Essay: 175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women’s suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality
In an article first published on The Conversation, JULIE L HOLCOMB, a scholar of 19th century Quaker history, looks at the role Quakers played in the origins of the women’s suffrage movement in the US…
Chile ruling coalition heading for upset in constitutional delegates vote
Santiago, ChileReuters Chile’s centre-right ruling coalition looks set to fail in its bid to keep control of the body drafting the country’s new constitution, falling short of one-third of votes for its list of new delegates with 69 per cent of votes counted. The coalition, Chile Vamos, has secured just 21 per cent of the […]
“As though we are dead”: Unable to vote, Myanmar poll robs Rohingya of hope
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Mohammad Yusuf voted in almost every Myanmar election from 1974 until 2010 – the last time ethnic Rohingya were allowed to vote in the country he still calls home after fleeing three years ago. When Myanmar on Sunday holds its second democratic election after decades of military rule, Yusuf will be […]