The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons
Kabul, Afghanistan (IPS) -...
Menstrual discrimination has been harder to demolish than chhau sheds
【Achiham, Nepali Times＝Dhanu Bishwakarma】
- On 20 December 2016, 45-year old Dammara Upadhya of Achham’s Timilsain...
By Joyce Chimbi
FREETOWN & NAIROBI (IPS) - “A person shall not contract marriage with a child,” Sierra Leone’s landmark Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2024 says,...
【Vienna INPS Japan＝Aurora Weiss】
Media literacy is a skill learned like reading or math. It is the ability to navigate within today’s complex and ever-changing...
By Manipadma Jena
A group of devoted indigenous biodiversity warriors is now reviving indigenous food systems that withstood numerous devastating crises like droughts, extreme cold and...
Rickshaw operator in Jumla wants to encourage other women to take the wheel and gain independence
Maheshwor Acharya
Kathumandu (Nepali Times) – At an auto rickshaw stand...
