In sandals made from old car tyres, Leitati Rabikon walks with measured steps, careful not to tread on acacia thorns, up the steep hill in the midday sun. Every so often, she stops to wipe the sweat from her face. Rabikon, who is in her 80s, arrives with three other women at the home of… Continue reading ‘Agents of change’: Kenya’s traditional midwives help cut deaths of mothers | Maternal health
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Aztec dancers accuse U.S. agency of confiscating their traditional feathers
A group of Indigenous Aztec dancers has filed a claim against a U.S. federal agency for confiscating hundreds of traditional Indigenous feathers as the group was crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than 1,500 feathers typically worn during performances and for cultural and religious practices in March at the… Continue reading Aztec dancers accuse U.S. agency of confiscating their traditional feathers