Zambia’s Toxic Legacy: Daily Brief
Zambia’s toxic legacy; the grim anniversary of Myanmar's mass atrocities; what happens to Nigerian women and girls who escape the traffickers; dishonorable murders in Pakistan; a new bill in Australia threatens the health of refugees; and the next steps after a long-awaited victory for Saudi women.
Lead exposure around a former lead and zinc mine in Zambia is having disastrous effects on children’s health. Families throughout Kabwe have to live with uncertainty, seeing that their kids are sick without knowing if the symptoms are from lead poisoning.
August 25, 2019, marks two years since the Myanmar military began a campaign of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity that drove 740,000 Rohingya to neighboring Bangladesh.
For years, international media have been full of horrifying stories of Nigerian women and girls trafficked to Libya and Europe for sexual and labor exploitation. Now, Human Rights Watch hears from the women and girls who manage eventually to escape traffickers and return to Nigeria...
There are about 1,000 “honor killings” in Pakistan every year. Convictions are rare.
An Australian bill to change the current system of medical transfers would risk the health of refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
After years of dedicated activism, Saudi women have won another important victory: being able to travel abroad & apply for passports without a male guardian’s permission. Now, authorities should uproot all remaining discrimination against women and free those activists who fought for change.