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Gender
Body positivity sweeps London’s life-drawing scene
Against diet-culture and the rejection of the majority of body-types as unhealthy or unattractive, activists turn to art.
Environment
Philippines shuts down Boracay island: all for a casino?
A commentary on Boracay Island’s enforced closure from a resident.
Development
Are we listening?
Local Syrians are providing the insights that can shape international policy.
Environment
Cameroon: the dark side of the agri-business
Agri-business in Cameroon is negatively affecting local communities and destroying their land. But there are solutions.
Environment
The last drop: is Cape Town’s water crisis making inequality worse?
Cape Town is in the midst of a water shortage that’s affecting 3.7million people- but how did it escalate so quickly and what will this mean for inequality?
Development
An outbreak of underdevelopment
The recent outbreak of yellow fever in urban areas of some of Brazil’s richest states exposes the still precarious health and sanitation conditions of the country.
Human Rights
#MarielleFrancoVive: why the hashtag matters
The hashtag MarielleVive (Marielle Lives) trended on Twitter with over 3.6 million tweets in 42 hours.
Gender
What legal protection do trans people have in Europe?
On 31 March 2018, International Transgender Day of Visibility serves as an important reminder of the equality that has yet to be achieved for trans people.
Human Rights
A return to business as usual in Ethiopia
Recent arrests of journalists and politicians is a step back for Ethiopia.
Development
How will Ethiopia it find its next leader?
The Ethiopian parliament declared a state of emergency. The country now sits at a critical juncture.
Human Rights
Bread protests wreak havoc in Sudan
Rising cost of bread sparks deadly protests across Sudan
Human Rights
The complex web of cyber defence
Are human rights up for debate in the defence of cyberspace?
Development
Women empowerment in conflict
A young Libyan lawyer is pushing for the economic empowerment of women in Libya
Features
Social reality on stage
How a theatre company sparks social change.
Features
The streets talk of feminism in Tunisia
A female street artist redefines girl power and attacks sexism in Tunisia.
Features
Gioconda Belli: revolutionary woman, poet and political activist
The woman who got Nicaragua to talk of feminism and erotic poetry.
Gender
A glimpse into the Hijabi protests in Iran
Women who wear the tchador, a traditional Iranian veil covering most of the body, are perceived as being aligned with the principles of the theocracy, while women whose hijab barely covers their hair are perceived as embracing “revolutionary” attire.
Features
Meet the woman who uses Art as a weapon
In a society that wants to arm teachers, this Puerto Rican woman is using poetry as a weapon.
Environment
Tackling climate change in rural and urban Senegal
As climate change alters weather patterns and extreme events become more frequent, living standards in urban areas may be negatively affected. This is well illustrated in Senegal.
Human Rights
“For no longer than necessary”: the issue of immigration detention in the UK
"The UK is the only member of the European Union that has indefinite immigration detention."
Environment
A year in office
What has one year of Donald Trump’s presidency done for the fight against climate change?

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...

Gender
Body positivity sweeps London’s life-drawing scene
Eleanor Davis
20/04/2018
Before taking up their materials, the audience was asked to really look at the models'...
Environment
Philippines shuts down Boracay island: all for a casino?
Jessica Magbuana
18/04/2018
On the 9th of February 2018, during a conference held in Davao City, the...
Development
Are we listening?
Francesca Freeman
16/04/2018
In the past several weeks, a suburb of Damascus has become the newest epicenter...
Environment
Cameroon: the dark side of the agri-business
Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue
12/04/2018
One of the main sources of development in many African countries might actually be...
Environment
The last drop: is Cape Town’s water crisis making inequality worse?
Ailish Craig
11/04/2018
Cape Town authorities were very serious when it came to water management. Just 3...
Development
An outbreak of underdevelopment
Diego da Silva Rodrigues
09/04/2018
Brazil’s states of Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, three of the...
Human Rights
#MarielleFrancoVive: why the hashtag matters
Joana Midena Perrone
03/04/2018
Despite the spreading of fake news, the legacy of Marielle is still being upheld...
Gender
What legal protection do trans people have in Europe?
Isobel Edwards
29/03/2018
On 31 March 2018, the world will observe the annual International Transgender Day of...
Human Rights
A return to business as usual in Ethiopia
Mehari Fisseha
29/03/2018
The Ethiopian government is under fire from human rights and pro-democracy groups after it...
Development
How will Ethiopia it find its next leader?
Mehari Fisseha
20/03/2018
At the end of the men’s marathon race at the Rio Olympics in 2016,...