Originally posted on July 14, 2016 by AFP — “Afghanistan is failing to protect tens of thousands of children, some as young as five, from hazardous jobs that are prohibited by its own laws, a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report published Thursday said. The 31-page report titled “They Bear All the Pain: Hazardous Child Labour … More Human Rights Watch Slams Child Labour in Afghanistan, Calls on Govt to Enforce Laws

http://www.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/tv/2016/07/11/usa-california-bakery-slavery-sidner-pkg.cnn   Originally posted on CNN.com. For the rest of the original article, please click HERE.

Originally posted by Rebecca Wright, for CNN, on June 22, 2016— “Teenage recruits were raped by staff and forced to rape each other as part of initiation practices in the Australian military going back to 1960, a public inquiry heard on Tuesday. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse is hearing evidence from … More Australian Commission: Military Cadets Raped as Initiation

Originally by JAMEY KEATEN, for The Associated Press, on June 16, 2016— “The Islamic State group is committing genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes against the Yazidi community in Iraq and Syria, a U.N. panel said Thursday, calling on countries to do more to stop it and build a legal case on top of … More UN Syria Panel: IS Committing Genocide Against Yazidis

Originally posted by The Associated Press on June 15, 2016— “Three more women filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Baylor University on Wednesday, saying the school did nothing to help them after they reported being sexually assaulted on or near campus. The Baptist school in Waco, Texas, has come under intense criticism for mishandling … More Three More Women Sue Baylor U. Over Handling of Rape Allegations

Originally posted by Jonathan Kaiman on June 15, 2016 for the Los Angeles Times— “In June 2015, a restaurant declined to hire Gao Xiao as a line cook because of her gender. Men prepare the food, a restaurant employee told her; women only serve it. So Gao filed a lawsuit. In the U.S., this likely would … More In China, feminism is growing — and so is the backlash

Originally posted by Claire Zillman for Fortune on June 14, 2016— “Nawal Alhawsawi is fighting racism, sexism, and discrimination against people with disabilities. If you haven’t heard of Nawal Alhawsawi, perhaps you’ve heard of the title she was given about two years ago: “The Rosa Parks of Saudi Arabia.” She earned that accolade after she … More What the ‘Rosa Parks of Saudi Arabia’ Wants for Women in Her Country

By Anelise Chen on June 8, 2016, for Vice.com— “In one of the funnier scenes in Nanfu Wang’s documentary Hooligan Sparrow, Chinese women’s rights activist Ye Haiyan (a.k.a. Hooligan Sparrow) is sprawled on her bed, entertaining questions from the endless stream of journalists who have shown up at her apartment. She has just been arrested protesting … More Inside the Terrifying, Absurd World of a Women’s Rights Activist in China

Originally published on Yahoo News Digest on June 6, 2016— “A British pedophile who abused 23 Malaysian and Cambodian children and babies, including one just 6 months old, was sentenced to life in prison by a London court on Monday. Dubbed the country’s “worst pedophile” by Britain’s media, Richard Huckle was sentenced to 22 life sentences … More Britain’s ‘Worst Pedophile’ Gets 22 Life Sentences for Malaysian, Cambodian Crimes

Originally published on Yahoo Digest on June 3— “At least 117 bodies, many women, were pulled from the sea off Libya after a smuggling boat of mostly African refugees sank, while a separate search-and-rescue operation across the Mediterranean saved 340 people Friday and recovered nine bodies. Smugglers have exploited the chaos gripping Libya since the 2011 … More Bodies of at Least 117 Refugees Wash Up on Libyan Beach