Asian Americans face discrimination much like other minorities in the US. A rise in hate crimes of over 70% was recorded between 2019 and 2020, which some have linked to the COVID-19 outbreak that originated in China.
“Today, I saw myself losing it. My heart is going crazy; I feel like I am going to faint,” Mikaela Shiffrin said after she won her seventh career Alpine world championships gold medal, winning the giant slalom in Méribel, France, in the Alps.
The Arab Women Authority – a leading NGO aimed at empowering Arab women across the Middle East and Northern Africa region, has signed an agreement with the UAE’s leading Shari’a-compliant savings and investment company (National Bonds) to equip women with valuable financial management skills and savings tools.
Afghanistan professor Ismail Mashal has campaigned on girls’ child education, calling on men to stand up for women, especially the girl child. Professor Mashal, who runs a private university in Kabul, says he has had enough of the restrictions women face in Afghanistan. Slender and well-dressed, he is a mixture of defiance and raw emotion. “Even if they’re not allowed in – they should do this daily. It’s the least they can do to prove they are men,” he tells me, holding back tears. “This is not me being emotional – this is pain. Men must stand up and defend the rights of Afghan women and girls.” In December, the Taliban government announced female university students would no longer be allowed back – until further notice. They said they were doing this to enable them to create an Islamic learning environment aligned with Sharia law practices, including changes to the…
Following a UN delegation, who held talks with senior Taliban officials in Afghanistan, there’s been headway on women’s rights, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said, cautioning that much remains to be achieved.
Seychelles joined the rest of the world to start the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign from November 25 to December 10.
The FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar is set to introduce several significant changes, and one of the most important among them is the inclusion of three female referees who will debut at a men’s World Cup.
