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A bill that would legalise abortion in Argentina has sparked a broader national conversation about women’s rights in the country. Argentinian women can be sent to prison for getting an abortion; they also earn 25% less than men doing the same jobs, and are severely underrepresented in the higher ranks of business and academia. But perhaps not for long. Gender scholar Virginia García Beaudoux of the University of Buenos Aires thinks the country may be on the verge of a huge leap forward. (You can read the story in Spanish here.)
On Sunday, the Afghan capital was rocked by a bombing at a voter registration centre that killed at least 69 people. Like most of the attacks the country has seen this year, it targeted members of the minority Hazara community. Reporting from Kabul, Liza Schuster details how the attack has left Hazara Afghans wondering what it will take for them to feel safe.
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Some 200,000 Argentinean women marched on March 8 for International Women’s Day. Many proclaimed their support for legalizing abortion.
AP Photo/Tomas F. Cuesta
Virginia García Beaudoux, University of Buenos Aires
A new bill that would legalize abortion in Argentina has spurred surprise debate on the gender pay gap, parental leave and political representation. Will Argentinean women finally get their due?
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Arts + Culture
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Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, Georgia State University
Hip-hop heads around the world are rejoicing over Kendrick Lamar's win. But it's been a tumultuous ride for a genre once derided as “pornographic filth.”
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Business + Economy
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Carin Runciman, University of Johannesburg
Data reveals that South Africa's strike action is lower than many other countries, and not as prolonged as politicians claim.
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Environment + Energy
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Kenneth E. Wallen, University of Arkansas
The illegal timber trade is a huge global business worth up to US$150 billion yearly. One way to curb it is by convincing consumers in wealthy countries that buying contraband wood products is wrong.
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Politics + Society
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Liza Schuster, City, University of London
An attack on a voter registration killed at least 57 people, and left scores more deciding where to go now.
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Ella S Prihatini, University of Western Australia
Will female candidates rule Indonesia's regional election this year?
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Benjamin Habib, La Trobe University
The end of denuclearisation politics has opened new possibilities for the direction of the Korean Peninsula, but the tensions of 2017 remind us of the possibility of disaster.
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