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Our correspondents and contributors report on human rights and environmental issues from all over the globe. Whenever possible we tell a globally relevant story from a local and individual perspective.

bosnia pollution
February 19th, 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina: incapable of fighting against air pollution?
topic:Air Pollution
by:Katarina Panić
Sarajevo is now in a category of its own when it comes to bad air quality.
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fishermenMali
February 18th, 2020
Fairfishing: Turning pirates into fishermen
topic:Economic Opportunity
by:Bob Koigi
Behind a thriving fisheries industry in Somalia are the spirited efforts of a Danish-Somali NGO.
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Bali womens rights
February 17th, 2020
Ecofeminism: when women's rights meet ecology
topic:Women’s rights
by:Magdalena Rojo
"Nature is not outside of us, we are within nature", Saras Dewi, activist, poet and lecturer at the University of Indonesia.
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ISISwomen
February 13th, 2020
The female ISIS members - victims or criminals?
topic:Political violence
by:Katarina Panić
Unlike many European countries, the Bosnian state Presidency decided last month to allow its citizens, who had joined ISIS, to get back to the country,
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digitalmeat
February 11th, 2020
What is digital food?
topic:Food Security
partner:Screen Shot
Here’s everything you need to know.
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southafricawomen
February 10th, 2020
Worry over South African women vanishing without trace
topic:Women’s rights
by:Cyril Zenda
South Africa is a country with a very high crime rate, and also rated as highly unsafe for women.
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organicwaste
February 06th, 2020
African countries turn organic waste into electricity to tackle energy poverty
topic:Energy
by:Bob Koigi
African cities are struggling with waste as landfills overflow, posing health risks to city dwellers who have to contend with pollution.
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AI
February 04th, 2020
Does AI threaten digital human rights in the global south?
topic:Digitalisation
by:Ndubuaku Kanayo
Artificial intelligence and other digital technologies in everyday human dealings come with a high risk of interfering with basic human rights.
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families_socialmedia
February 03rd, 2020
Social media helps mend African refugees’ broken social fabric
topic:Refugees and Asylum
by:Cyril Zenda
According to various researches, the social media have become an indispensable source of information for today’s refugees.
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forests
January 29th, 2020
Petition calls on world leaders to protect and restore forests worldwide
topic:Deforestation
by:Yair Oded
A Change.org petition by the Growing Air Foundation calls on world leaders to immediately restore and protect forests all over the world.
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india gender jsutice
January 27th, 2020
India's “murder of gender justice”
topic:LGBT Rights
by:Shuriah Niazi
What's next for transgender people, as India clears a bill that activists call “murder of gender justice”?
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shipping
January 25th, 2020
Can the shipping industry completely decarbonise?
topic:Ocean Pollution
by:Frank Odenthal
The ecological footprint of maritime shipping is too big. The industry needs to change – and it is, but is its path to carbonise fast enough?
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Afghan woemn
January 22nd, 2020
A personal journey for nation building
topic:Democracy
by:Shadi Khan Saif
The pioneering female member of the nascent Afghan democracy, Fawzia Koofi is now heading Movement of Change for Afghanistan.
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Fracking
January 15th, 2020
What is Fracking and why is it Bad?
topic:Fracking
by:Ama Lorenz
Fracking has helped reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also keeps us dependent on fossil fuels and undermines decarbonization.
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prison_US
January 13th, 2020
Former female inmate’s call for Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act
topic:Human Rights
by:Yair Oded
A Change.org petition launched by former female prisoner calls on Congress to pass a bill protecting female inmates from mistreatment, abuse and neglect.
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tanzania citizens
January 08th, 2020
Tanzania bars citizens from seeking justice at the African Court
topic:Human Rights
by:Cyril Zenda
The Government of Tanzania in December 2019 withdrew the right of individual citizens and NGOs to directly approach the African Court on Human Rights.
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ghana coding
January 07th, 2020
Teaching Ghana rural and slum girls how to code
topic:Technology
by:Bob Koigi
In schools across Ghana, girls have always struggled with Science and Mathematics, fields as societal dictates empower boys to pursue such courses.
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AbortionIreland
January 03rd, 2020
Abortion Laws in Ireland and North Ireland
topic:Abortion
by:Ama Lorenz
The Executive Formation Act 2019 gives women in Northern Ireland greater access to legal abortion services than most of the UK.
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fashionfactory
January 02nd, 2020
Crimes of Fashion
topic:Human Rights
by:Ari Libsker
Fashion-culture journalist and author Dana Thomas reveals the truth behind the fashion industry's polluting and inhumane practices.
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plastic beach
January 01st, 2020
Ways That Plastic Gets Into the Ocean
topic:Ocean Pollution
by:Murat Suner
Scientists estimate that 12.8 million metric tons of plastic waste are currently floating in our oceans.
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