Every year, hundreds of thousands of ordinary Iranians travel to Armenia for a short break from the social and political suppression in their country, despite an ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“There are some amazing sides to the use of the internet and social media: never before have we had access to so much information and culture. I think it’s important not only to control how many hours we spend using technological devices but, above all, to be discerning about what kind of content [...]

Thirty years after the killings of anti-mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, Sicilian civil society is still working hard to keep saying “no” to the mafia.

Riadh Ezzawech has devoted his life to the practice and dissemination of stambeli, a musical genre born centuries ago with the arrival in Tunisia of enslaved people from Sub-Saharan Africa. In the last four decades, much has changed and, today, stambeli is in serious danger of becoming [...]

Vietnam’s nearly 4,500-year-old tradition of sericulture continues to provide a livelihood to numerous families. This time-honoured tradition is mostly carried about by women.

Efforts are being made, the world over, to save the treasures forged by history.

Writers, directors and playwrights break with the idealised narrative of motherhood to give real mothers a voice.

The Workers Museum in Denmark is currently spearheading efforts to identify other workers’ assembly halls and their origin stories around the world. The goal behind the initiative is to showcase the regional characteristics of labour movements across the globe and to have UNESCO recognise the [...]

Mereki’s female chefs not only defeat the pervasive, sexist norms present in the world of barbecues, but crucially, they earn enough money to head households on an equal financial footing with men.

With songs, TV series, books and podcasts, creators from all over the world are giving visibility and generating debate around anxiety, depression and even suicide. A taboo subject until recently, the pandemic has placed mental health front and centre in the global [...]