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music6 hours ago•15 min saved

Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Festival Nets $10 Million for Women and Girls

Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Festival raised $10 million in net proceeds to be distributed among 10 nonprofits supporting women and girls, including Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Planned Parenthood, the National Institute for Reproductive Health, and the National Domestic Workers Alliance; the one-day event featured a headlining set by Rodrigo with appearances by Bikini Kill, Mitski, Doechii, Garbage, and guests Karen O, Sarah McLachlan, and Stevie Nicks, inspired by Lilith Fair’s legacy of women-led causes.

via Rolling Stone|

#daisy-chain-fields #music #nonprofits

world14 days ago•7 min saved

Five Years On, Afghanistan’s Crisis Deepens as Aid and Rights Crumble

Five years after the chaotic US withdrawal and the Taliban’s return, Afghanistan faces a worsening humanitarian crisis as aid has fallen about 70% since 2022, millions of women and girls rely on aid, and girls are barred from education beyond sixth grade. Women’s rights have been eroded by new decrees that permit limited domestic violence and lower the marriage age, while the economy contracts and health facilities close. With frozen assets and reduced foreign funding, the international community remains limited, leaving a generation of children at risk of malnutrition, disease, and mental‑health crises.

via CNN|

#afghanistan #education #humanitarian-aid

world2 months ago•5 min saved

74 lashes and a two-year ban: Iran punishes singer for performing without hijab

An Iranian court sentenced singer Parastoo Ahmadi and eight collaborators to 74 lashes for performing without hijab, plus a two-year ban on leaving the country and performing, signaling a hardening of religious enforcement under Iran’s postwar leadership.

via The New York Times|

#crackdown #hijab #human-rights

culture2 months ago•3 min saved

Satrapi, Creator of Persepolis, Dies at 56, Leaving a Global Call for Freedom

Marjane Satrapi, the French-Iranian author and illustrator of Persepolis, has died at 56. Her autobiographical works chronicled Tehran’s 1979 revolution and exile, turning a personal story into a universal meditation on freedom and women’s rights, and she helped popularize Iranian perspectives through comics and film after gaining French citizenship; tributes from leaders and peers followed as details of her death—described by her family as due to sadness after the loss of her husband—emerged.

via NBC News|

#culture #french-culture #iranian-revolution

world-news3 months ago•22 min saved

Taliban Decree Legalizes Child Marriages in Afghanistan, Critics Warn

The Taliban published a 31-article decree, approved by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and issued in the regime’s gazette, that formalizes child marriages in Afghanistan. It sets rules around “virgin girls,” grants fathers and grandfathers power to arrange or dissolve marriages under strict conditions, and allows marriages for girls younger than 18 with Taliban court oversight. Critics describe the move as gender apartheid and a grave threat to girls’ safety, with poverty-driven arrangements already occurring and Western observers warning it contradicts basic rights and protections for women and children.

via New York Post|

#afghanistan #child-marriage #human-rights