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Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola clocks 44 years today and she is ever grateful to God for adding another year to her age.

By Makeida Antonio makeida.antonio@antiguaobserver.com A local non-governmental organisation is putting pressure on the government to ratify an international…

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By Makeida Antonio makeida.antonio@antiguaobserver.com A local non-profit organisation (NGO) has had to increase the support it extends to victims of gender…

LGBTQ Community Leaders Remember Sally Miller Gearhart Susan Leo, July 14, 2021: Sally slipped these earthly bonds last night after a long illness. In her last days she had been visited by many who loved her, both in the flesh and in spirit and she seemed ready to let go. Sally was remarkable: sharp in her thinking, clear in her politics, fiercely determined, warmly compassionate. She was an immense presence in San Francisco, arriving in 1970 and becoming the first openly lesbian professor at S...

July 25, 2021 Recently, a sessions court in Karachi has sentenced a man to 14 years in prison after he was found guilty of raping his eight-year-old daughter a couple of years ago. According to Cruel Numbers 2020, eight children get sexually abused every day in Pakistan, while the conviction rate in such cases is less than three per cent. Of all these, reportage of the incest is a rare sight and a painful process explicitly for the victims and for the naked eyes. Let’s take a stride through ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The appointment of Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim as the new Deputy Inspector-General of police is well deserved, says Datuk Seri Michael Chong.

PETALING JAYA: The issuance of RM10,000 compounds for standard operating procedure (SOP) violations has perplexed many people. Police have said this is merely the default amount on the compound notice and can be reduced at the district health officer’s discretion. But many are asking if this is the best approach to take in trying to stem SOP violations. The Alliance for Safe Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said he accepted the fact that law enforcement is essential in ensuring people ...

Lewisham Council tells rape survivor she can no longer be housed Lewisham Council told a rape survivor it was housing to either go back to her home country or she would have to find somewhere else to stay.   Marian Okeibunor, a mum of two who left Nigeria in 2010, said she is fearful of being killed if sent back and that attempts have been made on the lives of family members.  Lewisham is in the process of becoming a Borough of Sanctuary, with the aim of “welcoming those fleeing viol...

th of November and cumulating on the 10 th of December may have passed yet the violence persists. Gender-based violence (GBV) is a concern across the globe, with Botswana being placed as the second runner by the World Population Review (2019) on rape cases at 92.2 per 100000 citizens after South Africa. Violence against women and children violates and impairs the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms. Hence, there is need to sensitise the community on issues of Ge...