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July 03, 2022
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GENEVA — The situation for women is so desperate in Afghanistan that they are committing suicide at a rate of one or two every day, the Human Rights Council has heard.It comes as the top UN rights forum in Geneva agreed to Member States’ request for a rare Urgent Debate on the issue this Friday.Addressing the Council, Fawzia Koofi, former deputy speaker of the Afghan Parliament, said lack of opportunity and ailing mental health, was taking a terrible toll: "Every day there is at least one or two women who commit suicide for the lack of opportunity, for the mental health, for the pressure they receive.“The fact that girls as young as nine years old are being sold, not only because of economic pressure, but because of the fact that there is no hope for them, for their family, it...
July 02, 2022
In Afghanistan, women take their lives out of desperation, HRC hears
July 01, 2022
India's top court says Nupur Sharma’s ‘loose tongue’ set country on fire
July 01, 2022
Xi Jinping defends Chinese rule at Hong Kong handover anniversary
June 30, 2022
Indian state on edge after Udaipur beheading
June 30, 2022
China's President Xi arrives Hong Kong for handover anniversary
June 30, 2022
Murders spark calls for landmark police trial in Australia
June 30, 2022
Marcos Jr sworn in as Philippines president
June 29, 2022
Shocking toll on children in Myanmar must be spur to action, says UN rights expert
