month period, starting from...
The women of Rwanda are still recovering from the genocide that took place 25 years ago. Pictures by Massimiliano Pescarolo.
Princesses locked in towers by tyrannical fathers with no way of reaching the outside world may appear to be makings of fairy tales, but for princesses of the Gulf States of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE), this is...
It is the door to Europe for sub-Saharan migrants, Ceuta 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.
It is the door to Europe for sub-Saharan migrants, Ceuta 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.
In a move described as “a real plus for women”, on 7th June, the French Senate voted to extend abortion rights in France. The new law proposed legalising abortion on request up to 14 weeks into pregnancy, rather than 12,...
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