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12/14/2012 | Mary Madiga
Mary Madiga’s blogs aimed at a global audience have made people listen in her own state for the first time.
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HIV, discrimination and Islam
06/20/2012 | Clodagh Miskelly
One woman living with HIV talks about the importance of her faith in living with her condition and the challenges of tackling stigma and discrimination amongst Muslims.
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.
Blow to women’s rights in Mali
05/02/2012 | Soumaïla T Diarra
A new ‘Family Code’ law, passed earlier this year in Mali, has dashed hopes of increasing women’s rights in the strongly patriarchal West African country
Leadership is sometimes not an option, but a duty
03/12/2012 | Mary Madiga
Our new blogger Mary Madiga, who was the first Dalit girl in her community to go to school, reflects on changing religion and being educated when social stigma was pushing against her.
Meet Mary Madiga – our new Dalit blogger from India
03/07/2012 | Stella Paul
Meet Mary Madiga as the newest contributor to our Voices from the Ground blog. Mary Madiga, 39, is a Dalit social activist in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state in southern India.
Boarding over the holidays
12/21/2011 | Maimoona Shahzadi
On December 25 we plan to celebrate Quaid-e-azam day. It means “father of the nation” and commemorates the birthday of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of our country. We don’t celebrate Christmas, but we do teach the children the importance of international events and special days.
Ramadan brings food for the poor
08/02/2011 | Zubaida Noor
August is the month of Ramadan and we have a lot of activities going on. We give out food packages to around 400 households. These include dry food and goat meat.
I was a political prisoner in Tibet for 27 years
01/18/2011 | Divya Gupta
Ama Adhe describes her incredible story to Divya Gupta about her experience of life in Tibet before the Chinese invasion of 1949, and then the life she endured as she was beset by personal tragedy and imprisonment.
Can religion help to fight climate change?
09/15/2010 | Wasantha Ramanyake
The Indian state of Kerala has just hosted an international conference looking at the role of faith in fighting climate change. Earlier this year Wasantha Ramanyake spoke to activists whose religion inspires their environmental activities.
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