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The Olympics dream: Female cyclists in Kabul brave stigma to live their goal

Many in the conservative country see cycling as a sport reserved for men, so for Habibzai and the dozens of other cyclists on the national women’s team riding is about fighting the taboo and claiming equal space on the city’s streets.

Under the supervision of the Afghanistan Cycling Federation, close to 30 young women are registered for regular training sessions in Kabul. (Representational Image)(Pixabay)

Updated on Aug 16, 2020 04:05 PM IST

Kabul | ByThomson Reuters Foundation | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta

Online child sex abuse cases triple under lockdown in Philippines

Cases of online child sex abuse in the Philippines have tripled under coronavirus, the government said, with campaigners warning that the country’s lockdown has left more children vulnerable to exploitation by human traffickers and cash-strapped relatives.

The spread of cheap, high-speed internet and the rise in mobile phone ownership has fuelled livestreamed abuse - known as cybersex trafficking - in recent years and the Philippines is considered by charities to be the epicentre of the global trade.(Unsplash)

Updated on May 30, 2020 11:54 AM IST

Bangkok | ByReuters| Posted by Kabir Bhandari

Spain provides lockdown support for trafficking victims, prostitutes

Spain unveiled on Tuesday a series of measures aimed at helping prostitutes and victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation survive the country’s coronavirus lockdown.

Under the new measures, victims will be able to access improved support services, emergency accommodation and claim a new social benefit for those at risk of extreme poverty.(Unsplash)

Updated on Apr 22, 2020 02:43 PM IST

Barcelona | ByReuters

Asia’s ‘gay Netflix’ to go global, tap into coronavirus

Streaming services - which run from classic cartoons to iconic movies - are booming as the fast-moving pandemic restricts free movement, and the LGBT+ service plans a lineup that includes TV shows, films and documentaries.

Asia’s first LGBT+ video streaming platform, dubbed the continent’s “gay Netflix”, is going global - hoping to reach hundreds of millions of people isolated by the coronavirus.(Unsplash)

Updated on Apr 11, 2020 04:33 PM IST

Kuala Lumpur | ByReuters

Fashion victims: Kazakh magazine apologises for murder photoshoot, critics say ‘eroticising violence against women’

The spread in Buro 24/7 Kazakhstan showed a girl in a black dress lying lifeless near a bloodied knife with her hand tied to a water pipe and a woman sprawling motionless on a bed as forensic scientists put her stiletto shoes in a plastic bag.

The spread in Buro 24/7 Kazakhstan showed a girl in a black dress lying lifeless near a bloodied knife with her hand tied to a water pipe and a woman sprawling motionless on a bed as forensic scientists put her stiletto shoes in a plastic bag.(Instagram/ prbezposhady)

Updated on Sep 12, 2019 05:55 PM IST

TBILSI | ByReuters

Feminist version of Monopoly sees women players get paid more, turns gender pay gap upside down

The biggest change is that women players will get higher payouts of Monopoly money than men, said its makers Hasbro toy firm - though men can still win if they play their cards right.

The biggest change is that women players will get higher payouts of Monopoly money than men, said its makers Hasbro toy firm - though men can still win if they play their cards right.(Screengrab)

Updated on Sep 11, 2019 06:00 PM IST

London | ByReuters

Hypnosis, electric shocks: Trans Chinese teens forced into ‘conversion therapy’

The study found that 17% of respondents had been coerced or forced to undergo conversion therapy, 45% were at risk of major depressive disorder and 51% experienced suicidal thoughts.

(Unsplash)

Updated on Sep 07, 2019 09:35 AM IST

KUALA LUMPUR | ByReuters

Parks boost morale of sad city dwellers as much as Christmas: Survey

Trees in cities are already credited with cooling and cleaning the air, along with absorbing planet-warming gases - but new research shows they also cause happiness.

Trees in cities are already credited with cooling and cleaning the air, along with absorbing planet-warming gases - but new research shows they also cause happiness.(Unsplash)

Updated on Aug 26, 2019 05:56 PM IST

Tbilsi | ByReuters

After MeToo, U.S. women seen reporting less workplace harassment

U.S. researchers who surveyed more than 500 women in September 2016 and again in September 2018 found the number reporting sexual harassment at work had fallen - a sign that the #MeToo movement had an impact.

The proportion of women who reported being sexually coerced dropped to 16% in 2018 from 25% in 2016, the survey found.(Unsplash)

Updated on Jul 18, 2019 06:55 PM IST

Reuters | ByReuters, London(thomson Reuters Foundation)

10-year-old girl undergoes genital mutilation during ritual in Sierra Leone, dies

Female genital cutting is widely practised in the West African nation as part of girls’ initiation into secret societies which wield significant political clout. Nine in 10 women have been cut in Sierra Leone which has one of the highest rates of FGM in Africa, according to United Nations data.

A 10-year-old girl has died after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) during an initiation into a secret women’s society in Sierra Leone, police said on Wednesday, sparking renewed calls for the practice to be banned.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Dec 20, 2018 09:14 AM IST

Dakar | ByReuters

Review: Missing by Sumana Roy

Sumana Roy’s Missing takes on the most pressing issues of our time and is rich in deep observations about our world

Protests against the December 16 gang rape in Delhi in January 2013.(Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times)

Updated on Jul 28, 2018 09:17 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySupriya Sharma

Behave responsibly on social media

The time has come when citizens who use social media don’t react to anything they see, hear or read before verifying the facts.

A woman mourns the death of her family members killed in a mob attack on Sunday on suspicion of being part of a child-kidnapping gang at Rainpada Village in Dhule, Maharashtra, , July 2(Satish Bate/HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 09, 2018 10:58 AM IST

ByShashi Shekhar

There’s nothing new in Thomson Reuters Foundation’s report on women’s safety in India

Frankly, I find this business of ranking ‘worst’ countries to be tedious. To be bad is bad enough; better or worse is an academic argument

Women protest against rape in New Delhi. A Thomson Reuters yearly survey called India as the most dangerous place for women, which the government rejected saying it’s an opinion poll.(HT)

Updated on Jul 02, 2018 03:03 PM IST

ByNamita Bhandare

Govt dismisses report on women’s safety in India, says it was an opinion poll

The women and child development ministry said Reuters has used a flawed methodology to arrive at the claim.

A Thomson Reuters Foundation report ranked India as the world’s most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence.(HT File Photo)

Updated on Jun 27, 2018 07:26 PM IST

Indo Asian News Service, New Delhi | ByIndo Asian News Service

Abuse and violence: Why India is the ‘most dangerous country for women’ | Opinion

India is now the most dangerous country for women to live in, according to a perception poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Discrimination and abuse against women is not caused by poverty; poverty only exacerbates the situation for women. The root cause lies in the patriarchal mindsets which see women as inferior, as people you can exploit and use for domestic, sexual or financial gain.(AFP file photo)

Updated on Jun 26, 2018 06:15 PM IST

Thomson Reuters Foundation | ByMonique Villa

“Fearless” Iranian women defy stadium ban with fake beards and wigs

Photos and video of female football fan fans sitting in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium disguised as men as they watched their team Persepolis crowned champions on Friday have gone viral on social media

Some female football fans donned fake beards and wigs to attend a major match in Iran.(Instagram)

Updated on May 01, 2018 08:22 AM IST

Reuters, Beirut | ByReuters

Thai women start #DontTellMeHowToDress campaign after govt’s ‘don’t dress sexy’ advice

Thai women kick start #DontTellMeHowToDress campaign after government’s advice to dress conservatively during Thai New Year celebrations.

#MeToo movement in Thailand after govt’s advice to dress carefully during Thai New Year celebrations.

Updated on Apr 14, 2018 12:28 PM IST

Reuters | ByReuters

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