
Malala Yousafzai, a life spent fighting for the right to education
Malala Yousafzai became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner for her fight for the right to education. A biography of the ground-breaking Pakistani activist.
From social activism to human rights and civil rights, from the daily commitment on non-governmental organisation (NGOs) and civil society, to organisations and individuals working on the the ground to improve people’s lives and make them more sustainable, including by proposing new social norms and models, as well as through international cooperation. The themes that our societies face are many and multifaceted. Here you can find the latest news on how society is evolving for better and for worse with a special focus on rights – human, civil, minority, gender, LGBTQ, indigenous, animal – and international politics, for an overview of what is happening in the sphere of sustainability as well as what sustainable things are happening in the world.
Related trends: Gender, Indigenous Peoples, Migration, Animal Rights.
Malala Yousafzai became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner for her fight for the right to education. A biography of the ground-breaking Pakistani activist.
Corporate globalisation is threatening the food rights of Indian people and the survival of its farmers.
The Yuqui people of the Bolivian Amazon fight not only to survive in the face of settlers, logging and Covid-19, but to preserve their culture and identity.
Sarah Everard’s femicide highlights the inadequacy of policies tackling violence against women, where blame is often shifted from aggressors to victims. We speak to Jackson Katz, who works with men to prevent such injustice.
Lewis Hamilton, seven-time world champion and first-ever black Formula 1 driver, has devoted himself to human and animal rights, and the environment.
Jair Bolsonaro is accused of crimes against humanity for persecuting indigenous Brazilians and destroying the Amazon. We speak to William Bourdon and Charly Salkazanov, the lawyers bringing the case before the ICC.
In Mexico, the lives of millions of farmed animals could potentially change for the better if a new law that aims to protect them is approved.
Ten years have passed since the 11 March 2011 disaster, but this chapter is far from over. Travelling through Fukushima, renewal and destruction can be seen side by side, sometimes separated only by a road.
An investigation by the Guardian reveals the staggering number of deaths among migrant workers in Qatar on building sites for the 2022 World Cup.
Arrested for supporting farmers. The alarming detention of Disha Ravi, a 22-year-old Indian activist at the fore of the Fridays for Future movement.