World
In Kazakhstan, rural women are forming collectives to improve their livelihoods
The planned cooperative would support joint advocacy, shared learning, and exploration of funding opportunities for smart-well or shared irrigation infrastructure.
Advertisement
Topic
Central Asia & Caucasus
World
Independent journalism under siege in Georgia
Georgia’s deteriorating press freedom is part of a broader process of democratic backsliding, with the right to peaceful protest severely restricted, opposition politicians jailed, a decline in judicial independence, and more.
Politics
At the UN, plans for a global coalition to attack LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights
Far-right activists from the U.S. and Latin America are trying to leverage Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ government to form a “pro-life, pro-family” counter to the U.N. LGBTI Core Group.
World
How authoritarian states are building an international market for digital surveillance
Digital authoritarianism is not developing in isolation, but through the international exchange of technologies, standards, and practices.
World
In Kyrgyzstan, persons with disabilities are collecting proof of physical barriers to hold the government accountable
Lived experience can reveal things that a conventional audit may miss.
World
The sound of resistance
As part of Global Voices’ September Spotlight, “Protest in Democracy,” members of our community will be sharing examples of protest music past and present from their communities in this collaborative article.
World
West-to-east energy, east-to-west computing: The Uyghur costs of China’s digital order
Beijing is carrying an older geography of extraction into the AI era, turning Uyghur land, energy and labour into computing power while remaining silent about coercion and surveillance.
World
How journalism inspired a youth-led initiative against online harm in Armenia
One of the strongest realizations during my reporting was that digital violence often enters daily life disguised as normal behavior: Control becomes attention, surveillance becomes care, pressure becomes love.
Advertisement