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9 Women Rights Wins To Celebrate This International Women’s Day
From Mexico to Sierra Leone, countries around the world have made bold moves to advance women’s rights in the past year.
Kassy Cho
Kassy Cho is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Almost. She is based in Taipei, Taiwan. Email her at kassy@almostmag.co.
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10 Women To Be Inspired By On International Women's Day 2025
In honor of women today and everyday, here are some remarkable women who are making a difference in their communities, big and small.
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Israel Has Deliberately Blocked All Aid From Entering Gaza After Phase 1 Of The Ceasefire Ended
Deliberately denying humanitarian access is a war crime under international humanitarian law, particularly when it involves starving civilians as a method of warfare.
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Hundreds Of People Are Trapped In A Hotel In Panama After Trump Began Mass Deportations
They will be held there until another country accepts to take them.
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Here’s What Happened Around The World In February 2025
Here’s What Happened Around The World In February 2025
Activism
Why We Must Keep Paying Attention To Hong Kong With Joey Siu
Talking about how people can support Hong kong, Siu said that it is not necessary to join a "Hong Kong specific protest or demonstration" but it is important to take baby steps towards "human rights and democracy."
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UK Actress Tilda Swinton Called Out Trump And "Internationally Enabled Mass Murder" In Gaza At The Berlinale
“The inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch.” Tilda Swinton said.
Activism
This Saudi Woman Jailed For 34 Years For Retweeting Activists On Twitter Has Been Freed After Four Years
Salma al-Shehab was sentenced for the "crime" of using an internet website to "cause public unrest and destabilize civil and national security".
Politics
Argentina Is Following In Trump's Footsteps And Leaving The WHO
Is Argentina turning into the US… but even worse?
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How Is Climate Change Affecting Your Country?
Almost and Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change asked people who gathered in the Hague, the Netherlands for the ICJ’s historic case on climate change and human rights.
Politics
Netanyahu Has Called Trump’s Plan To Take Over And Ethnically Cleanse Gaza The "First Original Idea In Years”
"I think it is worth listening very well to this idea, which is the first original idea to be raised in years," Netanyahu said.
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Rebels Have Seized A Strategic City In The Congo And Now A Regional War Might Be Breaking Out
The DRC government has called Rwanda’s support for M23 “a declaration of war” and suspended all diplomatic relations.