‘Dazzle me’ editor tells climate change reporters
09/13/2012 | Magdalena Rossmann
As climate change is pulled down the news agenda, how do journalists in countries most affected by climate change get their readers excited about the topic?
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Gender equality starts at home
09/04/2012 | Bhan Sahu
What’s the best way to engage young people in social movements and politics? Bhan Sahu explains the small steps helping to create a new generation of leaders who want to change the system from the bottom upwards.
Mali: rains bring hope to villagers – for now
08/29/2012 | Kaidia Samaké
So far the rains have been good and Kaidia has started planting crops for the next season. But without a bull to help plough her land she has to choose between sowing the seeds late or sowing them without ploughing.
Mali villagers too hungry to fast for Ramadan
07/30/2012 | Kaidia Samaké
As the food crisis worsens in Mali, our blogger Kaidia Samaké fears she will not be able to fast for all of Ramadan because she does not have the nutritious food needed to to break her fast when the sun goes down each evening.
‘Land and natural resources must belong to the people’
07/18/2012 | Bhan Sahu
In her latest blog Bhan Sahu tells us about a non-violent civil resistance movement, inspired by Gandhi, which aims to bring about social and land reform in India.
Enterprise: the key to survival in Dadaab
07/16/2012 | Ochieng' Ogodo
Dadaab refugee complex in north eastern Kenya is home to nearly half a million people. Unable to leave the camps without travel permits and unable to officially work due to Kenyan employment laws, many residents have turned entrepreneur to survive.
Headteacher faces down the Taliban
07/02/2012 | Rina Saeed Khan
Gul-e-Khandana, headteacher of a girls’ school in rural Pakistan, challenged the Taliban soldiers who came to destroy her school. Our journalist Rina speaks to her about the importance of educating girls.
Compensation for rape victims, or justice?
06/27/2012 | Takhelchangbam Ambravati
A new government scheme that has been recently rolled out in Manipur offers rape victims a chance to apply for financial compensation. However, Ambra fears that while the scheme will help women financially it won’t help to bring them justice and that rapists will walk free.
Kashmir’s children pay the price of conflict
06/07/2012 | Athar Parvaiz
Unexploded ordnance is a very real problem for people living in rural Kashmir. Shabir lost his brother to a discarded army shell, and has received only a very small amount in compensation for his own injuries including the loss of his leg.
Mali rebellion stirs fear in rural villages
05/28/2012 | Kaidia Samaké
As rebel groups in Mali combine to announce an independent Sharia state after the recent Northern coup, Kaidia voices her fears about her future in the south of Mali.
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