It has been almost a year since President Donald Trump signed the executive order purporting to end his policy of separating parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border. However, his administration’s broader zero-tolerance policy continues today—and because of it, a particularly heinous form of family separation is playing out in Texas.
As Rewire.News reported in part one of this series, migrants prosecuted under the “zero-tolerance” policy are remanded to U.S. Marshals Service (...
Academics at Loughborough University noted “gender inequality across all coverage” from November 7 to November 13.
The research found that when considering all participants in election news coverage – including citizens, business people, experts and public professionals – women’s voices accounted for just a third of all quotation in TV news and a fifth of quotation in the national press.
On television, women’s voices made up 32.9% of the share, while men had 67.1%.
In...
A BBC investigation found universities received more than 700 allegations of sexual misconduct during the past academic year.
Students accused their universities of being paralysed by fear of reputational damage and not offering proper support.
Universities UK said institutions were making progress in handling complaints.
But students said they had to go through "traumatic" and lengthy complaints procedures, with one saying she "felt like the one on trial" and another...
A local resident passing near the train station of Cagnes-sur-Mer, southern France, thought he had seen a foot and raised the alarm.
The death of 21-year-old Salomé has been recorded as the 100th case of femicide this year.
It comes as the government announces measures to combat the killing of women related to domestic violence.
According to several neighbours, the young woman was killed by her partner during a violent attack which took place in the street at night after...
American Airlines has apologized to a woman who says she was humiliated after being told she couldn't fly unless she covered up her romper.
Latisha "Tisha" Rowe said she and her son were boarding a flight from Kingston, Jamaica, to Miami, Florida, on June 30 when an airline employee asked them to step off the plane to talk, her attorney, Geoffrey Berg, told CNN.
Rowe was told that she would not be allowed to fly unless she covered herself, Berg said. Her thighs and arms were...
A former inmate of Syrian prisons run by the Bashar al-Assad regime recounted the torture and abuse she faced during her incarceration as her scars keep horrific memories alive.
In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Nur Hammad -- a pseudonym to protect her identity -- spoke for the first time about the cruelty she was forced to endure during her nine-month imprisonment at several detention centers.
The 30-year old was arrested by the Assad regime soldiers in May 2018.
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