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29 million girls, women victims of modern slavery
A new report estimates that 29 million women and girls are victims of modern slavery, exploited by practices including forced labour, forced marriage, debt-bondage and domestic servitude.
Grace Forrest, co-founder of the Walk Free anti-slavery organisation, said Friday that means one in every 130 women and girls is living in modern slavery today, more than the population of Australia.
"The reality is that there are more people living in slavery today than any other time in human history," she told a U.N. news conference.
Walk Free defines modern slavery "as the systematic removal of a person’s freedom, where one person is exploited by another for personal or financial gain," she said.
According to the report, titled "Stacked Odds," women account for 99% of all victims of forced sexual exploitation, 84% of all victims of forced marriage, and 58% of all victims of forced labour.
29 million girls, women victims of modern slavery
The shocking words father spewed in Arabic after 'trying to choke daughter in honor killing' at her American school
Outrage in Somalia after man says he married missing eight-year-old
Rifts growing in the Taliban over the ban on girls' schooling
To stop climate disaster, make ecocide an international crime. It's the only way
The science is clear: without drastic action to limit temperature rise below 1.5C, the Earth, and all life on it, including all human beings, will suffer devastating consequences.
To stop climate disaster, make ecocide an international crime. It's the only way
Scientists fear Earth may have gone past the point of no return with climate change
Three Americans create enough carbon emissions to kill one person, study finds
Reforestation hopes threaten global food security, Oxfam warns
Patient in Guinea is killed by disease that causes 88% of sufferers to bleed to death
...it is considered a breach for a mother to throw her daughter a shower...
Why climate change activists have failed to score public support
US abortion numbers have risen
Filicide
Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation
Why are we catching more diseases from animals?

The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 15 other countries.
Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a "one off".
But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease. This is likely to be more of a problem in future as climate change and globalisation alter the way animals and humans interact.
How can animals make people ill?
In the past 50 years, a host of infectious diseases have spread rapidly after making the evolutionary jump from animals to humans.
The HIV/Aids crisis of the 1980s originated from great apes, the 2004-07 avian flu pandemic came from birds, and pigs gave us the swine flu pandemic in 2009. More recently, it was discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) came from bats, via civets, while bats also gave us Ebola.
Humans have always caught diseases from animals. In fact, most new infectious diseases come from wildlife.
Why are we catching more diseases from animals
Some pet owners are advocating against rabies vaccines
Hundreds of baby emperor penguins stranded on breakaway iceberg miraculously survive
Westfield Health Department Tells Owners to Keep Cats Indoors
It's time to worry about bird flu in cats
PS family says rat infestation caused severe illnesses and forced them out of their home
Rare virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife linked to 3 deaths in California town
Glennon Doyle thinks our kids suck. And it’s all our fault
New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle is unequivocal in her opinion on modern parenting.
In her new book Untamed, she describes how parents receive a ‘terrible memo’ from society as soon as our kids are born.
This memo says that our kids are our saviours and parenting them is akin to a religion. We must give them every opportunity possible and most importantly, we must never allow anything difficult to happen to them.
According to Glennon, not only does this disastrous memo make us parents feel exhausted, neurotic and guilty; but it is also the reason why our kids suck.
Ouch.
The reason our kids suck, she says, is because we no longer allow our children to learn how to lose, or to struggle, or to be rejected.
Doyle thinks our kids suck
Shocking video shows gang of bullies viciously beating boy
Fears over sick online club that manipulates boys to torture other children and animals
Dad shares why he didn't tell his 10-year-old daughter it was her birthday
Man says son was stabbed in the heart at Texas track meet, died in twin’s arms
Her Standard Uniform Was 'Distracting' Customer’s Husband
Lala used a voiceover to share her experience, stating, “I had a lady complain today because my work uniform was a ‘distraction’ to her husband.”
Her Standard Uniform
6 Coachella Valley spots fail inspection
Palm Springs Planning Commission approves permit for Chick-fil-A
Customers outraged over 'very weird' new restroom rule at Wendy's
McDonald’s is ending some of its DEI practices
The company said its new position was driven by a recent Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action and other corporations reevaluating their diversity initiatives. Online pressure, legal threats and customer opposition have led many companies, including Walmart, Ford, Harley-Davidson, John Deere and others to make changes to their DEI initiatives.
McDonald’s is ending some of its DEI practices
Amazon removes section on LGBTQ+ rights from its policy page
Trump administration ‘tells embassies to stop flying Black Lives Matter and Pride flags’
Jeff Bezos erases LGBTQ+ rights support and ‘equity for Black people’
State Department to suspend passport applications seeking sex-marker changes
Target rolls back DEI initiatives, the latest big company to retreat
America's wokest company Disney makes major changes to classic films as it banishes DEI
Missouri sues Starbucks, claiming ‘systemic discrimination’ via DEI
Paramount’s gay CEOs rollback company’s DEI initiatives
Super-woke Ben & Jerry's stuns corporate owners with bold demand
Massachusetts coffee shop allows customers to dance as a method of payment
A Massachusetts café has a unique promotion to get people in the door - do a dance and get a free coffee.
Coffee Milano Café is in Middleborough, which has a population of about 24,000 people. But the shop's most recent TikTok has reached well beyond town limits, getting nearly 7 million views as of Thursday afternoon.
Massachusetts coffee shop
Hanging out at Starbucks will cost you
A Mississippi cafe made a discount for straight couples only
'This is disgusting': Mum is accused of 'child neglect' by cruel parents after sharing an innocent snap of her toddler daughter's bedroom
A mother has lashed out at 'Karens' for accusing her of neglect after she shared a photograph of her daughter's newly decorated room on Facebook.
'This is disgusting'
Mom's sickening excuse for leaving her toddler without food for 43 hours
Mom allegedly FaceTimed friend after beating infant son
...newborn baby sold by mother so she could pay for COOKING COURSE
“We’re into MEN not sissies!”
The person (@TennesseeTwunk) who posted it said, “Made this flag in support of the masculine gays like me who are ostracized by the community… We’re into MEN not sissies! #thinrainbowline”
“We’re into MEN not sissies!”
Trans double rapist Isla Bryson claims to be 'hate crime victim'
How a woke school handled a trans student's 'hit list' threat
Activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcement
Bud Light falls to No. 3 beer in US following Dylan Mulvaney boycott
John Deere abandons LGBTQ+ inclusion initiatives after right-wing backlash
Black frat Alpha Phi Alpha moves to ban trans members
Gay combat veteran reveals why Trump was RIGHT to ban transgender troops in the military
Preacher's unbelievable response as a trans woman pulls a gun on him
Eduardo Antonio accuses a homophobic user of attacking him
The bald facts about diet: to avoid hair loss, you need meat
"Eating a healthy, balanced diet and avoiding excessive stress, extreme diets and fast weight loss are vital in maintaining healthy hair growth," says Lisa Caddy, a certified trichologist with Philip Kingsley, a leading authority in hair and scalp health from London.
The irony: what many people think of as a healthy diet - that is, mainly consisting of fruit and vegetables, with minimal protein and calories - often doesn't include all the elements needed for optimum hair growth, Caddy says.
To function at their best, the cells in the hair and throughout the body need a balance of proteins, complex carbohydrates, iron, vitamins and minerals.
Meats, especially red meats, are particularly important because they're the richest sources of ferritin, a stored iron that helps the body produce hair cell protein.
The bald facts about diet
Doctor reveals the surprising cause of unexplained hair loss for millions of Americans
Woman with 'fur on her lips' arrested for eating cat
Police in Ohio have released grisly footage of a crazed woman who allegedly stomped on a cat's head before feasting on the feline in full view of horrified witnesses.
Woman with 'fur on her lips' arrested for eating cat
Pastor accused of drowning cats as cops make astonishing discovery in his home
Insane video shows NYC man eating a RAT on the street
Why wind energy isn’t living up to its pollution-preventing potential
Wind power isn’t cleaning up as much pollution as it could, especially in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, new research shows.
Why wind energy isn’t living
State of Emergency declared in Moore County
S California city dealing with unprecedented beach crowds, trash
Excess memes and ‘reply all’ emails are bad for climate
Scientists make stunning discovery about health impacts of quitting drinking bottled water
Fat dads live longer
Middle-aged men sporting beer bellies — also known as “dad bods” — may be healthier than their skinnier peers.
Richard G. Bribiescas, an anthropology professor at Yale University, says that chubbier guys have lower levels of testosterone, which makes them less likely to engage in risky, life-threatening behaviors a la “The Hangover” and more focused on taking care of their families.
“This change in body composition not only causes men to shop for more comfortable trousers but also facilitates increased survivorship and, hypothetically, a hormonal milieu that would more effectively promote and support paternal investment,” Bribiescas writes in his new book, “How Men Age: What Evolution Reveals About Male Health and Mortality” (Princeton University Press, out now).
Fat dads
Fascinating truth about town dubbed fast food capital of US
Earliest Evidence of Our Human Ancestors Outside of Africa Found
Our ancient human relatives got around more than scientists previously thought. Researchers in China excavated stone tools that were likely made by our human ancestors some 2.12 million years ago — the earliest evidence ever discovered of the human lineage outside of Africa.
"It suggests a way earlier migration out of Africa than we ever would have imagined," said Michael Petraglia, a paleoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, who was not involved with the study. "It's very exciting."
Live Science
Scientist challenges 'out of Africa' theory with new origin for modern humans
Bone fragments of oldest known human face in western Europe found in Spain
Enhancing brain function with butter
The key to having healthy brain function is to give your brain an optimal energy supply. Most would argue that the brain needs glucose as its optimal energy source but what we are finding is that only a small portion of your brain needs sugar. What the brain actually prefers are ketones from fat as its energy source.
For those of you wanting to optimize your brain performance, not to mention decrease inflammation in your gut and heart, it is necessary to eat more fat from butter.
Butter is now considered by many to be the new superfood, even though it has been used for at least 4,500 years. How did we get so far removed from fat? One of the early campaigns against fat began when Dwight Eisenhower was diagnosed with heart disease in 1955. His team of scientists and doctors, including the snit-fat crusader, Ancel Keys concluded that saturated fat and butter caused his chronic disease.
Enhancing brain function with butter
Doctor issues stark warning to people who consume LESS than one teaspoon of salt per day