Gender Based Violence, a Covid Lockdown Nightmare

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Gender Based Violence, a Covid Lockdown Nightmare

COVID-19 has halted and radically change the world in so many ways. While the world learns to adapt to a new normal, it is still ignoring one crucial group and its passivity has led to what some are calling, "a shadow pandemic." The forgotten group is women and girls, the underground pandemic is increased rates of gender-based violence (GBV) worldwide. The increase of GBV during global health emergencies is not a new phenomenon, similar spikes were seen during Zika and Ebola, epidemics primarily concentrated on the African continent. However, this is not a continental issue; increases in calls to domestic violence hotlines have increased in Europe, Latin America, and the United States as well.

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Iran's President Defies Ayatollah on Overtures to the West and Women's Rights

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Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-ChiefLast Modified: 10:19 a.m. EDT, 11 May 2014

IRAN -- In a country known by outsiders as prone to anti-West sentiment, extreme political suppression, and gross human rights violations, it came as a shock to many when the 7th President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, defied the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on yet another issue.

President Rouhani, a lawyer,academic and former diplomat, has adopted a stance at odds with the hardliner as he appears to move the nation from the radical isolation enforced by religious leaders, to a position which would enable greater communication between his government and the West.

Currently, according to an article written by David Blair, "Khamenei, who sits at the apex of Iran’s power structure, said that he supported Mr Rouhani’s overtures to the West, but denounced America for being “untrustworthy. While in New York last month, he offered 'peace and friendship' to Americans and spoke by telephone to President Barack Obama for 15 minutes, thefirst direct contact between the leaders of the two countries since Iran’s revolution in 1979." (Source: The Telegraph)

He is also a lawyer,academic and former diplomat.

Yet, in April 2014, President Hassan Rouhani defied the Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, when he publicly declared that.........

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Esperanza Spalding Feature in Newsweek

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This past Sunday, 13 May 2012 was Mother's Day, and my friend who is a vocalist surprised me by asking her friend who is currently touring with Esperanza Spalding to comp her some tickets. She used the tickets to treat me to a Saturday night, sold-out performance at the newly renovated Howard Theater in Washington, DC. Words cannot convey the depth of this jazz vocalist's talent, nor the pull of her music, check out the links below to watch some of her music videos.

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