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One interviewee said anonymous online forums have fostered a culture in which blatant misogynistic, racist and sexist jokes and comments are normalized.
Are ‘hyper-meritocracy’ and feminist backlash driving South Korean young men to the right?
One interviewee said anonymous online forums have fostered a culture in which blatant misogynistic, racist and sexist jokes and comments are normalized.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
One interviewee said anonymous online forums have fostered a culture in which blatant misogynistic, racist and sexist jokes and comments are normalized.
As climate disasters intensify, Pakistan’s courts face growing pressure to deliver environmental justice, even as limited resources, slow proceedings, and shrinking civil society support constrain meaningful legal remedies.
Pakistan seeks justice for environmental harm through climate litigation
As climate disasters intensify, Pakistan’s courts face growing pressure to deliver environmental justice, even as limited resources, slow proceedings, and shrinking civil society support constrain meaningful legal remedies.
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January 12, 2026 at 10:40 AM
As climate disasters intensify, Pakistan’s courts face growing pressure to deliver environmental justice, even as limited resources, slow proceedings, and shrinking civil society support constrain meaningful legal remedies.
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‘This storm left destruction and loss, but failed to snatch our gratitude and will to survive’
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The honeybee that stung Jamaica and yielded sweetness
The name “Melissa” is of Greek origin and translates to “honeybee” in English, but [the] fallout felt personal, as if we troubled the hive and threatened the queen.
globalvoices.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
‘This storm left destruction and loss, but failed to snatch our gratitude and will to survive’
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""Homebound” succeeds not because it attempts to speak for the oppressed, but because it listens to the silences, the compromises, the private negotiations that shape everyday survival."
Homebound unravels a heartbreaking story of two friends navigating caste, faith, poverty, and fractured dreams, exposing how modern India’s promises fail those trapped in generational hardship, quiet discrimination, and survival.
Homebound: A Return Home, and to the Ghosts We Carry
Homebound unravels a heartbreaking story of two friends navigating caste, faith, poverty, and fractured dreams, exposing how modern India’s promises fail those trapped in generational hardship, quiet discrimination, and survival.
globalvoices.org
January 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
""Homebound” succeeds not because it attempts to speak for the oppressed, but because it listens to the silences, the compromises, the private negotiations that shape everyday survival."
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Kenya 🇰🇪 @globalvoices.org highlights how sidelining African climate stories silences continental voices. Filmmaker Emily Wanja is pushing back and reclaiming narrative, space and power.
Kenyan filmmaker Emily Nderitu shows the world how to talk about climate change in Africa
"We’re not short of knowledge or courage in Africa. We’re short of recognition. Storytelling can fix that. It can close the gap between visibility and value."
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January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Kenya 🇰🇪 @globalvoices.org highlights how sidelining African climate stories silences continental voices. Filmmaker Emily Wanja is pushing back and reclaiming narrative, space and power.
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What does it mean when your Visa AND Citizenship documents are deemed invalid by a random dictator? Where is there asylum?
Thousands of Bangladeshi travellers face a harsh reality as valid visa holders, carrying proper documents, are turned away at airports amid distrust, past violations, and tighter scrutiny by border authorities.
When valid visas mean nothing: The Bangladeshi passport crisis at immigration counters
Thousands of Bangladeshi travellers face a harsh reality as valid visa holders, carrying proper documents, are turned away at airports amid distrust, past violations, and tighter scrutiny by border authorities.
globalvoices.org
January 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
What does it mean when your Visa AND Citizenship documents are deemed invalid by a random dictator? Where is there asylum?
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Concern over a new media protocol proposal in Samoa. My latest piece for @globalvoices.org Advox
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Journalists flag Samoa’s draft media protocol
“It seems that the government is shutting down all avenues to remain transparent. Why does a government do that when there is nothing to hide?”
globalvoices.org
January 11, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Concern over a new media protocol proposal in Samoa. My latest piece for @globalvoices.org Advox
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#Asia 🌐 @peninternational.bsky.social's Tomorrow Club is a space to connect young writers with other members of the community to facilitate mentorship and foster solidarity. @globalvoices.org explores the regional focus of the Club which includes imprisoned & exiled writers.
The Tomorrow Club aims to support and mentor young writers amid polarity and tech-driven chaos
“The youth should never believe that history is written only by the victors, or that it can be permanently manipulated through narrative wars.”
buff.ly
January 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
#Asia 🌐 @peninternational.bsky.social's Tomorrow Club is a space to connect young writers with other members of the community to facilitate mentorship and foster solidarity. @globalvoices.org explores the regional focus of the Club which includes imprisoned & exiled writers.
While the victims of floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh battle uncertainty, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, lack of questions on mental health care allows for authorities’ inaction.
Flood-affected in the Himalayas struggle to make sense of annual floods, cloud busts and landslides
While the victims of floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh battle uncertainty, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, lack of questions on mental health care allows for authorities’ inaction.
globalvoices.org
January 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
While the victims of floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh battle uncertainty, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, lack of questions on mental health care allows for authorities’ inaction.
The decline of the forest, following extractive work, deforestation, tree cutting, agricultural expansion, illegal logging, and other works in the forest areas of Congo, is shrinking the habitat of Indigenous peoples.
Is the Chinese presence in Congo Brazzaville a threat to ‘first occupants’ or a relief to them?
The decline of the forest, following extractive work, deforestation, tree cutting, agricultural expansion, illegal logging, and other works in the forest areas of Congo, is shrinking the habitat of Indigenous peoples.
globalvoices.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The decline of the forest, following extractive work, deforestation, tree cutting, agricultural expansion, illegal logging, and other works in the forest areas of Congo, is shrinking the habitat of Indigenous peoples.
“I thought Venezuelans had already heard every sound the country’s violence had to offer. But this was something new — terrifying in its unfamiliarity.”
A new, terrifying sound
“I thought Venezuelans had already heard every sound the country’s violence had to offer. But this was something new — terrifying in its unfamiliarity.”
globalvoices.org
January 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
“I thought Venezuelans had already heard every sound the country’s violence had to offer. But this was something new — terrifying in its unfamiliarity.”
Greece’s push to integrate LNG is more than energy diplomacy; it is a restructuring of Greece’s geopolitical identity.
Greece’s LNG bet: How US energy interests are quietly redrawing the Greece's geopolitics
Greece’s push to integrate LNG is more than energy diplomacy; it is a restructuring of Greece’s geopolitical identity.
globalvoices.org
January 11, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Greece’s push to integrate LNG is more than energy diplomacy; it is a restructuring of Greece’s geopolitical identity.
Since the airstrikes, there has been a huge sense of uncertainty, with long queues in local supermarkets and gas stations, and Caracas residents worried about basic necessities like groceries.
Venezuela after Maduro: Leadership of the South American nation seems uncertain
Since the airstrikes, there has been a huge sense of uncertainty, with long queues in local supermarkets and gas stations, and Caracas residents worried about basic necessities like groceries.
globalvoices.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Since the airstrikes, there has been a huge sense of uncertainty, with long queues in local supermarkets and gas stations, and Caracas residents worried about basic necessities like groceries.
As climate disasters intensify, Pakistan’s courts face growing pressure to deliver environmental justice, even as limited resources, slow proceedings, and shrinking civil society support constrain meaningful legal remedies.
Pakistan seeks justice for environmental harm through climate litigation
As climate disasters intensify, Pakistan’s courts face growing pressure to deliver environmental justice, even as limited resources, slow proceedings, and shrinking civil society support constrain meaningful legal remedies.
globalvoices.org
January 11, 2026 at 10:40 AM
As climate disasters intensify, Pakistan’s courts face growing pressure to deliver environmental justice, even as limited resources, slow proceedings, and shrinking civil society support constrain meaningful legal remedies.
One interviewee said anonymous online forums have fostered a culture in which blatant misogynistic, racist and sexist jokes and comments are normalized.
Are ‘hyper-meritocracy’ and feminist backlash driving South Korean young men to the right?
One interviewee said anonymous online forums have fostered a culture in which blatant misogynistic, racist and sexist jokes and comments are normalized.
globalvoices.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
One interviewee said anonymous online forums have fostered a culture in which blatant misogynistic, racist and sexist jokes and comments are normalized.
Protests that began in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar have spread nationwide amid currency collapse and deadly confrontations.
How and why are protests spreading in Iran?
Protests that began in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar have spread nationwide amid currency collapse and deadly confrontations.
globalvoices.org
January 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Protests that began in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar have spread nationwide amid currency collapse and deadly confrontations.
“It seems that the government is shutting down all avenues to remain transparent. Why does a government do that when there is nothing to hide?”
Journalists flag Samoa’s draft media protocol
“It seems that the government is shutting down all avenues to remain transparent. Why does a government do that when there is nothing to hide?”
globalvoices.org
January 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
“It seems that the government is shutting down all avenues to remain transparent. Why does a government do that when there is nothing to hide?”
Thousands of Bangladeshi travellers face a harsh reality as valid visa holders, carrying proper documents, are turned away at airports amid distrust, past violations, and tighter scrutiny by border authorities.
When valid visas mean nothing: The Bangladeshi passport crisis at immigration counters
Thousands of Bangladeshi travellers face a harsh reality as valid visa holders, carrying proper documents, are turned away at airports amid distrust, past violations, and tighter scrutiny by border authorities.
globalvoices.org
January 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Thousands of Bangladeshi travellers face a harsh reality as valid visa holders, carrying proper documents, are turned away at airports amid distrust, past violations, and tighter scrutiny by border authorities.
The name “Melissa” is of Greek origin and translates to “honeybee” in English, but [the] fallout felt personal, as if we troubled the hive and threatened the queen.
The honeybee that stung Jamaica and yielded sweetness
The name “Melissa” is of Greek origin and translates to “honeybee” in English, but [the] fallout felt personal, as if we troubled the hive and threatened the queen.
globalvoices.org
January 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The name “Melissa” is of Greek origin and translates to “honeybee” in English, but [the] fallout felt personal, as if we troubled the hive and threatened the queen.
Homebound unravels a heartbreaking story of two friends navigating caste, faith, poverty, and fractured dreams, exposing how modern India’s promises fail those trapped in generational hardship, quiet discrimination, and survival.
‘Homebound’ offers a tender, devastating tale of friendship, marginalisation, and India’s caste system
Homebound unravels a heartbreaking story of two friends navigating caste, faith, poverty, and fractured dreams, exposing how modern India’s promises fail those trapped in generational hardship, quiet discrimination, and survival.
globalvoices.org
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Homebound unravels a heartbreaking story of two friends navigating caste, faith, poverty, and fractured dreams, exposing how modern India’s promises fail those trapped in generational hardship, quiet discrimination, and survival.
Homebound unravels a heartbreaking story of two friends navigating caste, faith, poverty, and fractured dreams, exposing how modern India’s promises fail those trapped in generational hardship, quiet discrimination, and survival.
Homebound: A Return Home, and to the Ghosts We Carry
Homebound unravels a heartbreaking story of two friends navigating caste, faith, poverty, and fractured dreams, exposing how modern India’s promises fail those trapped in generational hardship, quiet discrimination, and survival.
globalvoices.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Homebound unravels a heartbreaking story of two friends navigating caste, faith, poverty, and fractured dreams, exposing how modern India’s promises fail those trapped in generational hardship, quiet discrimination, and survival.
As tremors rippled across Bangladesh, panic sent people fleeing into the streets, yet online debates fixated not on safety but on whether women should cover themselves before escaping collapsing buildings.
Stuck between survival and modesty: How an earthquake revealed Bangladesh’s gender fault line
As tremors rippled across Bangladesh, panic sent people fleeing into the streets, yet online debates fixated not on safety but on whether women should cover themselves before escaping collapsing buildings.
globalvoices.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
As tremors rippled across Bangladesh, panic sent people fleeing into the streets, yet online debates fixated not on safety but on whether women should cover themselves before escaping collapsing buildings.
The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), which İmamoğlu represents, has condemned the case as politically driven — arguing the timing and scope are aimed at sidelining a major political opponent. @arzugeybulla.bsky.social
The sentence demanded in the case of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is 2,430 years
The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), which İmamoğlu represents, has condemned the case as politically driven — arguing the timing and scope are aimed at sidelining a major political opponent.
globalvoices.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), which İmamoğlu represents, has condemned the case as politically driven — arguing the timing and scope are aimed at sidelining a major political opponent. @arzugeybulla.bsky.social
The marine protected area faces several challenges — ones that the local communities are working hard to mitigate through participatory monitoring. Yet the protected area continues to face threats.
Participatory monitoring breathes life into Cameroon’s Marine Protected Areas
The marine protected area faces several challenges — ones that the local communities are working hard to mitigate through participatory monitoring. Yet the protected area continues to face threats.
globalvoices.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The marine protected area faces several challenges — ones that the local communities are working hard to mitigate through participatory monitoring. Yet the protected area continues to face threats.
"Democracy weakens not through a single dramatic event, but through a series of actions that slowly erode transparency and silence independent voices."
Journalists flag Samoa’s draft media protocol
“It seems that the government is shutting down all avenues to remain transparent. Why does a government do that when there is nothing to hide?”
advox.globalvoices.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"Democracy weakens not through a single dramatic event, but through a series of actions that slowly erode transparency and silence independent voices."