Inside China’s hidden eating disorder communities · Global Voices - A low-calorie meal shared on Xiaohongshu in the ED networks. Edited screenshot. Fair use. On Chinese social media platforms, eating […]
Year in Review: How the Caribbean survived 2025 · Global Voices - Feature image via Canva Pro. The year had started hopefully enough, what with Trinbagonian steel pannist Joshua Regrello registering his […]
Interactive map honors LGBTQ+ people’s historic presence in Prague · Global Voices - Screenshot of the interactive Prague Gay Map from Teplá Praha (Queer Prague). In the Czech Republic, the debate on LGBTQ+ […]
A global shift from gender movements is directly impacting LBQT communities · Global Voices - A protest in Washington DC, USA, calling on officials to protect transgender youth. Image from Flickr. License CC BY-SA 2.0. […]
Who was here first? The two meanings of ‘Indigenous’ in Europe · Global Voices - A performance at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg, Germany, in 2007. European books, films, comics and public performances […]
Why gender diversity matters in technology · Global Voices - The intersection of transgender rights and technology. Image courtesy of Global Voices. This editorial was written by Sheena Magenya and […]
The security we don’t see: A call for solidarity, not sympathy · Global Voices - Graffiti in the subway, underground in Vienna, Austria’s Favoriten district: ‘Solidarity not charity’ and ‘EU disarm!’ Photo by Herzi Pinki […]
Caribbean athletes shine at the 2025 World Athletics Championships · Global Voices - Feature image via Canva Pro. Much of the world has its attention focused on the 2025 World Athletics Championships, which […]
Africa’s ambitious push for vaccine independence · Global Voices - A nurse at Bukakata Health Centre III in the southern Uganda district of Masaka is administering an oral vaccine to […]
Support Global Voices as we launch our donation campaign · Global Voices - Members of the Global Voices community at the GV summit in Kathmandu, Nepal, in December 2024. Photo by Jer Clarke. […]
‘Galician identity and literature are deeply rooted in land,’ award-winning Galician writer explains · Global Voices - Galician countryside. NoelFeans/Flickr under licence CC BY 2.0. Every May 17, the autonomous region of Galicia, Spain, interrupts its routine […]
When dry season never ends · Global Voices - An aerial photo of Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Image from Photo by Jean Paul Montanaro via Pexels. Free to use. Water […]
Novel ‘Le Sang du Pouvoir’ by Hubert Kolani delves into African power · Global Voices - Photo by Hubert Kolani. Used with permission. In spaces where freedom of expression is under threat, criticism seldom leads to […]
‘The Eternaut’ and civil resistance in the algorithmic age · Global Voices - Scene from ‘El Eternauta’ (TV Series, 2025). Photo: Netflix, used with permission. This article, written by the International Institute of […]
Hong Kong NGOs call for policy interventions to help vulnerable groups withstand heat hazards · Global Voices - Greenpeace HK 2023 campaign urging the government to revamp its three-tier heat warning system. Photo taken by Mandy Cheng/HKFP. Used […]
Healing a region: How healthcare is bringing peace to Arauca, Colombia · Global Voices - MSF set up mobile clinics in villages affected by the conflict and where access to healthcare is insufficient. In this […]
AI-ready data centers are booming in Indonesia but water woes loom · Global Voices - Nongsa Digital Park in Batam, Indonesia. Screenshot from YouTube video of Channel News Asia. Fair use. This post is part […]
Cinemas offer a platform for stories of resistance amid shrinking civic spaces in Africa · Global Voices - Image from the 4th edition (2025) of the festival, themed “Bridging Divides.” Photo courtesy of the Africa International Human Rights […]
Water pollution in DRC attributed to Chinese mining company · Global Voices - Some of the polluted water discharged into the city. Screenshot from the video “LUBUMBASHI: Polluted water discharged by CDM is […]
In Barra do Turvo, Brazil, women promote biodiversity and harvest healthy food at fair prices · Global Voices - Women farmers in Brazil. Photo by João Ambrósio/O Joio e O Trigo, used with permission. This article was published on […]
Rubbish as a resource: How communities in Mozambique transform waste into climate solutions · Global Voices - A mountain of plastic in Banten, Indonesia. Photo taken by Tom Fisk. Used under a Pexels license. This post is part […]
Sold as brides, lost at sea: The trafficking of stateless Rohingya girls · Global Voices - A Rohingya refugee woman stands outside the Women’s Center in Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Image via Flickr by […]
Whose conservation, whose development? The Maasai struggle over land in northern Tanzania · Global Voices - Maasai man taking livestock into the Ngorongoro Caldera for grazing. Photo by Harvey Barrison on Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). This article […]
Too afraid to leave home: ICE’s toll on Latino HIV care in the United States · Global Voices - Albé Sanchez. Photo by Liam James Doyle for Uncloseted Media and Rewire News Group. Used with permission. By Sam Donndelinger […]
Can AI help build peace? African youth are showing a path forward · Global Voices - Four friends with laptops smile and take a selfie at a monument in Cotonou, Benin. Photo by Iwaria via Pexels. […]
Can local communities curb illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing in Cameroon’s Douala Edea National Park? · Global Voices - Some chiefs and members of the Local Collaborative Management Committees in Mbiako. Photo by Leocadia Bongbe. Used with permission. In […]
Wheelchair user completes historic bungee jump in Nepal · Global Voices - Photo by Pradeep Raj Onta via Nepal Federation of the Disabled – Nepal (NFDN). Used with permission. Deepa Devkota from […]
Somalia: Drought, fuel prices, and conflicts heighten famine risk · Global Voices - A market in Somalia. Image by Jjumba Martin for Mercy Corps. As of May 2026, Somalia, a country with a […]
Green dignity and public visibility: GIA’s intersectional approach to transgender rights and climate justice in Pakistan · Global Voices - An FGD session at the GIA premises. Image from the Facebook page of Gender Interactive Alliance. Used with permission. This […]
What explains the global stardom of Dimash Qudaibergen, Kazakhstan’s cultural phenomenon? · Global Voices - Dimash performing Kazakhstan’s national anthem. Screenshot from the video “National Anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Dimash Qudaibergen” from […]