Thursday, October 26, 2023

Al Jazeera journalist grieves loss of close family members in Gaza

A man stands praying in a crowd

A prominent journalist in the Gaza Strip attended a funeral for multiple members of his immediate family on Thursday and returned to air, just a day after his loved ones lost their lives in a reported Israeli airstrike in the besieged territory.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wael-dahdouh-family-members-killed-gaza-1.7009591?cmp=rss

Afghan women have been 'abandoned' in earthquake aftermath, says expert

Two men sit in the rubble of an earthquake in Afghanistan.

Earthquakes have shattered Afghanistan in recent weeks. The senior director at the Canadian Women for Afghanistan says women cannot access aid without male companions and cannot share many shelters according to cultural norms.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/afghan-women-have-been-abandoned-in-earthquake-aftermath-says-expert-1.7009312?cmp=rss

Iceland strike: 24 hours without women working

Tens of thousands of women in Iceland, including the prime minister, went on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence. Andrew Chang shows us the impact of 24 hours of a society without the work of women.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/iceland-strike-24-hours-without-women-working-1.7009175?cmp=rss

Fearing all-out war, thousands flee southern Lebanon

Zamzam, 33, who said she escaped from the south Lebanese village of Beit Lif near the Israeli border sits at a school where she takes refuge in Tyre, Lebanon October 20, 2023.

Across Lebanon, people are bracing for a war the troubled country cannot afford, and thousands from the south are fleeing north to escape the fighting. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lebanon-fighting-displaced-refugees-hezbollah-1.7006961?cmp=rss