An off-the-cuff remark in India’s highest court triggered something no one had planned for: Within days, millions of young Indians were publicly calling for cha…
In the face of widespread oppression and commodification of the global south, our hope rests on the strength of our diversity as we move together imperfectly to…
Nigeria’s terrorism crisis has deeper roots than Tinubu admitted in London On March 19th, the president undertook a historic two-day trip to London, the first b…
In the Balkans, tradition is often deemed to be fixed and patriarchal. Yet the region’s history, folklore and popular memory contain more complicated examples o…
In the Balkans, tradition is often deemed to be fixed and patriarchal. Yet the region’s history, folklore and popular memory contain more complicated examples o…
A New Lens on Sudan’s Recovery Agriculture in fragile and conflict-affected states is often viewed as a technical sector — a means of producing crops and earnin…
In this edition, we uncover a narrative that portrays anti-LGBTQ+ movements in Africa as a form of resistance to colonialism.…
The main risk lies in the list of “safe third countries” — if Russian citizens pass through those countries, they could be denied refugee status and sent back.…
European companies ship hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste to Morocco each year, erasing the pollution from their books while families in Casablanca choke…
”[It’s] more than a simple qualification for a football competition; it is a message for the whole world [...] Haiti is not summarised by gang violence, dirt an…
The advance of these technologies is not occurring as an exception. They are established silently, without public debate, without transparency and without peopl…
Throughout Sudan’s war, most diplomatic efforts have treated the conflict as a struggle between two actors: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Suppor…
The fall of Bashar al-Assad has not brought freedom for transgender women in Syria. Instead, threats, attacks, and legal persecution have intensified, leaving t…
Pakistan bears the devastating consequences of a climate crisis it did not create, yet inadequate global funding and weak domestic response continue to leave mi…
Haiti is under the grip of armed gangs that control much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and major national highways, inflicting violence that includes sexual a…
Words matter in conflict, and few carry more consequences than ‘terrorist’. Overused for decades, applied to insurgents, separatists, and state enemies alike, t…
Japanese LGBTQ+ communities are taking to the streets to push for equal marriage rights with the slogan: "May love prevail in the Supreme Court."…
As India reflects on the media coverage during Operation Sindoor, questions remain over accountability and whether future crises will again feature recycled vis…
In early June, a warm evening in Mogadishu was punctuated once again by the staccato of gunfire and mortar shells. Not the result of an ambush by Al-Shabaab or …
An interview with Venezuelan visual artist and photographer Santiago Méndez, who has exhaustively documente queerness and Pride in Caracas for the last three ye…
Digital surveillance does much more than steal data. It inflicts deep human wounds; it stops people from safely developing and expressing their identities, bree…
"They are legitimizing hate and discrimination against a highly vulnerable group. Words from those in power carry weight and real-world consequences."…
Global Voices conducted a face-to-face interview with a local LGBTQ+ activist, Peregrine (a pseudonym), who discussed the challenges they faced, their survival …
With a personable approach to politics and a pastoral tone to her speeches, Michelle Bolsonaro juggles the roles of being her imprisoned husband’s caretaker and…