The Maputo Protocol commits African states to guaranteeing women’s fundamental rights.

Equality Now’s 2024 report shows that the legal recognition of marital rape differs significantly across Africa. The report notes that countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, ...

Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging in response to the 2021 coup in Myanmar, focusing on empowering journalists and human rights defenders. This edited article is ...

"We draw the line as flash floods drown the innocent, while people’s voices against government failures are being silenced." ...

African leaders, youth, and partners promote equitable climate finance, stronger adaptation strategies, and recognition of Africa's role as a hub for solutions, while preparing a common position for ...

The landscape architect “showed in a practical and poetic way how the landscape can be a vital infrastructure to urban resilience, integrating man to nature in a sustainable way.” ...

"Because I decided to speak up, I am jobless. I was ostracized and frustrated to accept the norm. To remain silent is to be ...

"We need all the spaces, all the communities, we need a whole society to heal and to promote racial tolerance, peace, ...

Global Voices’ Abdulrosheed Fadipe interviewed Roshan Shrestha, exploring his path as an investigative journalist and his use of digital platforms to foster social change, accountability, and civic ...

The biggest lesson has been about adaptability. It taught me whether I was finding my way around life in Mogadishu or ...

The climate crisis is causing increased extreme weather events in Southeast Asia. Could “sponge cities,” a city planning ...