Jessie Williams
Journalist at Freelance
Foreign News Writer at The i Paper
Freelance journalist. Words in @guardian @BBCWorld @TIME @ForeignPolicy @thetimes @openDemocracy @AJEnglish @HUCKMagazine @theipaper etc. Less serious IRL
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1 month ago |
inews.co.uk | Jessie Williams
Turkey’s largest protest movement in more than a decade continued for a sixth day on Monday, drawing broad support despite a crackdown from the state. Hundreds of thousands have reportedly attended protests that have reached 55 of Turkey’s 81 provinces since the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on 19 March, campaigning against perceived authoritarian overreach by the government ofPresident Reccep Tayyip Erdogan. Protests have been harshly policed.
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2 months ago |
inews.co.uk | Jessie Williams
Donald Trump’s reinstatement of a “gag rule” that withholds funding from groups that provide abortion will be a “death sentence” for women around the world, according to activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The global gag rule (GGR), also known as the Mexico City Policy, prevents organisations abroad from using their own funds – regardless of where the funds come from – to provide or advocate for abortion care as a condition to receive US funding.
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Oct 31, 2024 |
prospectmagazine.co.uk | Jessie Williams
It has been called a national emergency, an epidemic, and a public health crisis. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is all of those things. In its election manifesto, the Labour party pledged to halve VAWG in a decade. Fifteen weeks since their victory, the new government has begun to announce the first steps towards reaching this target. But are the government’s plans enough to end this pervasive issue? This violence is only increasing.
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Sep 20, 2024 |
inews.co.uk | Jessie Williams
Britons in Lebanon have described how locals are afraid to sleep with their phones by their beds in the wake of exploding device attacks, while others have described a sense of “existential panic” in the country as strikes between Israel and Hezbollah are carried out.
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Sep 16, 2024 |
inews.co.uk | Jessie Williams
The man accused of drugging his wife and inviting dozens of men to rape her has admitted to all the charges against him in his first testimony to the court since the trial opened earlier this month. Dominique Pélicot, 71, declared: “I am a rapist” to the courtroom in the southern city of Avignon, where the mass rape trial is being held. He has previously admitted the charges, but today was the first time he has spoken at length since the trial began on 2 September.
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Sara Campanella was killed by her stalker on Monday. On Wednesday, Ilaria Sula's body was found in a suitcase. Her ex-boyfriend is being questioned by the police on suspicion of her murder. Both women were 22 years old. 11 femicides in Italy since the start of 2025.
22 years old. Murdered in daylight. For not smiling. For not saying yes. For existing. This is not an isolated tragedy - it’s a brutal symptom of a culture that enables male violence. This is femicide. https://t.co/2mAHondynT
RT @megannn_lynne: reciting my daily prayer https://t.co/xevNN9Yf9Y