Category Archives: Worldwide

As world leaders meet at COP28, Islamic Relief says the summit must finally deliver an unequivocal agreement to phase out the use of fossil fuels and limit global heating to 1.5 degrees. This year has been the planet’s hottest year on record and climate change is plunging billions of people all over the world into [...]

The trauma of early marriage and divorce is something no teenager should have to go through. But that is what Dil has experienced in the tough environment of a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Dil’s story underlines the enduring importance of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the annual United Nations-led campaign supported by Islamic [...]

Behind the picturesque landscapes of Bosnia and Herzegovina lies a stark reality: a grim pattern of femicide that demands urgent attention and action. Femicide is the most extreme form of gender-based violence (GBV) – a horrific hate crime in which women are murdered in cold blood. 1 area alone, Tuzla, has witnessed the killing of [...]