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‘A wound that will stay with us forever.’ Inside a traumatized Ukraine
The trauma of women and children who have been attacked, tortured and raped by Russian soldiers is leaving victims in a dark place. Many have nowhere to turn for help.
‘She doesn’t like to speak.’ The children who fled war-torn Ukraine face long recovery
Many who have experienced violence from Russian attacks, lost a parent or have no home to return to are in deep distress
Stories of deliverance for Ukrainian soldiers after months of Russian PoW camp hell
Three Ukraine soldiers, including a pregnant medic, survive six months in a squalid Russian prison to tell their stories
No end in sight to war for overwhelmed Ukraine psychologists dealing with the mental health fallout
Beyond dealing with the physical horrors, panic attacks, insomnia, flashbacks, anxiety and depression affect majority of patients
Three weeks of hope for the unbreakable mothers of Ukraine war
“Women struggle with sexual assault, even in peacetime, but in war it’s impossible,” said Masha Efrosinina. “I cannot imagine their trauma.”
Once the pride of Canada’s Afghanistan mission, Kandahar’s decaying Sarpoza prison throws its legacy into doubt
Kandahar’s Sarpoza prison has a long history of good intentions followed by bad outcomes, the most recent resulting in its deterioration into a crumbling, squalid facility that exposes prisoners to dangerous health risks.
Finding a father on Facebook Marketplace
Why prospective parents are turning to social media for sperm donations. “I was in such a place of desperation, thinking, ‘Just give me the baby, and I will figure everything else out later.’”
Should diplomats stay in place during war — or evacuate?
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Canadian diplomats fled Kyiv, leaving Ukrainian staff behind and raising questions about their role in war.
‘Our people are so alone:’ Iranian women express hope and despair amid violent protests
Friends since the Iran-Iraq War in the ’80s, one got out, the other stayed. ‘I am sure we are not going to go back to where we were. Everything has changed.’
After the Taliban: Leading Afghan women now struggle to survive as refugees
Once influential Afghan professional engineers, government leaders and journalists now live in poverty as refugees in border countries
Is Canada ready for a menopause revolution?
Half of Canadian women feel unprepared and three quarters who sought medical advice found it lacking
Sexual violence against women in Afghanistan on the rise under Taliban
Afghan women who spoke to The Globe described instances of extreme violence supported by the Taliban’s doctrines.
The Haida’s fight to save their centuries-old ‘trees of life’
More than 2,000 hectares of Haida Gwaii forests are clear cut every year forcing the ‘cedar people’ to travel hours to find ancient giants for their spiritual traditions
From Conflict Zones to Classrooms
How can educators facilitate inclusion for Ukrainian students fleeing the war?
Coast Salish sweat-lodge keeper welcomes all to share in healing
Hwiemtun cleanses collective trauma through sweat-lodge ceremonies
Afghan women fear they’re being erased
Afghan women say they’ve lost their rights to study, work and dress freely. They have also lost their legal protection, leaving them defenceless against forced marriage, rape and murder.
Mélanie Joly invites the committee to investigate whether Ottawa knew about the Russian threat against the Ukrainian embassy staff
Minister Joly said she would welcome an investigation into whether Ottawa knew that locally hired Ukrainian staff might be on Russian kill lists.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she didn’t know Kyiv embassy staff was in danger
Minister Joly says she was unaware of intelligence reports that Ukrainians who worked for the Canadian embassy were likely on lists of people Moscow intended to detain or kill.
Canada abandoned Ukrainian embassy employees despite their likelihood of being on Russian hit list
Ottawa told Canadian embassy leaders in Kyiv to withhold information from Ukrainian staff and leave them behind
Afghan women grappling with opioid addiction live in fear of being imprisoned by the Taliban
Under the Taliban, women and child addicts live in grave danger