The state has taken too casual an approach. Of course a person’s capacity to marry should be checkedA brave woman, Daphne Franks, wants to reform some of the laws connected with marriage. Since 2016, when her mother died and it emerged that she had sec…
‘I’m one of them’: the FGM survivor providing a lifeline in Leeds
Stigma can stop women seeking help but Hawa Bah, who was cut at eight, reaches those suffering in silence to get them the care they needOne night 14 years ago, Hawa Bah crept out of her house in Guinea and slipped into the darkness. She says she had lo…
The Guardian view on the Taliban’s advance: not an American debacle but Afghans’ tragedy
People are losing their homes, their freedom and their hope. That should be more of a priority than US credibility“There’s going to be no circumstance where you’ll see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy of the United States from Afghanistan…