Roberta Metsola's anti-abortion voting history makes her a controversial candidate to serve as President of the European Parliament. But why do her views on sexual and reproductive health and rights matter, and not those, say, of the men who occupied the post before her?
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Have Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time got black feminism all wrong?
Eliza Anyangwe /
The Guardian
"So is black girl magic coming of age in film or does the concept serve as an easy way for executives to market to audiences they know have been starved of representation? Also, does it always serve black women to be seen as magical? Emerging UK film-maker Jenn Nkiru is cautiously optimistic: “We are experiencing a moment. But a couple of films that have done very well is by no means a signifier that things have changed.”"
Rape in DR Congo: An economic war on women’s bodies
Eliza Anyangwe /
CNN
Mukwege has earned the moniker 'The man who mends women' for the work he and his colleagues at Panzi Hospital have done to treat thousands (46,000 according to recent reports) of women and girls, survivors of rape and sexual violence which has been used as a weapon of war since conflict began in the east of the DRC in 1995.