By Maryam Shafipour
In recent weeks the Iranian government has unleashed a wave of repression against Afghan migrants and refugees living within its borders. Raids on their homes, mass arrests, and forced expulsions have become commonplace. Authorities have imposed dehumanizing restrictions on Afghans’ access to basic goods like bread, and severely limited their access to schools, health care, and legal protection.
Nobel Women’s Initiative (NWI) invite applications for the 2025 Sister-to-Sister Young Feminist Leadership Program.
By Nicole Musimbi
“The Sister-to-Sister Program taught me how meaningful global connection, collaboration, and shared experiences can be in building stronger communities. This understanding will help me approach my work with a more inclusive, global mindset and greater cultural awareness.” 2025 Sister-to-Sister participant
By Rawan Yousef
Amid rubble, checkpoints, and militarized, occupied skies, Palestinian women continue to resist with a quiet, fierce determination rooted in Sumoud —Arabic for steadfastness. But this isn’t just a cultural trait or national slogan. It is a feminist act. It is survival as resistance, the political embedded in the personal.
By Rawan Yousef
Since Israel’s occupation of the West Bank following the 1967 Six-Day War, settlement construction has served as a central strategy for consolidating control over Palestinian territories. What began as isolated initiatives quickly evolved into a state-backed project of demographic engineering and territorial entrenchment. As of early 2025, there are approximately 147 official settlements recognized by Israel and more than 224 unauthorized outposts in the West Bank, collectively housing over 720,000 Israeli settlers.
By Dildar Kaya
In Palestine, compassion is policed. Humiliation is weaponized. The dignity of grief is denied. And joy becomes dangerous. At checkpoints, hospitals, and even in private homes, mourning and joy are not only monitored but systematically suppressed.
By Natasha Phillips
The prominent Iranian lawyer and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi has accused UNICEF of being negligent over its care of vulnerable children in Iran, and has sent a letter of complaint to the United Nations Children’s Fund on the matter.
This article was first published on Kayhan Life on 04 June, 2025.
By Rawan Yousef
In Gaza, humanitarian aid has shifted from a lifeline to a tool of control. What was once a symbol of relief now serves as a mechanism of domination. In recent months, the illusion of humanitarian neutrality has shattered, exposing a system in which essential supplies—food, water, fuel, and medicine—are manipulated to fragment, discipline, and suppress Palestinian life.
By Jacquelinne Cadena
In today’s world, immigrants are increasingly scapegoated in political rhetoric and subjected to harmful policies, such as border crackdowns in the U.S. and rising xenophobia globally. Therefore, it’s more important than ever to speak honestly about our identity.
By Bill Omondi
Over a year ago, 20-year-old university student Rita Waeni was found dismembered in a Nairobi apartment, her life brutally stolen. Just weeks earlier, 26-year-old influencer Starlet Wahu had been stabbed and mutilated in another rental. In both cases, the men last seen with them walked away. Alive. Free.