Words in the Bucket - Rethinking World Thinking

Gender

On patriarchy and blood

In Nepal, menstruation misogyny threatens girls' education.
Gender

Rwanda film festival tells women’s stories

Showing local stories and gender-based violence on screen.
Caribbean Connections

More Caribbean-focused breast cancer research is needed in the region

Culturally relevant and contemporary research on breast cancer and its effects on Caribbean women will help create a more holistic treatment for survivors.
Environment

A ticking carbon bomb in the Congo Basin

If the Cuvette Centrale peatlands were to dry out and the carbon released, it would release three years of human induced greenhouse gas emissions.
Features

Bits of Borno

This photographer is showing the world a different side of her war-torn hometown.
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?

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

On patriarchy and blood

Isobel Edwards

06/11/2018

11 October 2018 marked the annual International Day of the Girl Child, a UN...
Gender

Rwanda film festival tells women’s stories

Daniel Nzohabonimana

02/11/2018

In its 14th edition, Rwanda Film Festival has over the years toured the beautiful...
Caribbean Connections

More Caribbean-focused breast cancer research is needed in the region

Brenda Roach

29/10/2018

October is synonymous with breast cancer in the Caribbean. The 16th annual “Walk for...
Environment

A ticking carbon bomb in the Congo Basin

Esben Marcussen

24/10/2018

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the impacts of 1.5...
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...