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The real story behind Camp Pelosi
HBO recently released Alexandra Pelosi's documentary, “Pelosi In the House." The film pieces together old video footage capturing pivotal moments…
‘We are not afraid’: Indigenous Brazilian women stand up to gender violence
In Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state, violence against women is not uncommon.
“As a leader, I have experienced many things,” says Lutana Ribeiro, a member of the Kokama…
Afghanistan: Top UN delegation tells Taliban to end confinement, deprivation, abuse of women’s…
Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous, and the Assistant Secretary-General for UN political, peacebuilding and peace operations, Khaled Khiari, spend four days on a fact-finding mission…
Six Reasons Why Biden Must Sign The Nuclear Ban Treaty
On Sunday, NuclearBan.US will deliver a letter signed by over a hundred national, state and local organizations to President Biden asking him to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, or TPNW.…
Afghan girls and women made focus of International Education Day: UNESCO
The agency announced on Thursday that it was dedicating the International Day of Education on 24 January, to the country’s women and girls.
“No country in the world should bar women and girls from receiving an education. Education is a…
10 Ways that the Climate Crisis and Militarism are Intertwined
WING Listicle originally written by Medea, updated by WING team 12/22.
The environmental justice movement that is surging globally is intentionally intersectional, showing how global warming is connected to…
UN calls for immediate release of 50 women and girls abducted in Burkina Faso
Unidentified armed groups reportedly kidnapped the women and girls on Thursday and Friday near the town of Arbinda, located in the north.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the incident.
‘Spare no efforts’…
Pakistan: rights experts urge action on coerced religious conversions, child marriage
In their appeal to the authorities to stop the alleged abuse, the experts warned that teenagers had been “kidnapped from their families, trafficked … far from their homes (and) made to marry men sometimes twice their age”.
The rights…
Nationalism vs. Regionalism: A Review of “The Tragedy of Ukraine” by Nicolai Petro
Written mostly before Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the book The Tragedy of Ukraine: What Classical Greek Tragedy Can Teach Us About Conflict Resolution is an illuminating read for anyone wishing to know how we arrived at the…
Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp From the Ukraine War?
Photo credit: Economic Club of New Yorkby Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, known for his staunch support for Ukraine, recently revealed his greatest fear for…