(58) Gun Deaths by Country 2021
Gun-related deaths are not uncommon. In 2019 alone, more than 340,000 people died as a result of firearms worldwide. About 64% of gun deaths were the results of homicide, about 27% of suicide, and 9% for accidental injuries caused by firearms. Nearly nine out of 10 people killed by gun violence were men, and the […]
(57) About 167 Women Killed by Someone They Knew Every Day in 2019: UN report
More than half of the approximately 110,000 women killed in 2019 died at the hands of intimate partners or family members, according to a report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Some 60,000 were killed globally by someone they knew, the organization estimated. That works out to 167 per day — […]
(56) 6 Millions of Japanese Seniors, Prison Beats Living Alone.
Japan is home to the world’s oldest population, with over 29% of the population age 65 and above. Traditionally these elders have lived with and been cared for by family, but increasing numbers of aging Japanese citizens of more than 6 millions find themselves living alone. More than half of all elderly Japanese women who […]
(55) Displaced Nearing 400,000 in Mozambique’s Islamist Insurgency
Reports of more than 50 beheadings by Mozambique’s Islamic extremist rebels have raised international alarm over the new level of violence in the country’s north. Aid groups in northern Mozambique say attacks on civilians have displaced close to 430,000 people during three years of Islamist terrorism. Insurgents linked to Islamic State took over Mocímboa da […]
(54) Albinos Are Being Killed In Record Numbers For Their Body Parts
Albinism is more common in sub-Saharan Africa than elsewhere in the world. Superstitions about the condition are rife, especially in Malawi and neighboring Tanzania and Mozambique. Some believe that having sex with an albino woman can cure HIV, which puts albino women at particular risk for rape. Others believe that the bones of albino people […]
(53) ‘ Bride Kidnapping’: a Growing Hidden Crime
In at least 17 countries around the world, girls are being kidnapped, abducted, raped and forced into marriage. From China to Mexico to Russia to southern Africa. In each of these lands, there are communities where it is routine for young women and girls to be plucked from their families, raped and forced into marriage. […]
(52) Five Ways Coronavirus Is Deepening Global Inequality.
Before coronavirus, inequality was already increasing in many parts of the developing world. But the pandemic is going to greatly heighten existing economic and social inequalities. Here are five of the main ways inequality is heightening around the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown socio-economic inequalities into sharp relief. From access to healthcare and green […]
(51) Billionaires Are Profiting From A Pandemic.
Since the start of the pandemic, American billionaires have been cleaning up. As more than 50 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance, billionaires became $637 billion richer. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth has ballooned by 59%. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ wealth has increased by 39%. Walmart’s Walton family has added $25 billion. Big drug company […]
(50) China Continues Its Persecution of Uighur Muslims.
Chinese government has pressed on with its “mass arbitrary detention, torture, and mistreatment” of Uighur Muslims. Since August 2016, this repression has culminated in the detention of over 1 million Uighurs, a humanitarian catastrophe of monumental proportions. In spite of the Chinese government’s efforts to suppress information, the work of organizations like the World Uyghur […]
(49) How Women are Getting Squeezed by the Pandemic.
The coronavirus has worsened existing social and economic inequalities, especially for women. While both women and men are suffering the economic fallout of the virus across the world, it is women — already more likely to be in poverty than men, already more likely to be earning a smaller paycheck, already with less savings, already […]