Month: January 2023

‘We are not afraid’: Indigenous Brazilian women stand up to gender violence

21 January 2023 Women Women from Brazil’s indigenous communities are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence, but UN-backed initiatives, and a change in the law, are encouraging them to seek protection. In Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state, violence against women is not uncommon. “As a leader, I […]

Holocaust remembrance: beware ‘siren songs of hate’ – UN chief

Holocaust remembrance: beware ‘siren songs of hate’ – UN chief Unsplash/Jean Carlo Emer | A memorial at the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland. 27 January 2023 | Human Rights At a UN ceremony to mark the Holocaust on Friday, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that antisemitism, hate speech, and misinformation are ever-present, 90 years on […]