Feature Focus: Facing violence and overburdened systems, Colombia women support each other

Amid impunity and a limited legal system against perpetrators, women's collectives provide an alternative path that gives victims access to information, resources, and even emotional support, which in dire situations can be the difference between life and death.EFE spoke to La Ramona, a women's collective based in Tunja, Colombia, who shared the struggles they face as a volunteer-based organization and the projects they're working on to aid victims of gender-based violence in a country where, on average, three women are murdered every day.
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The multinational force authorized by the United Nations and led by Kenya is expected to arrive in Haiti soon to help restore order after armed gangs got completely out of control.
The crisis has put the spotlight on Haiti, but its roots are complex and deep, EFE interviews author and researcher Jake Johnston, who studies the effects of foreign aid and intervention in the Caribbean country.
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Pakistan grants all its citizens universal suffrage. But voting for a leader in the first ever Muslim country to elect a female prime minister faces more than legislative challenges. In this edition of Feature Focus, Lobsang DS Subirana speaks to Pakistan Correspondent Amjad Ali about the difficulties Pakistani women faced during the country’s recent general election.
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Alejandro Muyshondt, former national security advisor to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, died in state custody in early February. Muyshondt’s sister spoke, in an interview with EFE, about the circumstances of his arrest and subsequent death, raising questions about human rights violations in Salvadoran prisons.
According to figures presented on Feb. 24 by the NGO Socorro Jurídico Humanitario, some 235 inmates have died in El Salvador’s prisons during the country’s state of emergency, with 48% showing signs of violence and 30% dying due to lack of medical care.

FOCUS FEATURE: Despite danger and amid economic hardship, Thai workers yearn for Israel

Kratchakorn Buddhasorn returned to Thailand shortly after being wounded in an attack on Israel by Islamist group Hamas on Oct. 7, but now wants to return due to debt and job insecurity he faces in his own country. His is not an isolated case. Many Thai workers go into debt to be able to go to Israel to work as seasonal laborers in the fields and now some of those repatriated after Hamas’ attack want to return to earn more money and save.
Kratchakorn, 42, told EFE that four months after returning to his country, he can barely make ends meet with a job as a delivery driver for convenience store franchise, in which he earns a base salary of THB500 ($14) per day plus THB15 per order.
“In Thailand we don’t have enough money and we don’t make ends meet. At least by working abroad we earn an amount of money that covers expenses,” he said in an interview at home in Samut Prakan, a province bordering Bangkok.
The man, who worked on a vegetable farm in Israel, lives in this house with his wife and four other tenants, while his three children aged 9, 12 and 13 are in the care of their maternal grandparents in the northeast of the country.

After a decade without a new album, Jennifer Lopez returns with “This is Me…. Now,” a sequel to the almost eponymous album she composed 20 years ago when she fell in love with the actor Ben Affleck.Having a “second chance” with that love, JLo's said in an interview with EFE, inspired her to return to the studio.
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August brings us one of the most awaited series of the last few years, some comedy and a lot of fantasy, so, get ready for our list of shows and movies coming to your favourite streaming platforms and cinemas. Game of Thrones: House of Dragon, The Sandman, Andor or Bullet Train are waiting for you!!

Summer has arrived in the northern hemisphere, and summer normally means holidays, and holidays mean, free time to watch your favourite series and films! The Gray Man, The Terminal List, Strangers Things or Thor Love and Thunder are waiting for you!

June is an important month for basketball, with the NBA finals, and our favourite streaming platforms know it. Two of them are premiering films about the sport, but that's not all, give our list a listen and find out what shows and movies are coming our way: Jurassic World Dominion, The Boys 3, Elvis, Umbrella Academy 3, Hustle or Rise are waiting for you!

If you live in or have ever travelled to a European city it is possible that you have accidentally stumbled upon a Stolperstein at some point. It is also likely that you haven’t, since these brass plaques, just under 10 square centimetres, are easy to miss among the cobblestones of the street.
These ‘stumbling stones’ are a way to commemorate Holocaust victims by placing their names, the date of their birth and the date of their liberation or death in front of their last homes. Listen to the podcast to find more.