‘It’s painful to leave home while it’s burning’: Fleeing Kabul
One Afghan activist reflects on how he fled to safety, and the hopelessness he feels for his country and its people.
Category Archives: Features
Excluded: How women suffer from digital poverty in the UK
Women in ethnic minority communities are most likely to suffer the economic and social disadvantages that this brings.
The land we came from: My people are my homeland
I hate to think the place I played in as a child might someday become unrecognisable, but I still give thanks.
‘I was born here, I’ll be buried here’: In Afghanistan to stay
Why one Afghan woman refuses to leave her home - even in the face of fear and uncertainty as the Taliban resume control.
All-women’s Islamic choir smashes gender taboos in Egypt
Nema Fathi says her choir group is determined to challenge taboos about women singing religious songs in public.
Gagged: How shame and silence meet in control of women’s bodies
When we do not take into account a woman's reason for choosing an abortion, we strip her of her agency and voice.
The mental health cost of Poland’s abortion ban
Seven months after severe restrictions came into effect, women are struggling with the emotional toll of the ban.
That time James Baldwin beat the ‘blues’
In his column recalling past interviews, reporter A Craig Copetas revisits conversations with the American novelist.
Australia’s homeless children: ‘We’re easily manipulated’
When Rachel was 12 years old she saw her father murder her mother. Traumatised, she ended up homeless.
How worried should we be about COVID-19 breakthrough infections?
No vaccine is 100 percent effective, and breakthrough cases are no reason to turn down the COVID jab.
A tale of two Cornwalls: Food banks amid luxury holiday lets
Tourists are drawn to the British county's rugged cliffs and beautiful beaches, but locals face poverty and deprivation.
The rise and fall of the Oligarch-maker
How one mysterious financier came to sit at the top table of oligarchs and power.
The Kashmir village that outlawed dowries
One village in Indian-administered Kashmir is bucking the trend for lavish weddings – with an outright ban on dowries.
As new COVID variants emerge, is herd immunity impossible?
Maximum protection through vaccines, rather than herd immunity, is a more realistic option when it comes to COVID-19.
Death doulas and end-of-life rights: The debate on assisted dying
Are people being given a right to choose how they die - or are they dying before their time?
Australia’s ‘Stolen Generations’: ‘Heroin use hid the pain’
For decades, 77-year-old Uncle Jack was a familiar face on Australian TVs. He was also homeless and addicted to heroin.
That time an Israeli-Palestinian ice cream feud refused to melt
What an Iraqi baker and a Syrian ice cream maker could teach Ben & Jerry.
Murdered women: A history of ‘honour’ crimes
Throughout history, women have been held responsible for upholding family ‘honour’ - with deadly consequences.
A fog of uncertainty looms over Afghanistan
The people feel stuck between a corrupt government and a brutal, violent, oppressive Taliban that is gaining ground.
Archives of beauty and pain: A century of African women in photos
The African Lookbook delves into the history of African photography - and the women who were at the centre of the frame.