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‘A day without internet is a day in the dark’: The Gambia's growing digital divide
Unstable, expensive internet and frequent outages impedes development Citizens in Banjul, the Gambia's capital, stroll down the street, July 5, 2013. Photo via Maarten van der Bent , …
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The Gambia’s missed opportunity for digital rights reform
Activists hope to overturn many draconian laws that stifle dissent Mobile phone shop in the Gambia, December 7, 2005. Photo by NicholBrummer via Flickr CC BY 2.0 . In the Gambia, socia…
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LIVE on April 7: The other health crisis—breaking the taboo on abortion
The webinar will be live-streamed on YouTube, Facebook and Twitch The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only health hazard affecting people—there's one that's way more persistent. This…
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How a Salvadoran artist teaches an almost extinct language to empower transgender people
Petrona Xemi Tapepechul uses Nawat to empower others Image of Xemi's early artistic work, used with permission. The work of Petrona Xemi Tapepechul vows to unite two marginalized co…
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The price of dissent: Women and political activism in Vietnam
There are 21 female activists currently serving a prison sentence From left to right: Activist and journalist Pham Doan Trang, activist and environmentalist Dinh Thi Thu Thuy, and activis…
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Post-Magufuli, will Tanzania review its repressive online content regulations?
EPOCA 2020 content regulations are used to undermine digital rights A mobile money agent waits for clients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Under 2020 content regulations, individual expressio…
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In Kenya, abortion campaigners obscure legislation towards safe reproductive healthcare services
Tagged “the abortion bill”, the Reproductive Healthcare bill of 2019 is, in fact a comprehensive document Article 25's Global Day of Action for the Right to Health in Kenya. Photo by …
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How Hong Kong lost its academic freedom in 2020
The city now ranks lower than Russia and Vietnam, according to one study on global academic freedom The management of the Chinese University of Hong Kong invited national security police …
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Nearly five decades after Franco’s death, the far right might make a comeback in Madrid
Vox has become an unavoidable political force in Spain Santiago Abascal, President of Vox, in 2019. Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) By May 4, the far-right party Vox might have a seat at the t…
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Using tablets, activist gets 900 girls and women educated in rural Afghanistan
An interview with Pashtana Durrani, former refugee turned educator Photo courtesy of Pashtana Zalmai Khan Durrani. Women’s literacy rate in Afghanistan is among the lowest in the w…