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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5 days ago |
theguardian.com | Jessie Williams
Advocates for sexual, reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights in Africa are bracing themselves for an influx of some of the most powerful, ultra-conservative campaigners from the US, Poland, Switzerland and the Netherlands over the coming months. The prominent campaigners, who all oppose abortion, transgender and LGBTQ+ rights, and are against sexuality education, are due to speak at a series of conferences focused on African “family values” and “national sovereignty”.
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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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Feb 12, 2025 |
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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“We’re ready for a battle; we’re ready to fight, and we understand what the stakes are,” says Ramatu Bangura @Purposeful_org. “These forces that are coming into our country from outside are designed to take us back to a colonial era that we’re not interested in going back to.”
I interviewed activists in Africa who are bracing themselves for an influx of some of the most powerful, ultra-conservative, anti-rights campaigners from the US and Europe over the coming months. For @guardian https://t.co/F9kSAvnn1z
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