As one of his last acts as Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Johnson signed the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act in May 2015, outlawing female genital cutting (FGC) in the whole country. Nigeria is home to a quarter of the 140 million women and girls who have undergone FGC globally, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
10 talented and ambitious women living in the village of Cyeza, in Rwanda’s Muhanga district, formed a cooperative in 2006. They wanted to develop their artistic specialty, weaving with sisal fibres, and make a living out of it. Each woman has her own story to tell, but they all share one thing: the determination to
Elizabeth Holmes was born in 1984, grew up in Texas, U.S.A., and founded Theranos in 2003 when she was only 19 years old. Many are comparing her to Silicon Valley greats like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. But her field isn’t exclusively that of technology. The young American wants to change the way we get
People who fled the Syrian civil war, which started over 4 years ago, exceeded 4 million. Of them, 1.8 million went to Turkey, which is now the country that hosts the highest number of refugees in the world. These data have been released by latest report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
During the last-winter presentation of her latest book, This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein predicted it: climate change is the last chance for the world to act and change the economic system, the capitalism, which is everything but sustainable for people and the environment. However, she probably didn’t expected that in this battle she would have
A bike adventure from Europe to Africa, in the name of debate, women and young people. Jilt Van Schayik and his friend Teun Meulepas left Amsterdam, iconic city for bike mobility, in February, to cross 20 countries between Europe and Africa and reach Cape Town the next 12 August, on the International Youth Day.
L’obiettivo della giornata è di sensibilizzare l’opinione pubblica sui diritti dei migranti, persone in fuga dalla guerra e dalla povertà.
The Hungarian government decided to build a 4-metre-high fence along its border with Serbia, in order to stop the unauthorised entry of migrants coming from the Balkans. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijjarto announced the plan to the international community, talking about a possible border fence up to 175 km long. The measure
In Sri Lanka, a micro-credit project for fisherwomen aims to safeguard and increase mangrove forests.
In 2015, freedom is celebrated on a pick up speeding across the yellow Kurdish lands. The pictures and the videos of the women ripping off traditional black robes to show off colourful clothes, which are escaping Syrian regions controlled by the Islamic State, are the latest symbols of a long-lasting resistance. The pictures, photographed by
