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For young people of the region, cooperation is not a political slogan but a real experience gained through non-formal education, training, and civil society initiatives.

Born from Susana Chávez Castillo’s words and fueled by collective outrage, Ni Una Menos transformed public debate but is yet to change the reality women face.

"This initiative represents a bold and timely step forward, recognising that our oceans do not end at national boundaries, and that our stewardship responsibilities must therefore extend across them."

The DR’s tourism star is on the rise, but that narrative of prosperity conceals the less visible, more urgent issue of environmental pressure on coasts, rivers, and reefs.

A new UN study has named Hong Kong’s data centres as some of the most carbon-intensive in the world, blaming the city’s heavy dependence on a fossil-fuel-powered energy grid.

Stray dogs without owners must be held for at least five days, while dogs with potential owners can be held up to 60 days before euthanasia is allowed.

“When missiles cross borders and drones dominate headlines, powerful nations speak the language of strategy. Ordinary workers speak the language of survival.”

We have experiences, inherited knowledge, and approaches that escape the comprehension of the global north, and the more we hear each other’s stories, the better chances we have of surviving the climate crisis.

Bangladeshi migrants, trying to attempting to reach Greece or Italy by boat via Libya, are considered “gold” by human traffickers, fueling a USD 190 million smuggling economy.

Blending personal reflection with the experiences of her peers, the writer explores the role of China's only daughters — raised as the center of the family under the defunct One-Child Policy.

As attacks on gender rights spread worldwide, communities continue building solidarity, visibility, and care across borders, making gender diversity an urgent focus for Global Voices.

The digital landscape is becoming increasingly dangerous for vulnerable groups. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence is a growing epidemic that most legal frameworks fail to address adequately.

Galician literature not only narrates, but constructs identity. It is a form of belonging, projecting oneself and inhabiting the world.

As civic space shrinks across Africa, one film festival is betting that cinema can do what reports and protests sometimes cannot, hold power to account.

Over 1,000 cases were filed in 10 days as Bangladesh launches an AI-powered traffic enforcement system for the first time, while the fate of unregistered battery-powered rickshaws stays unclear.

Faced with rapid urbanization, fragile waste management systems, youth unemployment and growing climate vulnerability, artists, activists, musicians, and community entrepreneurs in Mozambique develop local responses to address an environmental crisis.

“[E]xisting formulae for ‘authentic’ postcolonial prose are already so codified that a language model can reproduce them convincingly. AI does not disrupt literary taste so much as expose its furniture.”

In this edition of Undertones, we explore a narrative calling for women to play a central role in climate-related decision-making in Uganda.

With the current anti-gender attacks on any gender-related work, organisations are being forced to reimagine the manner in which they describe their work.