Every year, an estimated 4.3 million girls worldwide are at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM). FGM is the removal of external female genitalia…
In 2013, 194 countries adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. This plan acknowledged the growing burden of mental health…
Amidst the current uprising in Iran, led by its courageous and resilient women, many other human rights related concerns have also begun to be brought…
“Stadiums fill up with people to see what’s going to happen between the lines. But life isn’t only about visible realities. There are invisible and…
Universities across Canada, such as Carleton University and the University of Toronto, have established gender-neutral washrooms on campus to create safe spaces for members of…
Grassy Narrows First Nation in Northern Ontario, Canada, has been in the media spotlight for decades regarding mercury contamination from a nearby chemical plant of…
Leon Golub’s powerful paintings present visual images of man’s inhumanity to man, abuse of power, violence, and war. Painted more than thirty years ago, his…
The poem ‘Requiem’ by Anna Akhmatova documents the trauma and suffering of the Russian people under Joseph Stalin. The poem was conceived as she waited…
The documentary film ‘Hot Girls Wanted’, produced by Rashida Jones and released in the spring of 2015, follows several young women living in a North…
A recent study, conducted by the Washington-based group Disability Rights International, found that the sexual abuse and forced sterilization of Mexican women with psychological disabilities…
Until recently, Montgomry Danton was living on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where his status as a gay man put him at daily risk…
In 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush enacted a policy allowing faith-based organizations to receive government grants to provide social services. America’s Crisis Pregnancy Centers…
In May 2012, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department for maltreatment of inmates in Alabama’s Julia Tutwiler Prison…
“We are seeing far too many young offenders entering the adult system who should be dealt with in the juvenile system,” says public defender, Gordon…
In 2012, the Canadian government introduced cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP), which provides health coverage for immigrants seeking refuge in Canada. Coverage…
Despite being mostly illegal, slavery remains a global reality. It is estimated that over 20.9 million people are currently enslaved and involuntarily trafficked within their…
With her head bent down staring at the floor, saliva running down her chin, a woman is unable to lift her head or close her…
In 2009, Zukiswa Gaca, a 20-year-old lesbian woman in South African, decided to take her own life by laying down on the local train tracks…
