In May 2025, Pakistan introduced a new bill setting 18 as the legal marriage age which aims to tackle Pakistan's child marriage problem. However, questions remain whether the law will be effective.

The National Gas Company's recent defunding of projects in the arts “underlines a much bigger issue with regard to Trinidad and Tobago’s culture and the value we place on it.”

“[F]ocusing exclusively on technology in Israel’s committing of genocide in Gaza, or any war ..., could risk a major mistake: absolving the perpetrators’ responsibility for crimes they commit using technology.”

The acceptance of the need for girls to fight against “Nos” in society will likely have an impact on the development of feminism in Japan.

From arrests and repressive actions towards the media and civil society, to purges in the civil service and intimidation, the rift between the government and its critics is deepening.

Learn more about the Climate Justice Fellowship here and follow the conversation live on YouTube on September 18, 2025, 4 pm WIB / 9 am UTC / 5 pm CST.

The National Gas Company's recent defunding of projects in the arts “underlines a much bigger issue with regard to Trinidad and Tobago’s culture and the value we place on it.”

India’s growing role and Israel’s creeping strategies reshape regional corridors, marginalizing Iran from trade routes and global geopolitical equations.

“The pro-Russian policies in Georgia will end only with Russia’s defeat in Ukraine. The future of Georgia itself is tied to this war.”

The 1955 Bandung conference launched a global non-aligned movement that brought Asian and African nations together. Eighty years later, Indonesia and Africa meet again in a musical phenomenon: Disko Africa.

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In May 2025, Pakistan introduced a new bill setting 18 as the legal marriage age which aims to tackle Pakistan's child marriage problem. However, questions remain whether the law will be effective.

It began with a full-circle moment as Jamaica's beloved Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran the last individual race of her career; over the coming days, there would be more performances to celebrate.

Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea is now almost entirely a desert, having lost more than 90 percent of its surface area since the 1960s.

China, through a private company, has developed a business model by providing censorship services to autocratic regimes and has conducted new surveillance technology domestically in Xinjiang and other Chinese cities.

Visibility-driven fundraising is crucial for sustaining life-saving interventions, but when storytelling focuses solely on immediate impact, it may undermine longer-term capacity building.

For journalists fleeing threats, exile is no guarantee of safety: As Beninese journalist Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè experienced when detained in Côte d’Ivoire and expelled to his country.

Some communities experience social and economic discrimination. Such is the case for the Wahaya, women whose parents often sell them at a young age to join households as “fifth wives.”

Teachers may change, ministers of education may rotate, but the school bell keeps ringing. This consistency makes the classroom one of the most strategic sites for planting seeds of peace.

In South Asia’s digital sphere, the Rohingya crisis is less about refugees and more about the stories told about them — stories shaped by propaganda, hate, and cross-border misinformation.

"While the Year of Return has eagerly welcomed Black Americans and diasporans to live in Ghana, it’s still important to understand how their presence can upend the lives of Ghanaians ..."

Dismissing the anti-Chinese sentiments as lies and manipulation is an oversimplification of the complex and changing perception of China in Uzbekistan.

"...it became clear as events unfolded, especially in Melbourne and Sydney, that the terms “anti-immigration” and “March for Australia” were merely a smokescreen."

"My photography is an effort to show the beautiful side of people, how we’re all similar, and that each person should be approached with empathy and care"

Nigeria generates only about 4,000 to 5,000 megawatts of power on most days for its over 200 million citizens — just over half of the country’s estimated demand.

Teachers may change, ministers of education may rotate, but the school bell keeps ringing. This consistency makes the classroom one of the most strategic sites for planting seeds of peace.

This week we've seen more authoritarian attacks on freedom of the press - in the US and globally - as well as technological attempts to distract from and undermine human rights. mailchi.mp/globalvoices... It is critical to support independent news in this moment: globalvoices.org/donate/ #GVDigest

Following the recent global crises and changing geopolitical dynamics, the vast majority of countries have swiftly reoriented their policies to align with their national priorities. This turn could not have come at a worse time for Afghan refugees abroad.

In parts of the world, being a girl still comes with one of the most brutal rites imaginable: Female genital mutilation. This practice remains deeply rooted and widely practiced.

For journalists fleeing threats, exile is no guarantee of safety: As Beninese journalist Comlan Hugues Sossoukpè experienced when detained in Côte d’Ivoire and expelled to his country.

Should the court rule that violations did indeed happen, it would nullify all decisions taken by the party's current leadership since the congress.

Cameroon's informal waste collection workers have come to play a crucial role in supplementing the country's official waste processing industry; however, the work doesn't come without its risks and drawbacks.

Once the fourth-largest lake in the world, the Aral Sea is now almost entirely a desert, having lost more than 90 percent of its surface area since the 1960s.

China, through a private company, has developed a business model by providing censorship services to autocratic regimes and has conducted new surveillance technology domestically in Xinjiang and other Chinese cities.

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Africa imports 99 percent of its vaccines, with seven of every 10 vaccines used in Africa currently being donated.

Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY, two groups of anonymous Belarusian hackers living abroad, recently claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Aeroflot, Russia's flagship air carrier.

New event 📆18th Sept 🕓4pm WIB @globalvoices.org host Panel "Bridging Asia’s climate divide: cross border reporting on China's BRI" w/ @brianhioe.bsky.social & more Live on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Globalvoice... Details: globalvoices.org/2025/09/16/g...

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Will be speaking on this webinar tomorrow about a very cool project I've been part of in the past months!

#Global 🌐 Focusing on Netanyahu as the problem allows #Europe's leaders to re-write the narrative on the #Gaza genocide and avoid reckoning with international complicity in it, says Dalia Ismail in @globalvoices.org buff.ly/WzwkmTd

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Although the colonizers have formally left our shores, their influence lives within. I am now consciously dismantling the residual effects of colonial ideologies, values, and systems that shape my identity.

The 1955 Bandung conference launched a global non-aligned movement that brought Asian and African nations together. Eighty years later, Indonesia and Africa meet again in a musical phenomenon: Disko Africa.

The EU condemned Au's arrest and stated that the application of national security law marks “the ongoing erosion of political pluralism and freedom of speech in Macau”.

Once pillars of the community, these women are now deprived of the tools to serve. They are either hunted by the Taliban or confined to their homes without hope.

"I dream about a future where children grow up speaking Tyap because their parents speak the language to them during childhood."

“The pro-Russian policies in Georgia will end only with Russia’s defeat in Ukraine. The future of Georgia itself is tied to this war.”

Africa has few initiatives seeking to boost economic integration that benefits all countries on the continent. This is precisely what the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative aims to achieve.

A large lobbying group funded by US-based Big Tech companies is linked to US President Donald Trump’s threat to investigate Brazil’s commercial trade practices.