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In less than a year, the Taliban have decimated the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. That's the conclusion of a report released by Amnesty International to mark one year since the withdrawal of US and NATO troops. To understand exactly what's happening in the country today, FRANCE 24 spoke to Dr. Habiba Sarabi, a former Afghan minister for women's affairs and former governor of Bamiyan province. She urged the international community to "take responsibility for the Afghan people and Afghan women in particular".
Dressed in baggy T-shirts and jeans, with bandanas and wraparound sunglasses only partially obscuring their intricate tattoos, Thais can now be seen on Bangkok's sweaty streets celebrating a fusion of their own and Chicano culture each weekend. But while the Chicano movement in the US began as a political and social force aimed at battling oppression, its Thai interpretation is focused more on its aesthetics.
People are fleeing Cameroon's Far North in the midst of inter-community violence that has left at least four people dead. They are now arriving in neighbouring Chad and being welcomed by the Red Cross. The violence was sparked by disputes over access to water.
Dozens of people wait in line outside a polling station in Montreal as voting begins in Canada's national election, with surveys showing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals in a very tight race against rookie conservative leader Erin O'Toole's challenge. IMAGES
Mumbai, Aug 27 (EFE/EPA).- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) along with social welfare organization Kinnar Maa Ek Samajik Sanstha, opened the city’s first dedicated COVID19 vaccination center for the transgender person, Hijras and LGBT community, who were facing difficulty in getting vaccine. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOT LIST: TRANSGENDER PEOPLE GET A DOSE OF A COVID-19 VACCINE AT A VACCINATION CENTER FOR THE LGBT COMMUNITY, IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
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