Index on Censorship arrived at the Big Bookend Festival in Leeds to discuss whether it is acceptable for governments and others to withhold information from the public during a conflict
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Afghanistan’s silent healthcare crisis
A ban on female healthcare workers is leaving women’s health and maternity services in a dire situation under Taliban rule
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Corruption in Nigeria silences healthcare whistleblowers
A lack of protection for health workers is widening the West African country’s inequality gap
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Donna Ockenden: “There has got to be an absolute commitment to listening to women”
The senior midwife speaks to Index about the culture of silence surrounding maternity care failures in the National Health Service
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The female keyboard warriors taking on Myanmar’s military junta
Inside and outside the country, digital activists are using the power of the internet to expose human rights abuses
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