Almost 90 women have been killed by domestic violence in the Northern Territory since 2000, with more than 90 of those being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
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Seven years on from the royal commission into youth detention, the Northern Territory’s CLP Government has swiftly brought in legislation in direct opposition to the inquiry’s recommendations.
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[allAfrica] Nairobi, Kenya — For more than 17 years, Alice Muchugi has led the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) program on tree genetic resources. The organization is concerned with ensuring tree genetic resources are used sustainably and conserved, and even reaching out to those who aren’t yet aware of how they should be utilized, or ensuring that we know their diversity before it is lost.
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For a good many years, when I was in the library, they would not buy science fiction and fantasy books, because those were considered trash… So I fought and fought to get them on library lists.” -Andre Norton (Dream Makers Volume II: The Uncommon Men & Women Who Write Science Fiction, 1983) The first woman …
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The image of a caterpillar smoking a hookah is an iconic and whimsical scene from Lewis Carroll’s classic novel “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” In the story, Alice encounters a hookah-smoking caterpillar sitting on a mushroom while calmly blowing smoke rings. This surreal encounter adds to the dreamlike atmosphere of Wonderland, where logic and reality are often turned upside down. The caterpillar’s relaxed demeanor and cryptic remarks, such as “Who are you?” and “Keep your temper,” add to the sense of wonder and intrigue surrounding this enigmatic character.
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