Archive for April 22nd, 2022

22/04/2022

Road to European Dream Paved by Extortion and Exploitation

Human Wrongs Watch

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Mit Al Korama’s youth (left) spent five months at the warehouse waiting for the trip to Italy (Ahmed Emad is in the middle and Ibrahim Abdullah is on the left). The group (right) during their kidnapping ordeal by Libyan militias. The group were waiting for the ransom to be paid. Credit: Supplied

Some, they heard, returned with a large sum of money and built European-style homes for their families. Others chose to stay in the European Union and encouraged their brothers to do so.

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22/04/2022

Mother Earth Is Facing a ‘Triple Planetary Crisis’: Climate Disruption, Nature and Biodiversity Loss, and Pollution and Waste

© NASA | A crescent earthrise captured by a US astronaut in 1969.
And while a steady stream of reports has painted a legitimately worrying picture of the current state of the planet, don’t lose hope: there are more innovative ideas for serious climate action than ever and more and more people around the world are working together on solutions to help repair the damage that’s been done to our fragile home.

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But before we get to the exciting stuff, there’s no denying the gravity of the problem.
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The Earth is facing a ‘triple planetary crisis’: climate disruption, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.
22/04/2022

Women and Girls in South Sudan Battle Mounting Sexual Violence amid Conflict and Climate Crises

Human Wrongs Watch

BENTIU, South Sudan, 20 April 2022 (UNFPA)* – “I used to collect firewood, make charcoal, and sell fresh milk to help meet our family’s needs,” Nyachar Gatneay Rial, 38, told UNFPA. “Now I have to sell tea in the local market to earn some money.” 

Women and girls in South Sudan battle mounting sexual violence amid conflict and climate crises
Women return from collecting firewood in South Sudan’s Unity State, which has seen alarming levels of gender-based violence amid mounting conflict and spiralling climate catastrophes. ©UNFPA South Sudan

Ms. Rial’s family are among some 220,000 people whose homes and livelihoods were demolished by floods in South Sudan’s Unity State in July 2020, and who have spent years on the move in search of refuge in camps for internally displaced populations.

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22/04/2022

Black Women, the Most Oppressed and Exploited in Brazil

Human Wrongs Watch

RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 20 2022 (IPS)* – The Theater of the Oppressed helped her become aware of the triple discrimination suffered by black women in Brazil and the means to confront it, such as the Rio de Janeiro Domestic Workers Union, which she has chaired since 2018. | En español
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A group of domestic workers gather at their union headquarters in Rio de Janeiro for a class on the law that sets out the rights and obligations of domestic work in Brazil. Learning about the law helps these women defend their rights and combat the vulnerability many of them of them face in the solitude of their employers’ homes. CREDIT: Courtesy of STDRJ

A group of domestic workers gather at their union headquarters in Rio de Janeiro for a class on the law that sets out the rights and obligations of domestic work in Brazil. Learning about the law helps these women defend their rights and combat the vulnerability many of them of them face in the solitude of their employers’ homes. CREDIT: Courtesy of STDRJ

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