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Afghanistan must be formally recognized as gender apartheid
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is almost two years since the Taliban astonished – and
terrified – the world by sweeping back to power in Afghanistan
as US forces withdrew from the country. In recent months there
have been suggestions from some in the West that a process of
“normalising” relations with the country should now be
considered.</P>
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for <A
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href="https://theconversationglobal.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tthdllc-nljldnkrj-i/">Vrinda
Narain</A>, at McGill University in Montreal, things remain
far from normal in Afghanistan. She points out that, “Afghan
women have been denied the most basic human rights”. This, she
continues, is no less than “gender apartheid”, adding: “Only
by labelling it as such and making clear the situation in
Afghanistan is a crime against humanity can the international
community legally fight the systematic discrimination against
the country’s women and girls.” <A
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href="https://theconversationglobal.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tthdllc-nljldnkrj-d/">Read
her analysis here</A>.</P>
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as wildfires sweep regions from Portugal to Hawaii, <A
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href="https://theconversationglobal.cmail19.com/t/r-l-tthdllc-nljldnkrj-h/">read
this remarkable insight</A> into the work of those who bravely
tackle the flames.</P></TD></TR>
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Taliban’s two years ruling Afghanistan have taught us ordinary
human rights initiatives are insufficient to address gender
apartheid. We need resolute collective international
action.</P></TD></TR>
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Science; Daniela Ceccarelli, Australian Institute of Marine
Science; David Wachenfeld, Australian Institute of Marine
Science </P>
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over and the heat is back on</P></TD></TR>
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government mid-18th-century technology could invent.
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vice presidents in history. This says more about the
Senate than the amount of power the vice president
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border between Ukraine and Russia took as their
starting point the former Russian empire’s provincial
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