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9 June 2023

From checkpoints to punchlines: the emergence of Palestinian stand-up comedy

American-style stand-up comedy is making its mark as a relatively new art form in the West Bank, with Ramallah emerging as a vibrant hub for its growth. Beyond serving as a platform for artistic expression, it has also become a therapeutic [...]Read the full article

California opens the door to reparations for the descendants of enslaved people

7 June 2023

Politics & economy

California opens the door to reparations for the descendants of enslaved people

Two years ago figures in the reparations movement helped set up a task force to come up with a series of recommendations to compensate Californians who are descendants of enslaved Africans and African Americans and right the wrongs caused by [...]Read the full article

Indigenous land stewardship is furthering reconciliation, heralding a new era for conservation in Canada

5 June 2023

Environment

Indigenous land stewardship is furthering reconciliation, heralding a new era for conservation in Canada

Across Canada, a thriving movement of Indigenous peoples reconnecting with their land and culture and stewarding their Nation’s traditional territories are heralding a new era for conservation.Read the full article

In Spain, public and private actors are helping the rural elderly to “age with dignity in their villages”

31 May 2023

Development

In Spain, public and private actors are helping the rural elderly to “age with dignity in their villages”

As rural areas increasingly empty out, communities are left with fewer and fewer resources, whether public or private, to address dependency and loneliness. Elderly inhabitants are forced to choose between living alone or spending the final [...]Read the full article

Can climate-smart agriculture help build resilience against food, health and climate shocks in Malawi?

26 May 2023

Environment

Can climate-smart agriculture help build resilience against food, health and climate shocks in Malawi?

Experts are calling on the government to strengthen its disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation strategies, particularly in agriculture, which forms the bedrock of the country’s economic [...]Read the full article

As Sudan's latest conflict intensifies, artisanal gold miners are caught in the crosshairs

24 May 2023

Human rights

As Sudan’s latest conflict intensifies, artisanal gold miners are caught in the crosshairs

“As long as this war goes on, the military will keep coming after us. We are living in danger.”Read the full article

The Democratic Republic of Congo is searching for solutions to its health and social security shortcomings

22 May 2023

Development

The Democratic Republic of Congo is searching for solutions to its health and social security shortcomings

Despite the sheer scale of the informal economy hindering the financing of social protection, pragmatic solutions are being sought to ensure some kind of health cover for workers in the Democratic Republic of [...]Read the full article

Around the world, trade unions are championing LGBTQI+ rights in the workplace

16 May 2023

Labour

Around the world, trade unions are championing LGBTQI+ rights in the workplace

Trade unions – which consider solidarity and the respect of the human rights of all people as fundamental principles – have a crucial role to play in challenging discriminatory laws, supporting the LGBTQI+ community at work and ensuring that we [...]Read the full article

New capital cities, deforestation and social apartheid: the parallels between Brazil and Indonesia

12 May 2023

Environment

New capital cities, deforestation and social apartheid: the parallels between Brazil and Indonesia

“A striking parallel between both stories of the new capital cities is how both projects only reinforce a colonial state, in spite of their promoters claiming the opposite. Both projects dominate and destroy the life spaces and territories of [...]Read the full article

Bogotá's Indigenous street children are the face of Colombia's unrelenting cycle of violence

10 May 2023

Politics & economy

Bogotá’s Indigenous street children are the face of Colombia’s unrelenting cycle of violence

Forcibly displaced by the armed conflict, Indigenous children are forced to grow up early living on the streets of Bogotá.Read the full article

Ordinary working people are being priced out of Accra and pushed into inadequate housing

8 May 2023

Development

Ordinary working people are being priced out of Accra and pushed into inadequate housing

Estimates put Ghana’s housing deficit at about 1.8 million units. This translates to about six million people out of a population of approximately 33 million in need of housing. However, these figures do not account for the quality of available [...]Read the full article

In India, the sporting dreams of rural athletes are being washed away with climate change

5 May 2023

Culture

In India, the sporting dreams of rural athletes are being washed away with climate change

Recurring floods are forcing emerging sportsmen and women from rural India to quit their sports or severely reduce their training in order to help support their families, whose livelihoods have been negatively impacted by extreme weather events [...]Read the full article

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