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‘A Silent Crisis’: Obstetric Fistula Affects 500,000 Women, Yet It’s Fully Treatable
It is often brought on by prolonged or difficult childbirth. Most of the half million women suffering the condition live in the Global South. Many women who have a fistula experience social isolation ...
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Adoption Of Foreign Agents Law In El Salvador
We have serious concerns about the adoption of legislation in El Salvador that requires organisations and individuals in receipt of international donor funding to register as “foreign agents”. They ...
Uganda: Türk Urges President To Reject Bill Allowing Trials Of Civilians In Military Courts
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Amendment Bill 2025, which was passed on 20 May and now awaits presidential signature to become law, among others broadens the jurisdiction of military courts, ...
South Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief Decries Escalating Hostilities, Arbitrary Arrests And Hate Speech
Hostilities between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army – In Opposition (SPLA-IO) and their respective allied armed groups, have left at least 75 ...
‘Visual Tour De Force Of Enduring Significance’ Wins At The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025
Art historians Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) and Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) have won the BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction at the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Toi Te ...
Next Milestone Reached On Rotorua’s Journey To Cleaner Air
The Rotorua Airshed will officially lose its polluted status on Saturday 24 May. Under the current National Environmental ...
Thailand: Lawyers Council Launches Probe Into Fatal Torture Of Myanmar National
The Lawyers Council of Thailand under the Royal Patronage formally established a working group of lawyers to investigate the torture and killing of Aung Ko Ko, a 37-year-old Myanmar national, Fortify ...
Korean Superstar BIBI Announces ‘Eve’ World Tour Unveiling New Zealand Show This October
Multi-talented Korean singer and actress BIBI is set to embark on her highly anticipated first world tour EVE, announcing one ...
Joyce Prescher Releases Her 2nd Single With Lachlan Bryan
The second single in this collaborative series is ' Nothing Really Ends ', which premiered on Vital Bits/ 3RRR. It's a track originally recorded by Belgian band dEUS, and the first song Joyce recorded ...
Celebrating The Sublime: Look Out Wins 2025 NZ Mountain Book Of The Year
Euan Macleod and Craig Potton have been selected as the winners of the 2025 Nankervis/Bamford NZ Mountain Book of the ...
Whenua Iti Outdoors And Pitt & Moore Lawyers Announce Three-Year Sponsorship To Support Youth Development
Whenua Iti Outdoors is proud to announce a new three-year partnership with Pitt & Moore Lawyers, based in Nelson, who have ...
Aro’s ‘Te Karanga’ - A New Song For A New Season
It’s a bold lifestyle shift that mirrors the heart behind Te Karanga, their hopeful new waiata. "We should always find a way, when love calls — Karanga mai..." ...