Primary schooling in Kenya – a parent’s dilemma
May 15, 2012 | Audrey Wabwire
This from-the-ground feature explores the impact of corruption on the education system in Kenya, hearing local perspectives from home, from school and from the NGO sector.
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Afghan theatre of war comes to the stage
May 10, 2012 | Aunohita Mojumdar
Emotional trauma is perhaps the single largest unreported fallout of Afghanistan’s brutal wars. This interactive theatre project aims to help the survivors cope with violence, even when facing social restrictions.
Looking back on Chile’s year of protests
May 3, 2012 | João Paulo Charleaux
João Paulo Charleaux, who was based in Chile, followed the struggle of the Chilean students, covering their demonstrations, arrests, parties and endless rounds of negotiation with the government.
Blow to women’s rights in Mali
May 2, 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
Kashmir ‘paradise’ runs out of water
Apr 11, 2012 | Faisal Raza Khan
The Kashmir mountains are a beautiful setting, but the impacts of climate change are beginning to be felt as the water seems to be drying up.
HIV: passing the test word around London
Apr 5, 2012 | Richard Kavuma
Richard Kavuma visits with the Naz Project London and learns more about some of the obstacles faced when trying to raise awareness, understanding and prudence about HIV.
Persuasion, prison and hard cash: how Nigeria is halting rainforest loss
Apr 4, 2012 | Armsfree Ajanaku
In this article for the Climate Change Media Partnership, Armsfree looks at what is being done in Nigeria to allow local rainforests to begin to grow back.
Mighty agro-lobby threatens reforestation of Amazon
Apr 2, 2012 | Lorenzo Morales
Brazil has dramatically slowed down the rate of Amazon deforestation in the past six years. But restoring the swathes of rainforest is another huge challenge – and one that is meeting powerful political opposition.
The uncounted people: waste-pickers of India
Mar 21, 2012 | Stella Paul
It would be hard to call it a “living” but waste-picking allows Chinnamma to pay the Rs 1,500 monthly rent on her hut in a nearby slum. Without it she would be evicted. However, her means of survival is now under threat.
Wendy Pekeur: trade unionist
Mar 8, 2012 | Anna Majavu
As part of the Breaking Barriers series, we spoke to Wendy Pekeur, trade unionist in South Africa.
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