Monthly Archives: June 2022
Jobs Will Not Empower Young Women Until We Address Sexual Harassment
BRIGHTON, UK, Jun 28 (IPS) – The writer is Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, UKWhat does empowerment for young women look like? For many, the answer would include jobs. But the belief that jobs bring empowerment through income, greater autonomy, and bargaining power within the family fail to recognise that these potential gains for young women are undermined by widespread sexual harassment.
BOSTON, USA, Jun 27
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Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 27)
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Train crashes in US
An Amtrak train from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed in Missouri after hitting a truck
A long-haul passenger train carrying 243 passengers and 12 crew derailed in the US state of Missouri, after reportedly striking a truck at a railroad crossing. Preliminary reports mentioned several people with injuries of varying severity, at least three of whom had to be taken to a hospital about 80 miles away. There were no confirmations of fatalities.
Eight cars and two engines of the Southwest Chief train derailed near Mendon, Missouri on Monday when it struck a vehicle “that was obstructing a public crossing,” Amtrak said in a statement. The train was traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago and the incident happened at 12:42 Central time.
Amtrak said there were “early reports of injuries” but could not offer any specifics, saying only they would release information later as it became available. “Local authorities are currently assisting customers and we have deployed Amtrak resources to assist.”
The train I was traveling on derailed on the way to Iowa near Mendon Missouri pic.twitter.com/YndSEEXkto
— Dax McDonald (@cloudmarooned) June 27, 2022
Mendon is a community of about 160 residents, located 84 miles (135 kilometers) northeast of Kansas City. The town “pulled together to help everyone” and the rescued passengers were taken to a nearby high school, Dax McDonald, one of the people on board the train, said on Twitter.
Another passenger, Ron Nightingale, posted a short video and some photographs of the aftermath on Facebook.
“Looks like we’ll be late to Chicago,” Nightingale says, shaken. “We hit a truck… someone was crossing the tracks…”
“I am OK, others are not,” he added in another post.
The vehicle struck by the train was described as a tractor-trailer or a dump truck.
Looks like it hit a semi truck. Photo from Ron Goulet pic.twitter.com/zEt1b6pOIs
— Danny Luedke (@wimsikal) June 27, 2022
Three passengers were taken from the scene to University Hospital in Columbia, located about 80 miles southeast, AP reported citing hospital spokesman Eric Maze. He did not have information on their condition. Reporters on the scene said several helicopters had been requested for medical evacuation, however.
NEW DELHI, India, J
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How green became the color of the abortion rights movement
The shade associated with the reproductive rights movement can be traced to Argentina, where a growing number of activists were pushing for the government to legalize abortion.
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