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4 weeks ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
New Study Reveals Stark Increase in Maternal Mortality in the U.S. in Year After Childbirth The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new study showing that maternal deaths worldwide remain stubbornly high. In 2023 alone, approximately 260,000 women—92 percent from low and lower-middle-income countries—died from complications during and after childbirth.
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1 month ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
Trump Administration Cites “Possible Violations” of Executive Orders Last week, the Trump Administration moved to withhold federal funding from several Planned Parenthood clinics citing “possible violations” of federal civil rights laws and executive orders on immigration and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).
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1 month ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
UN Rights Body Says Measures are Becoming Increasing Intrusive A new report from the UN Human Rights Council-backed Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran alleges that Iranian authorities are increasingly using electronic surveillance to ensure that women cover their heads in public.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
Cut to Lifesaving Care Alarms Aid Workers The Trump administration has ended all for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN’s reproductive and sexual health agency. In total, forty-eight grants totaling $377 million were cut. These grants were meant to provide urgent maternal healthcare, protection from violence, rape treatment, psychosocial support, and other lifesaving care, mainly in emergency settings.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
Three Years Since Invasion Shows Significant Humanitarian Impact UN Women is calling for a scale-up of assistance to women in Ukraine in light of the conflict’s profound impact on women and girls. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has reversed decades of progress for women and girls. The war has forced more than 1.8 million women out of their homes and has led to approximately 6.7 million women requiring humanitarian assistance.
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2 months ago | 
cfr.org | Noel James |Diya Mehta
Haitian Girls Experiencing Alarming Rise in Sexual Violence A report published by Amnesty International this week shows the grave impact that gang violence has had on children in Haiti since the assassination of the president in 2021. The percentage of gang members who are recruited as children has increased by 70 percent, and more than one million children live within areas controlled or under the influence of gangs.
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Mar 2, 2024 | 
theteenmagazine.com | Diya Mehta
In 2014, Taylor Swift famously posted her favorite cookie recipe - a cookie inspired by traditional Chai spices, with a gooey interior and crispy middle. The “Bejeweled” singer shared a photo of her confectionary creation via Instagram. “Chai sugar cookies with cinnamon eggnog icing AKA Christmas in September,” she wrote in the caption. 9 years later, the cookie recipe still goes viral when winter comes around.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
herstryblg.com | Diya Mehta
Back in Boston I told no one, cut off communication with you and Judy, and tried to channel my turmoil into energy for practicing the flute. I ached to listen to the most agonized movements of Mahler and Tchaikovsky. I had no stereo, but whenever I heard an emotionally wrenching piece on the classical music station, I surrendered to it, finding comfort in the profound grief I could not put into words. I wish I could say I was furious with you.
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Jan 17, 2024 | 
herstryblg.com | Diya Mehta
I watch Dateline and 20/20 weekly to hear the stories I am already more than familiar with. I think about what it would sound like to have Keith Morrison narrate my untimely death, what pictures would flash on the screen during the interviews, what adjectives they would use to describe the person I was and am no longer. I wonder if these women ever imagined their own posthumous weekend special.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
herstryblg.com | Diya Mehta
About half the women I saw in the changing area were topless, but I decided to wear my pink halter. I squeezed into it and lounged in several rooms, each with a different level of heat, scouring myself with pungent eucalyptus soap, sweating, and rubbing my fogged-up glasses to see where I was going. When it came time for my gommage, or scrubbing, the attendant told me to take off my top and lie on the warm, wet tiles face down. She scrubbed the back of my body and then instructed me to turn over.
