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  • 1 month ago | nadja.co | Leila Hawkins

    Story by Leila HawkinsPhoto: screengrab from NO DECISION WITHOUT US | World Down Syndrome Day 2025, a campaign by CoorDownA powerful new music video starring Mia Noelle Rodriguez, a 16-year-old actress and singer with Down syndrome, is calling for the inclusion of people with disabilities in decision-making at all levels worldwide.

  • Dec 5, 2024 | nadja.co | Leila Hawkins |Sammy Stein

    Story by Leila HawkinsPhoto by Alex Gallegos / creative licenceAt the start of 2024, the UK government’s Women and Equalities Committee released a report that examined discrimination against women in the music industry.

  • Nov 27, 2024 | nadja.co | Leila Hawkins

    Story by Leila HawkinsPhoto by Ethan Brooke / creative licenceSouth Korea is extending paid leave for women who experience a stillbirth before the 11th week of pregnancy, as part of new measures to boost the country’s low birth rates. This will see the current allowance double from five to 10 days.

  • Nov 21, 2024 | nadja.co | Leila Hawkins

    Story by Leila HawkinsPhoto by Kelly O’Brien / Cleaner No. 01, 2022, cropped / courtesy of the artistThe Covid-19 pandemic prompted something of a global reckoning with the world of work, causing many people to rethink their relationship with their jobs.

  • Nov 12, 2024 | scroll.in | Leila Hawkins

    In 2019, the streets of Sudan’s major cities pulsated with the beat of a revolution – Omar al-Bashir’s 30-year dictatorship was ending.