by Ben Barber | 3 May 2019 | Africa, Americas, Asia
Female genital mutilation persists in many countries. While efforts to curb the rite are progressing worldwide, the practice has gained ground in the U.S. A six-year-old girl screams in pain while being cut in Somalia, 17 June 1996 (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) The...
by Lizan Nijkrake | 3 Jun 2020 | Health and Wellness, Human Rights, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows, Women
The world was making progress in curbing female genital mutilation, a rite of passage to womanhood in many countries. COVID-19 is setting back those efforts. A six-year-old girl screams in pain while being cut in Somalia, 17 June 1996 (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) Rhobi...
by Pauline Bock | 29 Sep 2015 | Africa, Human Rights, Women
Young girls in an ethnic group in Uganda have undergone genital cutting for generations. An NGO is working to end the practice and empower girls. A six-year-old girl screams while being cut in Somalia, 17 June 1996. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju) Esther Chebet recalls...
by News Decoder | 20 Sep 2019 | News Decoder Updates
Young people today are outraged by injustice and inequality. Education must help them become global citizens who defend democratic ideals. News-Decoder Founder Nelson Graves addressing Pamoja’s 10-year celebration in Oxford, United Kingdom (Photo by HobsonCurtis...
by Nelson Graves | 18 Jul 2019 | Media Literacy, Personal Reflections
We all have our convictions. But the world’s a complex place, where opposing viewpoints co-exist. Humility can be the first step to understanding. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, seen in London on 11 July 1961, was the first man to orbit the Earth, not U.S....