1 in 2 Humans Cannot Celebrate World Toilet Day – This Is Why
A Dalit woman stands outside a dry toilet located in an upper caste villager’s home in Mainpuri, in the northern...
Clean Water, Decent Toilets, Hygiene Challenge for Southern African Community
A waste collection bin awaiting the city council's collection. Markets are one of the places the SADC hygiene strategy is...
International Women’s Day, 2022War, Want, Weather and Wellbeing: Where Are We Now?
Dr Lesley Ann Foster is Executive Director Masimanyane Women’s Rights International, South Africa The following opinion piece is part...
Rural India Has a Diabetes Problem – What Is Causing it?
South India has a higher rate of diabetes compared to North India, possibly due to its partiality towards white rice,...
A World of 8 Billion, Yes, But (II): The Unseen, Untold Story of the 50%
"When nearly a third of all women in developing countries are becoming mothers during adolescence, it is clear the world...
Africa, The Looted Continent
Mineral supply chains are often linked to child abuse, human trafficking, forced labour and other human rights violations. Credit: Tommy...
How Covid-19 Proved an Opportunity for Youth in Small-Town India
Young people from small towns are now able to work close to home thanks to co-working spaces that opened up...
Finding Ways to Feed South Africa’s Vast Hungry Population
Nosintu Mcimeli and Bonelwa Nogemane of the Abanebhongo People with Disability (APD) started with an agroecological project to improve food...
The Lead-Free Water Pledge: Steps Towards a Future of Lead-Free Drinking Water
Young children and infants are particularly sensitive to the harmful effects of lead. Current statistics suggest that approximately one in...
Driven by the War, Russian Women Arrive en Masse to Give Birth in Argentina
Two of the six Russian women who were detained by the Argentine immigration authorities when they reached the country on...