Words in the Bucket - Rethinking World Thinking

Human Rights

In Nicaragua, you protest with defiant red lips

The #SoyPicoRojo movement has become a collective form of nonviolent resistance to the human rights violations in Nicaragua.

Ligia Andrea Mendoza Mejia

14/01/2019
Features

How UK refugees are using theatre to fight xenophobia

A group of refugees in London is using theatre to break stereotypes.

Ludovica Iaccino

07/01/2019
Caribbean Connections

Caribbean community supports 1.5 degree climate target

The Caribbean Community stands strong in its support of the 1.5 degree goal even as key countries block IPCC report.

Dizzanne Billy

31/12/2018
Gender

The future of women in Brazil

Joana Midena Perrone

11/12/2018
Gender

LGBT+ resistance under Bolsonaro

What impact does this election have for the LGBT+ community in Brazil?

Joana Midena Perrone

04/12/2018
Features

How to become a Feminist dad

Most parenting and pregnancy guidance is targeted at women. Gender specialist Sebastian Molano tells us the few lessons he has learned as a new father.

Sebastián Molano

03/12/2018
Impact

No one is immune

Bolsonaro’s win served as a wakeup call to Portugal, where the far-right is on the rise.

Margarida Teixeira

27/11/2018
Gender

Contested love in times of conflict

The documentary Queer Voices from Sudan pioneers in showing the reality of queer people in the country.

Magdalena Mach

21/11/2018
Human Rights

A threatening present, an uncertain future

What impact will the election of a far-right candidate in Brazil have on black Brazilians?

Diego da Silva Rodrigues

20/11/2018
Gender

On patriarchy and blood

In Nepal, menstruation misogyny threatens girls' education.

Isobel Edwards

06/11/2018
Gender

Rwanda film festival tells women’s stories

Showing local stories and gender-based violence on screen.

Daniel Nzohabonimana

02/11/2018
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.

Brenda Roach

29/10/2018
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.

Esben Marcussen

24/10/2018
Features

Bits of Borno

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

Ludovica Iaccino

17/10/2018
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.

Ligia Andrea Mendoza Mejia

15/10/2018
Gender

Latin American feminism: What now?

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

Beverly Goldberg

11/10/2018
Features

A broken coffee market

Why specialty coffee producers are going bankrupt in Ecuador.

James Harper

02/10/2018
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.

Vasu Beepath

24/09/2018
Gender

Being a female social leader in Colombia: a black hole

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

Beverly Goldberg

18/09/2018
Environment

Rwanda: the return of the king

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

Daniel Nzohabonimana

17/09/2018
Human Rights

Brazil, behind the scene: lynching and Facebook

A look into the effects of Facebook on mob violence.

Diego da Silva Rodrigues

14/09/2018

Sounds from the Bucket

Antibalas: Who is this America Dem Speak Of Today?
Virginia Vigliar

31/08/2018

It is early in the morning in Centre County, Pennsylvania,...
Sounds from the Bucket

Italian police brutality: a song to remember Michele Ferrulli
Isaac K. Wilde

10/08/2018

“Personal liberty is inviolable. No one may be detained, inspected,...
Sounds from the Bucket

The Times They Are a-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
Marco Principia

26/01/2018

The Times They Are a-Changin’ is a song written by...
Sounds from the Bucket

New Year’s Day – U2
Marco Principia

29/12/2017

New Year’s Day is a song by Irish rock band U2....

Films from the Bucket

Nine days in Cairo: torture and murder of Giulio Regeni
Vanessa Manente

14/03/2018

In 2016, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of...
Films from the Bucket

Human – Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Vanessa Manente

17/01/2018

“I am one man among seven billion others. For the...
Films from the Bucket

Sikitiko (The King’s hand)
Isaac K. Wilde

25/10/2017

If you happened to be strolling through the coastal city...
Films from the Bucket

No Man’s Land – Danis Tanović
Isaac K. Wilde

27/09/2017

“No Man’s Land” (in Bosnian: Ničija zemlja ) is filmmaker...

Gender

Rwanda film festival tells women’s stories

In its 14th edition, Rwanda Film Festival has over the years toured the beautiful countryside of the country while showing local and international stories to people...
Caribbean Connections

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

October is synonymous with breast cancer in the Caribbean. The 16th annual “Walk for the Cure” was held on 7th October 2018 in Barbados. In Jamaica,...
Environment

A ticking carbon bomb in the Congo Basin

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the impacts of 1.5 degree global warming show that the planet is in even worse shape...
Human Rights

Not all heroes wear capes

April 19, 2018 marked an important date in the modern history of Nicaragua. Leading up to that day, the Nicaraguan people have risen up against the...
Gender

Latin American feminism: What now?

The Argentine Green Tide has evolved into a tsunami. The green bandana, characteristic of the feminist pro-abortion movement that began in Argentina earlier this year, is...
Caribbean Connections

Creative destruction: the future of a nation’s development

One of the most fundamental characteristics of a modern society is to secure the requisite to survive this constantly evolving world whilst adapting to technological advances. Given...
Gender

Being a female social leader in Colombia: a black hole

Article originally published and edited in Spanish on Democracia Abierta Ana Milena Villa Villa put on her gym clothes and left her house towards a black...
Environment

Rwanda: the return of the king

Kigali, Rwanda– In a bid to restore the ecosystem and increase tourism revenues by marketing the East African country as Africa’s top tourist destination, the Rwandan...
Human Rights

Brazil, behind the scene: lynching and Facebook

Brazil is experiencing an increase of homicides. Parallel to this there is an increase in lynching. Facebook and the web are at the forefront of these...
Gender

On becoming a gentle man

Open the door for her, carry heavy stuff, offer her your seat, pay the bill, pick her up and make sure she comes back home safe....