Deep-sea mining: civil society sounds the alarm on the threat posed to biodiversity
Sometimes referred to as the ‘oil of the 21st century’, metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese are used to make the batteries that power […]
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Forty years on, the world is edging closer to eradicating HIV
The photo resembles many others that have been flooding the internet for months. A young man, leaning back in a chair, waits with the sleeve […]
How the business of academic journals stifles scientific research and penalises researchers with limited resources
The aphorism ‘publish or perish’ began gaining popularity in Western academia in the first half of the 20th century. By the 1980s, it had become […]
As climate displacement increases, migration myths fuel fears
Wave by wave, Saint-Louis is slowly but steadily sinking beneath the rising ocean; the waters that once provided the northern Senegalese city with sustenance now threatening its […]
Understanding the era of emotion
Less than three finger-widths, around four or five centimetres, separate the neocortex from the amygdala: our reason and our emotions. For centuries, thinkers and poets […]
The “normalisation of mass surveillance” could pose a threat to social mobilisation, warns digital rights advocate Diego Naranjo
Long before the arrival of 2020, the ‘year zero’ of Covid-19, efforts to safeguard digital rights and the public debate on fundamental rights (often disregarded […]
Patriarchy’s counteroffensive: meet the international anti-feminism lobby
In August 2018, Argentina’s Senate rejected a bill to decriminalise abortion. Two months earlier, amid a historic gathering of the feminist movement on the streets, […]
Safe sanitation for all: the least glamorous part of the battle against poverty
If the face is the mirror of the soul – as Cicero would have it – the toilet is the mirror of society as a […]
Around the world, activists are campaigning for menstrual dignity
After Gemma Abbott began volunteering with The Red Box Project, a community initiative that distributes free menstrual products and underwear to young women in the UK, […]
The revolution of the “third place”: working, sharing and collaborating
“It’s an opportunity to meet other women who are starting businesses, to help and to motivate one another,” says clothing and accessories designer Chona Djaura. […]
Transition is a given, but what can trade unions in the Global South do to ensure that it’s just?
The 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) begins in Katowice, Poland in a […]
Customisation and innovation: the pathway to the future of retail
Something as simple as being welcomed to a shop with a “Good morning, how can I help you?” could soon be a thing of the […]
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