Intimate partner violence against women: a persistent and urgent challenge – The Lancet

Intimate partner violence is a huge challenge worldwide that has considerable implications for women’s health and wellbeing, as well as the wellbeing of families and communities that are affected by such violence and the underlying inequitable gender norms. Even though the Sustainable Development Goals call for the elimination of violence against women and girls by 2030, evidence from several countries suggests that the burden of intimate partner violence has actually increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Intimate partner violence against women: a persistent and urgent challenge – The Lancet

Global, regional, and national prevalence estimates of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence against women in 2018 – The Lancet

Globally, 27% (uncertainty interval [UI] 23–31%) of ever-partnered women aged 15–49 years are estimated to have experienced physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence in their lifetime, with 13% (10–16%) experiencing it in the past year before they were surveyed. This violence starts early, affecting adolescent girls and young women, with 24% (UI 21–28%) of women aged 15–19 years and 26% (23–30%) of women aged 19–24 years having already experienced this violence at least once since the age of 15 years. Source: Global, regional, and national prevalence estimates of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence against women in 2018 – The Lancet

Warm, delicious gajar ka halwa!

LITTLE CHEF’S APRON

Hi! Some of you might know that I am from north India.. And what justice am I doing to its cuisine if I did not make gajar ka halwa(carrot pudding) in winter season.

Even though I don’t experience winter season where I live, it is still a tradition that I need to continue..

For those who are not familiar with this dish, it is one of the most delicious dishes ever! Slow cooked carrot infused with dry fruits, milk , saffron and cardamom. A slight flavour of ghee(clarified butter) to lift up the dish even more!

Ingredients:

1 kg grated red carrots

2 tbsp ghee for beginning, 2 tbsp for later

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

a few strands of saffron

100 gm sugar

1 cup milk

1/4 cup chopped cashews and almonds

2 tbsp condensed milk

Directions:

First, in a pressure cooker, add ghee and let it melt.

Then add…

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Rutas de un viajero. Capítulo XVI. San Juan Parangaricutiro o San Juan de las Colchas. Volcán Paricutín. San Juan Nuevo

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

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Foto de portada: Sectur México

Cuando era niño, escuchaba hablar acerca del volcán Paricutín, en Michoacán, estado mexicano que, entonces, me parecía muy distante de la ciudad donde vivía. La gente platicaba que se trataba del único volcán que, en América, los seres humanos, en la época moderna, habían mirado surgir de la intimidad de la tierra, el cual, por cierto, tuvo actividad durante nueve años.

Esas historias me atraían e interesaban. Imaginaba las escenas, el pánico de los nativos purépechas al escuchar el lenguaje geológico del Paricutín. Me parecía distinguir a las familias aterradas por el fenómeno y, a la vez, reacios a abandonar sus casas de madera y su pueblo. Escuché varias ocasiones que mi abuelo materno, tan aventurero como yo, viajó hasta San Juan Paricutiro, Michoacán, con la idea de presenciar el espectáculo, ayudar a la…

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Black History Month: Seeing America Clearly

Filosofa's Word

It is one thing for me, a white person, to write about Black History, but I do so without having the personal experience of growing up Black, not having the true context of what it meant to grow up and live in a world where you were often mistreated and abused, where opportunities afforded to others did not apply to you simply because of the colour of your skin.  So, when I came upon one writer’s personal essay, I was deeply moved, as I believe you will be.  The following essay was published Sunday in the New York Times by Esau McCaulley, an author and a professor at Wheaton College in Illinois.


Black History Month Is About Seeing America Clearly

A woman who was born into enslavement in Alabama.Credit…Jack Delano/Getty Images

Feb. 20, 2022

By Esau McCaulley

Contributing Opinion Writer

Growing up, I didn’t know anyone who did the kinds…

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