INCLUSION

CHALLENGING EXCLUSION, CLAIMING RIGHTS

USA: battle still on for abortion rights

Regression and resistance both play out as focus shifts to medication abortion

Hungary’s latest assault on LGBTQI+ rights

Proposed law adds to the pressure on a community vilified for political advantage

Commonwealth Africa: LGBTQI+ rights under attack

Anti-rights reaction in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda seeks to erase LGBTQI+ people

Greece: humanitarian action under attack

Government is repressing the rights of migrants and refugees – and the civil society that defends them

International Women’s Day 2023: not one step back

In a turbulent year, women mobilised to secure gains, resist regression and push for more

Afghanistan: theocracy pushes women to the margins

Islamic Emirate proclaimed in 2021 comes to fruition by completing the exclusion of women from work and education

Barbados: third time’s a trend

Third state in Commonwealth Caribbean to decriminalise same-sex relations in 2022

Tanzania: an encouraging step forward for girls’ rights

African Union body orders government to lift ban on pregnant students, safeguarding education and reproductive rights

Indonesia’s new criminal code: a turn for the worse

Long-overdue changes to outdated law only make it more hostile to women, LGBTQI+ people and other excluded groups

Syrian and Venezuelan refugees: two faces of the same crisis

The two biggest migration flows of our time, Syrians and Venezuelans, face distinct challenges in their host countries