Global Voices Summit 2024 · Kathmandu, Nepal
An international gathering on digital media, knowledge and activism from a Global Majority perspective. Join us at the Hotel Yak & Yeti in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 6-7 for two days of connection, collaboration and conversation with journalists, activists, technologists, and others from around the world.
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Global Voices Summit 2024 · October 2024
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The murder of a young girl in Ethiopia reveals TikTok’s content ...
Sep 6, 2024 · In July 2023, the city of Bahir Dar in Ethiopia's Amhara Region was left reeling after the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl named Heaven. The tragedy cast a deep shadow over the community, and the perpetrator — her mother's landlord — was sentenced to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Nearly a year later, as the convicted man …
Abandoned in the Sahara: Is Algeria turning the desert into a …
Dec 4, 2024 · In the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert, near the border between Algeria and Niger, thousands of Sub-Saharan migrants face a harrowing ordeal. Deported by Algerian authorities, they are often left stranded without food, water, or shelter, forced to traverse the unforgiving desert terrain under extreme temperatures. This practice has drawn sharp criticism …
Bringing ‘Pateh’ to the world: Sara Qashghai’s artistic ...
Dec 1, 2024 · Sara Soleimani Ghashghai ’s work with Pateh, a traditional Iranian needlework art, offers a fresh and contemporary interpretation of a centuries-old craft.Pateh, distinct to the city of Kerman in southeastern Iran, is a form of embroidery where wool, silk, and sometimes gold threads stitch intricate designs, often of flowers, birds, and vibrant patterns.
What is hindering the complete eradication of polio in Africa?
Dec 5, 2024 · By Keletso Thobega. As of August 2020, Africa was declared free of wild poliovirus, a disease that had previously paralyzed thousands of children across the continent each year.This was a major milestone in the fight against polio, which began with the World Health Organization's Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988.This initiative led to a 99 percent decrease in new …
Code of Conduct · Global Voices Summit 2024
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Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley lays global issues bare in a ...
Sep 29, 2024 · On Friday September 27, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York. A gifted orator, her speeches are generally made more compelling by the warm lilt of her voice, but judging from her first words at the 79th session of the Assembly — “We need a reset” — the situation she was about to speak to was dire.
How tech companies enable censorship in Vietnam
Nov 29, 2024 · Tech companies operating in Vietnam are urged to uphold global human rights standards and to protect the rights of their users amid the continuing state-backed restriction of free speech in the country.