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26 November 2022, 08:15

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 25 (IPS) - Five years ago, the global #MeToo movement brought new urgency and visibility to the extent of violence against women and girls. Millions of survivors came forward to share their experience. They forced the world to recognise a reality that shames every one of us. Their courage and voice led to a powerful collective activism and a sea-change in awareness.

Read the full story, “Push Forward Act Now to End Violence Against Women and Girls”, on globalissues.org

26 November 2022, 08:15

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq, Nov 25 (IPS) - It's mostly people in their twenties sitting on a terrace in the shade of a beautiful grove of trees: black clothes, piercings, tattoos and some purple streaks in their hair.

Read the full story, “LGBTI in Iraq: Defending Identity in the Face of Harassment, Stigma and Death”, on globalissues.org

26 November 2022, 08:15

MADRID, Nov 25 (IPS) - Please take a quick look at this short report before rushing to shop on a Black Friday, Christmas sales and all those long chains of big discounts and wholesales, most of them are fake, as often denounced by consumers organisations that report that the business usually inflates prices before launching such deals.

Read the full story, “Black Fraud-Days and the Shocking Cost of Staying Fashionable”, on globalissues.org

26 November 2022, 08:15

MBERENGWA, Nov 25 (IPS) - In 2007 as inflation walloped the Zimbabwean currency, rendering it valueless, then 54-year-old Langton Musaigwa of Mataruse village west of Zimbabwe in Mberengwa district switched to cattle as his currency.

Read the full story, “Cattle Turn Into New Currency Amid Inflation in Zimbabwe”, on globalissues.org

26 November 2022, 08:15
The Welsh First Minister discusses relations with London and the national football team's return to the World Cup.
26 November 2022, 08:15
People share wartime survival techniques as Russian missile attacks plunge the nation's capital into darkness.
26 November 2022, 08:15
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 276th day, we take a look at the main developments.
26 November 2022, 08:15
Hosts become the first team to be knocked out of the World Cup after losing their second game.
26 November 2022, 08:15
Xi sends message to Kim amid an unprecedented number of missile tests by North Korea.
26 November 2022, 08:15
Attacks on the US patrol base come as tensions escalate on the Syria-Turkey border following a bombing in Istanbul.