Teacher Supriya Sarker is glad to celebrate Bangladesh’s largest Hindu festival of Durga Puja but feels the festivities would be more jubilant without the fear and violence that overshadow this year’s event. The weeklong celebration that ends in the Muslim-majority Bangladesh on Sunday with immersions of the Hindu Goddess has strained the Hindu community with … Read more
Dr. Ceren Kasım, Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Hildesheim, Germany Photo credit: MesserWoland, via Wikimedia Commons INTRODUCTION The first-ever binding European Union (EU) legal instrument to combat violence against women and domestic violence was approved on the 14th of May 2024 by the EU and has already been published … Read more
CHICAGO, October 1, 2024— One in four women and one in seven men face relationship abuse during their lives. For nearly two decades, The Allstate Foundation has been empowering survivors through strategic grants, employee training, and dynamic partnerships with relationship abuse nonprofits nationwide. As the nation focuses attention during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The Allstate Foundation proudly … Read more
The US on Wednesday introduced new sanctions on Israeli settlers within the West Financial institution over violence towards Palestinians, urging its ally Israel to convey better accountability. The sanctions have been introduced on the identical day that Israel launched a wide-scale assault within the West Financial institution that it mentioned killed 9 Palestinian fighters, regardless … Read more
