[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s78dwrkKS1k&ab_channel=ChiomaOkparaNG[/embed] “2023 edition of the International Day of the Girl Child came with a difference as Rotary Club of Lagos chose two public schools in the metropolis for her girl child empowerment project. HERCONOMY put its weight behind it.”
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptKQfFlR2x0&ab_channel=ilgaworld[/embed] “In most countries, intersex children are routinely subjected to unnecessary medical treatments, surgeries, and other interventions without expressed personal free and informed consent due to stigma and misconceptions about their sex characteristics. “The impacts of these practices – and their framing as human rights violations and abuses – have been highlighted by several human…
(WASHINGTON) — Former union leader and Democratic insider Laphonza Butler was sworn in as the newest member of the Senate on Tuesday, replacing California Sen. Dianne Feinstein after her death and becoming only the third Black female senator in history.Butler was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday, just two days after Feinstein died…
For decades, patients warned Columbia about the behavior of obstetrician Robert Hadden. One even called 911 and had him arrested. Columbia let him keep working. Source: The Columbia OB-GYN Who Sexually Assaulted Patients for More Than 20 Years — ProPublica
The internal emails show special agents in close communication with Oath Keepers leader Steward Rhodes. Source: Emails reveal Secret Service contacts with Oath Keepers – CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Eventually, two and a half hours after the pain started, the expectant mother said she was allowed to leave the Middleton Unit. As quickly as the pain would allow her, Issa drove to a nearby hospital, where doctors rushed her into emergency surgery after being unable to find a fetal heartbeat. The baby was delivered…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux8BqWcuNgg&ab_channel=SouthChinaMorningPost[/embed] “A couple in Indonesia have been jailed for abusing their domestic worker, who suffered months of abuse under their employment. The case has underscored the lack of laws to protect vulnerable domestic workers in the country, according to one lawmaker, who said the case is merely the tip of the iceberg. Domestic workers in…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4ubOdQ8ng0&ab_channel=AZTVB%C3%A9nin[/embed] “La 5ème édition du camp des filles leaders est lancée ce mardi 8 Août 2023 et prendra fin le 11 Août prochain. Cette initiative de l’ONG Femme Développement, permet aux jeunes filles sélectionnées dans les lycées et collèges de Ouidah, d’être outillées la santé sexuelle et reproductive, mais également sur le leadership féminin. En…
A former minister in Michigan pleaded guilty to the 2018 murder of Black transgender woman Kelly Stough, who was active in the local Detroit ballroom scene, authorities announced.Albert Weathers, 50, a former pastor at the Logos Church in Detroit, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and a felony firearm count in the case of Stough, 36,…
NIMH announces that Lisa Bowleg, Ph.D., M.A., has been selected as the 2023 James S. Jackson Memorial Award winner.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is pleased to announce that Lisa Bowleg, Ph.D., M.A., has been selected as the 2023 James S. Jackson Memorial Award winner. The NIMH James S. Jackson Memorial Award was established in 2021 to honor outstanding researchers who have demonstrated exceptional individual achievement and leadership in mental health disparities…
