Instead of a soft power coup, the World Cup could be an ‘own goal’ for Donald Trump

For football fans, the FIFA World Cup is so much more than sport. Every four years, it presents a unifying moment – bringing people...

Can the Special Seats Bill deliver the gender parity Nigeria needs?

Hundreds of women rallied in Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, on June 11, urging lawmakers to pass the Special Seats Bill (also known as the Reserved Seats...

The rights left behind: The future of LGBTQI+ organizing in post-uprising Bangladesh

Eight Hijra and trans women casually gathered in Shahbag, Dhaka, were harassed by a group claiming to practice “mobile journalism” on April 3, 2026, exemplifying the...

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After 30 years in Iran, Noorullah found himself on a bus in the Afghan city of Herat. He clutched all the documents that made up the life of his 21-year-old son, Rohullah, who was the reason his family was headed back to Kabul for the first time in decades. Rohullah was killed instantly when a missile struck the Tehran apartment complex he had been staying in: “My son was martyred,” Noorullah said.

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Iran Isn’t Begging for Negotiations. It’s Setting the Terms for Ending the War

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Showbiz, Silence, and Religion:  Why Bollywood Dissent is Quieter Than Hollywood’s

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Laws that limit women’s employment in India

In India, women continue to face discrimination as job seekers because of their gender. This discrimination is reinforced by the more than 150 laws that prohibit or limit women’s employment in certain industries—the generation of petroleum, the manufacturing of products such as oils and rechargeable batteries, and in establishments selling or serving liquor—especially during night-time. In 2022, Prosperiti analysed more than 200 regulations to understand which kinds of work women are excluded from. We also reviewed 26 judicial rulings to study how such discrimination is handled by courts of law.

Instead of a soft power coup, the World Cup could be an ‘own goal’ for Donald Trump

For football fans, the FIFA World Cup is so much more than sport. Every four years, it presents a unifying moment – bringing people...

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