Archive for September 8th, 2025

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08/09/2025

Is Western Support for Israel Beginning to Crumble?

Human Wrongs Watch

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 8 2025 (IPS) –– When the high-level meeting of over 150 world leaders takes place at the United Nations, September 22-30, one of the political highlights would be the announcement by at least 10 Western nations to recognize Palestine as a sovereign nation state.
 

Protesters demonstrate outside the Columbia University campus in New York City. October 2024. Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider

The 10 countries– some already announcing their recognition ahead of the UN meeting — include UK, France, Canada, Australia, Portugal, Malta, Belgium, Spain, Ireland and Norway– proving the longstanding support for Israel is gradually diminishing in the Western world.

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08/09/2025

Period Poverty – Why Millions of Girls and Women Cannot Afford Their Periods

Human Wrongs Watch

By UN Women*

Millions of women and girls worldwide still cannot afford menstrual products or access water and sanitation facilities to manage their menstrual health and hygiene.

Periods make them miss school, work, and negatively impact their health, but it does not have to be that way.

In Sitamarhi State, Bihar, India, in 2022, women hold sanitary pads during an awareness campaign as part of a menstrual hygiene management program organized by UNICEF.
In Sitamarhi State, Bihar, India, in 2022, women hold sanitary pads during an awareness campaign as part of a menstrual hygiene management program organized by UNICEF. Photo: UNICEF/Priyanka Parashar

What is period poverty?

Every month, more than two billion people[1] around the world menstruate.

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08/09/2025

‘Tell Us When the Next Storm Will Come’—Human Stories From Kashmir’s Deadliest August

Human Wrongs Watch

By Umar Manzoor Shah

SRINAGAR & KISTIWAR, India, Sep 4 2025 (IPS)* –– The relentless rain that battered the mountains and valleys of Jammu and Kashmir this August shattered lives and records.
 
The Kishtwar cloudburst on August 26 buried Chesoti village beneath a torrent of mud and boulders, killing at least 65 people, with several still missing. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS

The Kishtwar cloudburst on August 26 buried Chesoti village beneath a torrent of mud and boulders, killing at least 65 people, with several still missing. Credit: Umar Manzoor Shah/IPS

In the span of just 31 days, more than 100 lives were lost, scores of families were displaced, and entire communities devastated, not just by the sheer force of nature but by the uncertainty and chaos that followed.

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