How pioneers in Nepal and Zimbabwe are developing the digital infrastructure to preserve and revitalise their languages, and thus, improve access to their culture online.Read the full article
The sound of church bells, a local dialect or the smell of a city without pollution could today be considered endangered heritage. Their degradation is less visible than that of a monument, which is precisely why their protection is more [...]Read the full article
“If, thanks to my texts, just one little girl were able to say to herself, “So, it is possible”, then I will have contributed to building a female identity in Burkina Faso.”Read the full article
UNESCO estimates that half of all languages spoken today will disappear by the end of this century if nothing is done, as speakers face pressures to abandon their native tongue in favour of dominant languages and dialects.Read the full article
Mexico ranks first in the world in childhood obesity and second in adult obesity. Until recently, studies addressing the causes of obesity have focused on the poor choices made by individuals, but have rarely looked at the obesogenic [...]Read the full article
From the Amazon rainforests to Central America, young, Indigenous artists are reclaiming their ancient heritage through music, mixing ancestral rituals and instruments with rap, electronica and reggaeton to fight racial discrimination and historical [...]Read the full article
Pakistan has one of the largest refugee populations in the world, and for decades, carpet weaving has been one of the few options available to Afghan women refugees who want to work.Read the full article
Guinea is trying to find a compromise between the need to improve access to electricity and the need to preserve the environment. For some years now, the country has been looking to hydropower as the solution to its energy needs and is developing the sector in partnership with Chinese [...]Read the full article
Ainu Indigenous leaders are aware that their ancestral knowledge is endangered: “We are being wiped out. In 30 years, we will all be Japanese”.Read the full article
Beyond its health repercussions, the coronavirus pandemic is making it even harder for Indigenous people in many parts of Asia to defend their civil and land rights, with governments and companies taking advantage of the pandemic to brush them [...]Read the full article
“We have completely changed the system. We changed the farm and we changed with it”. In France, a quarter of farms are managed by women farmers. Little by little, these women are bringing their vision to the different aspects of farming and changing [...]Read the full article
Hard hit by the pandemic, artists and culture workers in Athens are mobilising locally and nationally to stand up for their rights and for their place in society.Read the full article
