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Since a string of US states passed near-total
abortion bans in May, the fight for women’s
reproductive freedom has kicked into overdrive.
Seven female CEOs – including Erica Chidi
Cohen (left) of pregnancy guidance centre Loom,
and Meika Hollender (right) of women’s health
company Sustain – took out a full-page ad in
The New York Times fiercely opposing the
proposed laws. “For too long, corporate America
has been largely silent on speaking up for sexual
and reproductive health and rights,” it read. “That
must change. Today, we loudly and boldly declare
that we will not be silent ... and we challenge
our peers in the business community to do the
same.” Now, power players Netflix and Disney
have threatened to pull production in film hub
Georgia, should the legislation come into play.
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AD-LIBERATION
SOUTH KOREA
SENIORS’ MOMENT
On any given morning, this yellow school bus is packed
with rowdy, raucous children, most of them dreading the
day ahead. But at the back of the bus sits a row of eager,
smiling students: each is a grandmother living out her
long-held dream to go to school.
A repercussion of plummeting birth rates in South
Korea, schools across the nation – particularly in rural areas
- are struggling to fill their classrooms. Daegu Elementary,
in the country’s south-east, has responded by inviting elderly,
illiterate women into its classrooms.
On the first day, one student, Ms Hwang, 70, shed tears
of joy. “I couldn’t believe this was happening to me,” she told
reporters, recalling her own childhood spent tending to her
siblings while others learnt to read and write. “Carrying a
school bag has always been my dream ... [and] writing
letters to my children, that’s what I dreamt of the most.”NEWSFEED