By Fabricio Cordido
Colombia just prohibited female genital mutilation after approving a bill called “Girls Without Ablation.” It is a law born within the communities that needed it most.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters in Mekele, Tigray region, Ethiopia, June 30, 2021. © 2021 Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Regional authorities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have been abducting and unlawfully recruiting civilians, including children as young as 15, for their forces since at least April 2026, Human Rights Watch said today.Communities in towns and cities across the region said that Tigrayan forces and officials were abducting former combatants and other men and boys on the street, in offices, and in nighttime…
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By Joanne Anderton, Assistant Researcher, School of Languages and Culture, The University of Queensland
The End of Romance is a relatable dystopia that amplifies humanity’s burning problems – but offers a glint of hope
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By Alexander Kaurov, PhD Candidate in Science and Society, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand’s approval of Roundup is based on reviews shaped by Monsanto. But one has now been retracted and others are under investigation.
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By Freya McLachlan, Research Fellow for the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Griffith University
Across the Indo-Pacific, countries are trying different approaches to men’s behaviour change programs for domestic violence. There are lessons for Australia.
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By Kate Sprogis, Lecturer, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
Fredrik Christiansen, Senior Researcher in Marine Biology, Aarhus University
Renae van Noort, Research Associate, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
If you stand on one of Australia’s southern shorelines at this time of the year, you might be lucky enough to spot a southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) swimming in the shallow waters.
These ocean giants have migrated from the Southern Ocean and Antarctica to breed, give birth and to rest. If you’re really lucky, you may even see one of them resting upside-down.
At first glance, this perplexing behaviour, which has not been reported in other large whales, may make you think the animal…
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By Ashmitaa Thiruselvam, Social Media Cadet, The Conversation
On the limitations of auctions, effects of immigration on climate change and voluntary assisted dying: an edited selection of your views.
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By Steve Georgakis, Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
The 2026 World Cup has left Australia with a young group of players who will improve and grow in stature – but there are question marks over their playing style.
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By Drew Rooke, Deputy Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation
As data centres have grown in size and number in Australia, they have also become the subject of fierce public debate. So what’s the best way forward?
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By Bronwyn Carlson, Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
The annual event is an opportunity to honour one of the world’s oldest continuing cultures, but its origins are in Australia’s first civil rights movements.
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