(28) Apple Supplier Workers Describe Noxious Hazards at China Factory
At a Catcher Technology Co. manufacturing complex in the Chinese industrial city of Suqian, about six hours’ drive from Shanghai, workers stand for up to 10 hours a day in hot workshops slicing and blasting iPhone casings for Apple Inc., handling noxious chemicals sometimes without proper gloves or masks. In 2014, Apple banned the use […]
(27) Child Marriages: 39,000 Every Day – More than 140 million girls under 18 will marry between 2011 and 2020
Between 2011 and 2020, more than 140 million girls will become child brides, according to United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). If current levels of child marriages hold, 14.2 million girls annually or 39,000 daily will marry too young. Furthermore, of the 140 million girls who will marry before the age of 18, 50 million will […]
(26) Around the world, 6 women are killed every hour by someone they know.
Around 87,000 women were murdered across the globe in 2017 — most of them by a family member or intimate partner, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Of the 87,000, more than half (58 percent) of female victims were killed by a family member or intimate […]
(25) Gender pay gap is worse than thought: Study shows women actually earn half the income of men.
Women earned roughly half the income of men over a 15-year period, taking into account time off for family or child care, according to a report released on Wednesday, which found the pay gap is far greater than has commonly been assumed. In an examination of women’s income from 2001 to 2015, the Institute for […]
(24) For Them, Afghanistan Is Safer Than China, Persecution in Xinjiang is pushing Uighurs over the border.
Today, China’s campaigns and restrictions against the Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority group in the western region of Xinjiang, have spurred an exodus into Afghanistan, especially after Beijing and the local authorities intensified their crackdown on Uighur freedoms, religion, and culture. Beijing claims that terrorism is spilling over from Afghanistan into Xinjiang. But in reality, […]
(23) 59 journalists, media workers killed in the last 10 months of 2018
As many as 59 journalists were killed around the world in the last 10 months of 2018, according to the International Press Institute (IPI)’s Death Watch. Thirty-two journalists – including 11 in Afghanistan and two in Palestine – have died in targeted killings this year, frequently in retaliation for their work on exposing corruption or […]
(22) Deaths Of Four Successful Iraqi Women Spark Fear Among Females.
Former Miss Iraq fears she will be the next high-profile woman to be killed in the country following murder of Instagram model and three others who defied Islamic conservatives. A former Miss Iraq claims she has received death threats, telling her ‘you’re next’, just days after the murder of an Instagram model in Baghdad. Shimaa […]
(21) China’s Ruling Party Orders Crackdown on Religion in Its Ranks
The atheist ruling Chinese Communist Party has tightened restrictions on the practice of religion by its nearly 90 million members, as well as insisting that they show positive signs of loyalty to President Xi Jinping. Newly revised “Regulations on Disciplinary Measures” issued on Aug. 26 require the party to “strictly deal with the use of […]
(20) Measuring Racial Discrimination
Many racial and ethnic groups in the World, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination—pervasive and open denial of civil, social, political, educational, and economic opportunities. Today, large differences among racial and ethnic groups continue to exist in employment, income and wealth, housing, education, criminal justice, health, and other areas. […]
(19) ‘No need for birth control’: Tanzanian president’s views cause outrage
The president, John Magufuli, told that outsiders who promote birth control are giving bad advice, and that people who use contraceptives are lazy, according to local media. People who use birth control do so because they do not want to work hard and feed a large family, he added. Backtracking from commitments on family planning […]