The official documents China's new cotton-quality regulation show how cotton production is being integrated into a system of land transfer, labor mobilisation, political instruction, and digital surveillance.
More than 400 travellers are said to be missing after flood on Tibet border, including 33 BritonsFlash floods on Nepal-Tibet border â latest updatesThirty-three British citizens including a 13-year-old girl are among more than 400 travellers missing after a flash flood on the Nepal-Tibet border, accâŠ
Women in Nampula turned the capulana into a symbol of resistance, while social media amplified protests, digital activism, and debates regarding state control and civic rights in Mozambique.
Every holiday season, young people from Ebolowa in the South of Cameroon, and surrounding villages gather for community dance nights that combine entertainment, socializing, and economic activity.
âThese penguins are part of what makes our community so special. We are lucky to share our home with them, and weâre going to do our best to protect them.â
Oksana was the youngest child in the Khunkheev family â a Buryat family. At school, classmates mocked her surname and appearance. Now a successful designer, she still thinks about the trauma.
"This case is just a small part of our struggle compared with what we are fighting for â not only for our community, but also to inspire communities affected by mining."
"For Indigenous communities in northern Thailand, protecting the Kok River is inseparable from protecting their lands, livelihoods, and cultural heritage."
A transgender man in Pakistan built a mosque hoping it would offer an inclusive space for worship. Instead, he faces harassment from neighbors amid growing attacks on the trans community.
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Combining documentary photography, personal testimony, and digital intervention, the project preserves the quieter aftermath of Venezuelaâs underreported communities after the earthquakes.
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In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, violence against women has become an increasingly common problem. Figures from the first quarter of 2026 expose a major gender-based violence (GBV) crisis.
Digital Student Voice is an online platform where students can anonymously report issues ranging from delays in scholarships to deteriorating living conditions in student dormitories and violations of student rights.
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an armed group known as the M23 imposes its authority on local communities. But what is the history behind this movement?
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Growing cases of violence against Indigenous people are linked to an impasse on the framework of rights and pressure against land demarcation, says the organization that advocates for Indigenous rights
The most common form of sexism was the systematic delegitimization of women in public life. Two-thirds of all sexist comments sought to undermine womenâs participation in politics, media, or public debate.
An Indian educator is documenting his vulnerable Indigenous language on YouTube. He hopes his videos âwill create an invaluable resource for the entire humankind.â
"A growing number of consumers with celiac disease are unable to consume gluten-containing foods such as bread and therefore rely on alternative gluten-free products..."
In Mozambique, the lack of laws criminalizing LGBTQ+ identities is often taken as a sign of tolerance. However, for many transgender people and LBQ women, their everyday reality tells a different story.
With this spotlight, we seek to explore the many forms of protest, the tactics states use to delegitimize and suppress them, and the complex relationship between protest and democracy.
China's rebranded âinternet addictionâ industry now helps families confine legally independent adult children, exposing how parental coercion survives through private institutions and weak enforcement.
In this collaborative article, Global Voices contributors explore these two stories of statelessness, and reveal how minority communities are redefining nationhood, loyalty, and identity across the region.
Conservation has become a tool for âgreen grabbingâ: The taking of community land in the name of environmental protection while opening space for tourism, hunting, and investment interests.
âWe produce certified cocoa respecting standards, which means we have learned to keep the environment, the people, and the cocoa bean healthy- harmony between nature, people, and cocoa.â
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The Ryƫkyƫan People's quest for self-determination and Indigenous status has been thwarted by over 100 years of harsh assimilation policies and a heavy U.S military presence since WWII.
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One month after the two earthquakes, thousands of relatives remain beside the collapsed buildings in La Guaira despite harsh conditions and insufficient support for search efforts.
"From coast to coast across our lands, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are being criminalised and imprisoned at alarming rates because of political point-scoring rather than evidence-based reforms."
The Indigenous Siraya were officially recognized via executive decree as Taiwanâs 17th indigenous group on July 30. They are also the first plains tribe group to obtain Indigenous status in Taiwan.
How AI expansion may affect environments, water and biodiversity, or the rights of communities whose territories and knowledge are being encroached upon
A visit to a market, a medical appointment, or a family gathering is no longer judged only by necessity, but also by the possibility of being questioned, humiliated, or detained.
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New international frameworks should recognize those displaced by climate change and those at risk of statelessness, and should offer them some form of access to citizenship and safe resettlement.
AgĂȘncia Mural spoke with four collectives that work with local people to mitigate the impacts of climate change and promote environmental education in their areas.
Global Voices interviews leading Nepali writer Viplob Pratik about his four-decade literary career, reflections on language, culture, technology, society, and literature's enduring relevance across generations in changing times today worldwide.
The stories featured in our July Spotlight span countries, regions, and experiences. They explore the systems that create and perpetuate statelessness, but they also illuminate the creativity and resistance emerging from affected communities.
Police used colonial-era law to block a protest of police authority in the name of protecting the âintegrityâ of a national event memorialising unauthorised, anti-colonial resistance to police.
As Chow Sai-him and Princess Cheung Ping recognise the Ming dynasty cannot be restored, many Hongkongers likewise struggle with the possibility that the HK they once knew may never return.
âBecause women primarily use these items in domestic settings, the scarcity of documentation reflects a broader ignorance of womenâs skills and labor.â
Between 1990 and 2008, Yugoslavia dissolved into seven independent countries that faced similar challenges, but also experienced important differences that affect their institutional responses to statelessness.
Colombia just prohibited female genital mutilation after approving a bill called âGirls Without Ablation.â It is a law born within the communities that needed it most.
In Cameroon, many young people combine university studies, part-time jobs, and social media content creation, turning their online presence into a valuable source of income while diversifying their earning opportunities.