A group of 11 babies transferred to Egypt in incubators at the end of 2023 have returned to the Strip, where they were met by parents and siblings they had never met
A growing number of deportees are arriving in Guatemala after signing voluntary departure agreements in the United States, lured by the promise of a cash payment in exchange for giving up their right to defend their immigration cases in court
The Smithsonian Institution, through the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project (PARC), has bred the species in captivity and has begun gradually reintroducing it into the wild
An old Sufi parable of Persian origin tells of three butterflies approaching the flame of a candle: the first observes it, the second feels its heat, and the third is consumed in the fire. Only the last attains true knowledge. The women who inhabit the mountains of Kurdistan see themselves in that third butterfly. Fighters of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) and members of the Women’s Defense Forces (HPJ), they live and train in caves and hidden bases as the situation in Iran worsens and small groups move toward the Rojhilat border
The lack of funding has left some 15,000 users of NGO programs scrambling for care in a public system that many fear to enter
Between 40,000 and 60,000 people displaced by the Sudanese conflict have arrived in the city of Kufra, where they work, trade, and live in informal settlements. In total, more than half a million have been taken in by neighboring Libya
The text, which has the support of much of the Global South, including the 55 countries of the African Union and the Caribbean Community, represents a ‘legal claim’ and ‘accountability’ for the abuses committed by colonizers, according to the Ghanaian government
Restrictions that limit access to health and employment in the health sector cause unnecessary suffering, illness, and death that could amount to femicide, according to a report recently presented to the UN
The Asian country is a global leader in customer services, with Western corporations employing young people at salaries well below the cost of living
The small city in Nigeria is known for its high rate of multiple pregnancies, and to date there is no conclusive explanation for the phenomenon
A journey through the continent’s current music scene is an exploration of identity, memory, and modernity
Tamanna lives in Afghanistan, the only country in the world where half of the population — women — are forbidden from almost everything: they cannot work, study, or take part in public life. Her life was upended when one of the very few job opportunities available to her — working for an NGO — disappeared due to funding cuts
Carmen Elena is a Colombian woman whose life was upended by the violence that took the lives of her husband and her brother. Her plan to build a village that would offer a safe haven for mothers trying to keep their children from being recruited by armed groups collapsed when USAID shut down
Hamada has five children and lives in Nigeria with HIV. Her husband and her father threw her out of the house when they learned about her illness and the fact that she had warned the second wife about the illness. When the United States halted the antiretroviral program that had allowed her to access her medication, she fell into despair
The world is rearming and humanitarian aid is collapsing. Tamanna, Hamada and Carmen Elena have felt the shock of the global upheaval firsthand. Like them, millions of women in the Global South feel the sting of decisions made in offices thousands of kilometers away. Three comics and a common denominator: being a woman
The Pakistani activist visited Spain as part of an international campaign to have the ‘systematic erasure’ of women in Afghanistan recognized as a crime against humanity
Residents of the Iranian capital describe problems obtaining food and medicine, water and electricity outages, and constant anxiety over the fear of being targeted
The September protests forced Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli to resign and triggered an electoral process marked by the risk of new outbreaks of violence
Afghanistan’s de facto government has legalized gender-based violence since 2021, effectively turning mothers, daughters, and wives into objects owned by a husband or ‘master,’ without access to a fair trial for abuses suffered
Philippe Bolopion warns that ‘there is a risk that the U.S. switching sides on the global scene may strengthen the authoritarian wave that has been taking over the world.’ He argues that resistance will only succeed if the countries that still believe in democracy can unite strategically
Up to 40% of organizations report ‘major impacts’ on their work, according to surveys by the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination and other groups, which warn of the risk of rising cases and severe liver disease
Every day, people who have died in the US arrive at La Aurora Airport in a final migratory journey surrounded by scams, injustices, bureaucracy, and the unwavering will of their families
The Italian photojournalist, second finalist for the Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, portrays the intimate lives of women under the yoke of the Taliban
A report details the presence of women in positions of power at the United Nations since 1945 and laments the ‘fictitious transparency’ in decision-making. In 80 years, there have been only eight female candidates for the position currently held by António Guterres
The small paradise in the Indian Ocean, known for being home to numerous endemic species, has suffered significant environmental damage since civil war broke out in 2014
The billionaire and philanthropist participated this Monday in an event marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of EL PAÍS, where he reflected on the challenges of a world in crisis
Reporters face censorship, threats, arrest and the risk of exile when they delve into possible violations committed by the country’s authoritarian government