To end violence against Colombian women, “look inside homes”, says government
Thomson Reuters Foundation Colombia’s peace accord that ended the nation’s long civil war is an opportunity to combat domestic violence, an often-unseen problem fueled by macho attitudes, a top presidential advisor said on Thursday. Some 200,000 people were killed and 20,000 cases of sexual violence against women were reported during the half-century of fighting before […]
SNAPSHOT: ‘SUPER BLUE BLOOD MOON’
This week saw a rare triple treat – a super blue blood Moon. See DIANA ROBINSON’s image of the event…
Is the Super Bowl really the US’s biggest sex trafficking magnet?
Thomson Reuters Foundation NFL official Wilson football at US Bank Stadium prior to Super Bowl LII between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots. PICTURE: Kirby Lee/USA TODAY sports With a million party-minded football fans flocking to Minneapolis for Sunday’s Super Bowl – dubbed the biggest trafficking event in the United States – dozens […]
Cornelia van der Bijl, wife of Open Doors founder Brother Andrew, dies at age 86
ASSIST News Service Cornelia van der Bijl (known as Corry), the wife of Open Doors’ founder Brother Andrew, passed away on 23rd January, surrounded by her family. Corry was born in March, 1931, and she and Andrew met in their youth, before marrying in Alkmaar, Holland, in June 1958. An Open Doors spokesperson said, “We […]
UN sounds alarm on South Sudan as Africa’s biggest refugee crisis looms
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nearly seven million people from South Sudan need emergency aid such as food, water and basic medicines due to a protracted civil war in the country, the United Nations said on Thursday, appealing to international donors for $US3.2 billion. The violence in the world’s youngest nation is in its fifth year, and […]
ESSAY: WHAT’S BEHIND AMERICA’S PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ABROAD?
In an article first published on The Conversation, US historian GENE ZUBOVICH looks at the history of US in promoting freedom of religion around the world…
Hundreds punished for practising faith in Kazakhstan in 2017
World Watch Monitor Kazakhstan prosecuted 279 individuals, groups and organisations last year for conducting activities related to religion, according to news agency Forum 18. The ‘offences’ included attending worship meetings, importing religious literature, telling other people about a faith, praying, allowing a parent to bring a child to a religious meeting, and inadequate security measures. Punishments […]