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An interview with Venezuelan visual artist and photographer Santiago Méndez, who has exhaustively documente queerness and Pride in Caracas for the last three years.

Digital surveillance does much more than steal data. It inflicts deep human wounds; it stops people from safely developing and expressing their identities, breeds trauma that can last for generations, and fractures the human mind.

"They are legitimizing hate and discrimination against a highly vulnerable group. Words from those in power carry weight and real-world consequences."

Global Voices conducted a face-to-face interview with a local LGBTQ+ activist, Peregrine (a pseudonym), who discussed the challenges they faced, their survival strategies, and their hopes for the future.

With a personable approach to politics and a pastoral tone to her speeches, Michelle Bolsonaro juggles the roles of being her imprisoned husband’s caretaker and a political figure wannabe

Society trusts women to raise children, support households, hold families together emotionally but put a woman behind the controls of a plane and suddenly people become nervous.

Shakira Galíndez fled Venezuela due to her vulnerability as a trans woman. Today, she is in a men’s detention facility, exposed to further discrimination, violence and deportation.

Despite comprising 50 percent of the population, women hold just 4.5 percent of seats in the National Assembly. Nigeria consistently ranks near the bottom globally and in Africa on women’s parliamentary representation.

Bunk’Art Museums 1 and 2, located inside two atomic bunkers commissioned by Albania’s former communist dictator Enver Hoxha, educate visitors on Albania’s 20th century history and the victims of the totalitarian regime.

A single photo, comment, tag, or shared screenshot can reveal someone's sexual orientation or gender identity without their consent.

Every month, Global Voices will be choosing an urgent theme to explore in depth across all our regions. In July we're exploring how statelessness can negatively impact people’s lives.

“If we don’t report what is happening, the truth disappears."

In post-uprising Bangladesh, LGBTQI+ activists face a convergence: a hostile political class, vanishing international funding, and a state that participates in the violence against them .

How can human rights organizations decipher the "gaps" in AI to reconnect with new generations and rebuild the community?

Passing the anti-LGBTQ+ bill days after receiving global acclaim for human rights advocacy would expose Ghana’s rank hypocrisy, potentially undermining the very reparations dialogue the government claims to prioritize.

A new 7amleh report finds Palestinians are systematically excluded from digital payments, e-commerce, and remote work — structural barriers that deepen economic strangulation under occupation

Thousands of fans from dozens of countries follow him across continents, drawn by not only his vocal abilities but by something deeper.

Social media offers connection for queer Egyptians, but also exposes them to surveillance, entrapment, and harassment under expanding cybercrime laws

Across Latin America, initiatives like Eloísa Cartonera, Amazoniko, migrant recycling programs, and women-led cooperatives show how recycling can create jobs, dignity, and circular economy innovation.