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For some young people, even a Valentine’s card can trigger control, punishment and fear. Dishonour-based abuse often begins long before a wedding.

Rare Disease Day 2026 falls on 28 February. This is what the zebra stripes symbolise, and why equity for rare conditions must be measured in real systems, not slogans.

Kajal Saini and Mohammad Arman were found dead in Uttar Pradesh, and the language used to describe their murder matters.

A piece of footage showed a Kurdish woman fighter’s braid being displayed as a trophy after her death. The article explains why that act is not “just war”, but deliberate humiliation aimed at policing women through shame. It then explains why braids carry cultural meaning in Kurdish life, why perpetrators stage degradation for propaganda, why this fits the wider pattern you call dishonour abuse, what international law says about humiliating and degrading treatment, and what a responsible response looks like without spreading the original harm.

A school gate does not look like violence until it becomes a judgment repeated for years. UNESCO says Afghanistan is now the only country in the world where secondary and higher education is strictly forbidden to girls and women. UNICEF warns millions of girls are being denied education, with consequences that reach far beyond classrooms.