BY: Damaris Matoke-Muhia As the race to contain one of the worst pandemics in history continues, there is an urgent need for more stringent and innovative strategies to battle COVID-19. But on the world stage, one critically important element remains a low priority. While women perform 70 percent of the world’s healthcare services, they comprise …
Phyllis Omido has won a landmark class action suit against the owners of a lead smelter plant on behalf of the Owimo Uhuru community in Mombasa, Kenya. The “ruling comes after years of grassroots work by environmental activist Phyllis Omido, who launched a legal challenge against the government and the smelting plant owners, accusing them …
BY: ETTA MADETE Do you remember how much time you used to spend in traffic before Covid-19? I do. It was two hours in traffic. Every single day. And that was on a good day. Americans spend more than 100 hours in traffic each year at an annual cost of $1 400 a person, according to the …
BY Masooma Ranalvi — In a world that is cut off and locked down, where barely any non Covid-19 stories filter in, the news of Sudan announcing a new law to outlaw female genital mutilation is like a breath of fresh air. The new law, passed on May 1, makes FGM a criminal offense with a jail …
BY Anatole Manzi —