Gender

Dominican Women in Argentina Especially Vulnerable

By Marcela Valente
Despite the enormous distance between the two countries, Argentina has become an increasingly frequent destination for migrants from the Dominican Republic, especially women, who are vulnerable to falling prey to sexual exploitation networks.

Few Meaningful Changes in Wake of Dhaka Factory Collapse

By Katelyn Fossett
Worker advocacy groups here are calling on some of the most high-profile U.S.-based clothing companies to make drastic reforms to their international labour practices in the wake of the factory collapse that killed more than 420 workers in Dhaka last week.

Rohingyas At Home and Nowhere

By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau
Rendered the nowhere people in their own homeland, thousands of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar are fleeing inhuman living conditions, lack of humanitarian aid and rising sectarian tensions in their country. And the very state that is supposed to protect them now stands accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’.

Hamas ‘Talibanising’ Gaza

By Mel Frykberg
The Islamist resistance group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, is being accused by its Palestinian Authority (PA) rivals in the West Bank of Talibanising Gaza and turning the coastal territory into a new Muslim Brotherhood neighbourhood.

From Rags to Penury

By Ranjit Devraj
India’s planners worry about ‘jobless growth’, but perhaps nothing illustrates this phenomenon better than a policy of handing over the collection and disposal of the capital’s refuse to large private corporations, leaving close to 50,000 ragpickers unemployed.

Giving Women in Zimbabwe’s Informal Sector Rights

By Jeffrey Moyo
Mollin Siyanda, 46, a single mother of three from Harare’s low-income suburb of Hatcliffe, is scared of being arrested by the council police as she sells fruit, vegetables and second-hand clothes on the pavement of the city centre without a permit.

Women Forge a Space for Themselves in Latin American Labour Movement

By Estrella Gutiérrez
Misogyny is the word on the lips of women trade unionists in Latin America when asked what they have had to fight against to win spaces in the leadership bodies of labour unions in the region.

Monetising Human Waste and 101 (Slightly) Crazy Other Ideas

By Stephen Leahy
One, two or more of the 102 newly launched out-of-the box ideas to improve global health could be world-changing breakthroughs.

Over 100 Million Women Lead Migrant Workers Worldwide

By Thalif Deen
The face of migration is changing dramatically as women and girls now represent about half of the over 214 million migrants worldwide.

Older Women in Cuba Take Steps to Improve Quality of Life

By Ivet González
Paediatrician Grisel Navarro says she is "a different kind of retiree," because she still practises her profession, goes out and about and refuses to be "at the beck and call of her family's and everyone else's needs," something that diminishes quality of life for many Cuban women when they retire from work.

Post-Conflict Trauma Haunts Solomon Islands

By Catherine Wilson
After ten years of working towards peace and reconciliation in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, following a five-year civil conflict known as the ‘Tensions’ (1998-2003) which left 30,000 people displaced and hundreds unaccounted for, people now go about their daily lives in improved freedom and personal security. But below the surface, untreated post-conflict trauma continues to impact many individuals and communities.

U.N. Task Force Purges Stigmas on Sexual Rights

By George Gao
Ishita Chaudhry spent the past 36 hours listening to U.N. delegates discuss population growth and development. She noticed that on “controversial” topics, such as sexual and reproductive rights, young people’s voices often get lost.

Austerity Leaves Domestic Violence Victims Stranded

By Claudia Ciobanu
Up to a quarter of women in Europe have experienced domestic violence at some point in their lives, according to the Council of Europe. But despite the widespread nature of the phenomenon, more often than not we ignore it. A short video launched last month in Serbia managed to break this silence.

BOOKS: A History of the Search for Justice in the Middle East

By Barbara Slavin
It’s no wonder that Egypt has floundered in its efforts to create a more democratic system from the ruins of the Mubarak regime.

Their Missing Daughters

By Ranjita Biswas
It is as if they have given up hope of ever seeing their girls again. They are an Adivasi family from a remote village in Assam state in India, nestled in the Himalayan foothills. The picturesque surroundings belie the hollowness they feel within.

Israeli Cloud Hovers Over Green Energy

By Mel Frykberg
A quiet diplomatic war is being waged by several European governments against the Israeli authorities, specifically the Israeli Civil Administration which controls the Israeli occupied West Bank.

Educating Mothers to End South Africa’s Newborn Deaths

By Stanley Karombo
A young mother – who only wants to be identified as Karren – beamed as she nursed her newborn baby at the University of Witwatersrand’s Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, in Hillbrow, South Africa. 

Somali Women Cashing in on Business

By Abdurrahman Warsameh
In the Hamarweyne market, Mogadishu's largest, 24-year-old Maryama Yunis is finding success with her tiny cosmetic store. The young Somali entrepreneur has been in business for two years, selling everything from soaps and shampoos to lipsticks and eyeliners, and now she's turning a decent profit.

Learn From the Children

By Gordon Brown
“Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.”

Insecurity the “Achilles’ Heel of Development” in Latin America

By Katelyn Fossett
Development experts here are warning that widespread, unchecked violence against citizens in Latin America is posing a threat to the development of the entire region.

Q&A: Ecuador Guarantees Right to Free Emergency Contraception

By Leisa Sánchez
The government of Ecuador is determined to curb the growing number of teen pregnancies, and has begun to knock down barriers that stand in the way of the right to a responsible sexual and reproductive life.
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