In December 2025, Venezuelan opposition leader MarÃa Corina Machado stepped into the global spotlight as she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. For decades, Machado has been a relentless voice against authoritarianism in Venezuela, challenging the regime of Nicolás Maduro and demanding free and fair elections. Her recognition by the Nobel Committee marks…
When war closed in on Gaza, Malacha faced an impossible choice. She had been offered a PhD place in England, a dream opportunity, but the British government made no provision for her family. Leaving them behind under bombardment was unthinkable. “I wasn’t going to abandon my family. Education means nothing if you lose the people…
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has announced a landmark thematic review of all women’s prisons across Europe. Established in 1989 under the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, the CPT’s mandate is to monitor the treatment of people deprived of their liberty, from prisons and police custody to psychiatric institutions…
In a country where LGBTQ+ identity is criminalized, LBQ+ Nigerian Women Navigating the Justice System by Obinna Tony-Francis Ochem brings us face-to-face with the brutal realities endured by Aluka Obioma Joan and Maryam Yau. Joan, a trans woman, was imprisoned and denied vital hormone therapy, subjected to sexual exploitation by prison officers. Maryam, a lesbian…