Words in the Bucket - Rethinking World Thinking

Human Rights

Not all heroes wear capes

In Nicaragua, where protests against the government have been met with violence, the people's heroes wear cassocks.
Gender

Latin American feminism: What now?

How has the Argentine inclusive feminist movement come to fruition and will it last?
Features

A broken coffee market

Why specialty coffee producers are going bankrupt in Ecuador.
Caribbean Connections

Creative destruction: the future of a nation’s development

Island-States like Trinidad and Tobago need to turn to technological advancements at this critical juncture to ensure its political development and economic sustainability.
Gender

Being a female social leader in Colombia: a black hole

A gender perspective on the recent killings of social leaders in Colombia.
Environment

Rwanda: the return of the king

Conservationists in Rwanda are reintroducing lions, wiped out after the genocide, to it’s biggest park.
Human Rights

Brazil, behind the scene: lynching and Facebook

A look into the effects of Facebook on mob violence.
Gender

On becoming a gentle man

Molano, Gender Specialist, tells us how the idea of being a gentleman changed as he grew up.
Environment

At What Cost?

Land rights defenders and environmentalists all over the world share similar stories of struggle, violence and killings.
Opinion

Could Brazil be heading for a far-right government?

The growth of Bolsonaro as an anti-establishment candidate also has echoes of the Trump candidacy.
Caribbean Connections

When the winds blow away, where does the mind go?

After a natural disaster hits, the physical and economic impacts are usually prioritised, often neglecting the mental health of those affected.
Gender

A new president in Colombia

What kind of future is in store for LGBTQ+ rights in Colombia?
Human Rights

Facebook’s crucial role in Nicaragua’s civil unrest

How social media has become a 'tool' to organise street protests in Nicaragua.
Gender

Will LGBTQ+ rights be on the agenda of the new Mexican government?

The new Mexican government seems to have an unclear agenda on LGBTQ+ rights.
Environment

Time to hold governments accountable for destroying the planet’s rainforests

We must abandon the idea that the world’s rainforest will be saved by technocrats, it is a political undertaking.
Human Rights

Friend or foe? The plight of Afghan refugees in Iran

Iran was once hailed as an exemplary hosting country, due to its acceptance of Afghan refugees fleeing the 1980s Soviet War. But after 40 years, is Iran’s generosity running out?
Human Rights

Evictions in Nairobi: why the city has a problem and what can be done to fix it

A new road in Nairobi, Kenya, is set to displace up to 30,000 Kibera slum residents.
Features

Tunisian women take over male-dominated streets with art

How a group of women got together to paint the first feminist mural in Tunis.
Human Rights

Brazil must reckon with its violence against black youth

Will something be done about police violence in Brazil now that another child is dead?
Environment

Is sexist social politics holding us back from having fewer children?

We had a conversation with Doreen Akiyo Yomoah, who runs Childfree African, a blog 'starting conversations for Africans who do not want to have more children-.
Human Rights

What remains after the football matches end

Although often marred by controversy, hosting a World Cup can fuel the momentum to promote social change in the host country down the line.

Films from the Bucket

Nine days in Cairo: torture and murder…

In 2016, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution, during the curfew hours in Cairo, Giulio disappeared. Only 9 days later, on February 3, was...
Films from the Bucket

Human – Yann Arthus-Bertrand

“I am one man among seven billion others. For the past 40 years, I have been photographing our planet and its human diversity, and I have the feeling that...
Films from the Bucket

Sikitiko (The King’s hand)

If you happened to be strolling through the coastal city of Oostende, Belgium, you might chance upon a 1931 sculptural monument towering over the seafront, known as ‘De dank...

Human Rights

Not all heroes wear capes

Ligia Andrea Mendoza Mejia

15/10/2018

April 19, 2018 marked an important date in the modern history of Nicaragua. Leading...
Gender

Latin American feminism: What now?

Beverly Goldberg

11/10/2018

The Argentine Green Tide has evolved into a tsunami. The green bandana, characteristic of...
Caribbean Connections

Creative destruction: the future of a nation’s development

Vasu Beepath

24/09/2018

One of the most fundamental characteristics of a modern society is to secure the...
Gender

Being a female social leader in Colombia: a black hole

Beverly Goldberg

18/09/2018

Article originally published and edited in Spanish on Democracia Abierta Ana Milena Villa Villa...
Environment

Rwanda: the return of the king

Daniel Nzohabonimana

17/09/2018

Kigali, Rwanda– In a bid to restore the ecosystem and increase tourism revenues by...
Human Rights

Brazil, behind the scene: lynching and Facebook

Diego da Silva Rodrigues

14/09/2018

Brazil is experiencing an increase of homicides. Parallel to this there is an increase...
Gender

On becoming a gentle man

Sebastián Molano

13/09/2018

Open the door for her, carry heavy stuff, offer her your seat, pay the...
Environment

At What Cost?

Isobel Edwards

03/09/2018

In July 2018, Global Witness, a campaigning organization which works to end environmental and...
Opinion

Could Brazil be heading for a far-right government?

Joana Midena Perrone

28/08/2018

During the past years, Brazil has been featured in several international newspapers, though not...
Caribbean Connections

When the winds blow away, where does the mind go?

Chikere Thomas

27/08/2018

During the extremely active 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season, major Hurricanes Irma and Maria made...