Social networks fuel youth mobilization on Argentina’s streets · Global Voices - Students protest with a banner saying ‘Science and public university are people’s rights.’ Photo by Diario UNO, used with permission. […]
’I don’t see Palestine as an isolated story‘: An interview with Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library · Global Voices - Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in the Jenin area, November 2015. Photo by TrickyH on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). By […]
Chadian environmental activist Hindou Oumarou: ‘AI governance must respect Indigenous peoples’ · Global Voices - Ibrahim says AI has the potential to support, rather than replace, Indigenous peoples’ knowledge. She gives a positive example in […]
How AI is upgrading African dictatorship · Global Voices - Illustration showing a dictator using surveillance and automated control to watch, predict, and suppress citizens. Illustration by Khalid Bencherif. Used […]
In Brazil, initiatives in peripheral communities seek to expand environmental education · Global Voices - Young people, along with Priscila, collect harvest in the course’s community garden. Photo: Marcus Vinicius, used with permission This text, […]
Coastal villages struggle to recover after oil spill disaster near Philippine capital · Global Voices - Coast Guard personnel and residents inspect a coastal area near an abandoned fuel tanker in Bataan. Source: Facebook page of […]
From blooms to bytes: Will Kenya’s data center boom repeat the ‘Greenhouse Effect’? · Global Voices - Server racks in a data center. Image by Brett Sayles via Pexels. License: Free to use. By Julius Okoth Between the […]
‘The Sigh of the Earth’: Fragments from communities overlooked after Venezuela’s earthquakes · Global Voices - The aftermath of the earthquakes in Venezuela in Boca de Aroa, Carabobo state, on June 24, 2026. Photo by Saúl […]
Concerns grow as Jamaica ends Cuban medical programme · Global Voices - Feature image created by Janine Mendes-Franco using Canva Pro elements. Perhaps Jamaicans should have seen this coming when the government, […]
AI cameras are surveilling the roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh · Global Voices - Two security cameras mounted on a pole. Representative image by user Atypeek Dgn via Pexels. Used under a Pexels License. […]
Caught between silence and visibility: LGBTQ+ experiences in Mozambique · Global Voices - Photo taken by LGBTQIA+ activists. Maputo, Mozambique: 2024. Used with permission. In Mozambique, the lack of laws criminalizing LGBTQ+ identities […]
The discursive function of gendered online hate speech in Kosovo · Global Voices - Graphic made via Canva Pro. Courtesy of Sydney Allen. By Jetlir Buja This article was produced by Jetlir Buja from […]
Sub-Saharan Africa: Why do less than 12 percent of Africans have AI access? · Global Voices - Photo of Folli Herbert Amouzougan, used with permission. This post is part of Global Voices’ April 2026 Spotlight series, “Human […]
Archiving Nepal’s medicinal plants and Indigenous knowledge for future generations · Global Voices - Sanjib Chaudhary, while speaking his language, Eastern (Saptariya) Tharu. Photo by Subhashish Panigrahi in CC BY-SA 4.0. This post is […]
Do social security allowances empower or disempower endangered Indigenous groups in Nepal? · Global Voices - Festival preparation in Chepang village. Photo of Jimling Village in Rapti Municipality of Chitwan District, Nepal. Photo by Biswash Chepang. […]
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 […]
Cameroonian rice farmers caught between national ambition and rural realities · Global Voices - Farmers harvesting rice in a rice field (paddy) in Cameroon. Screenshot from the video “How to grow rice in Cameroon?” […]
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 […]
What changes will arise from the Brazilian Supreme Court’s ruling on personal marijuana use · Global Voices - Image: Art by Global Voices. Free Use. Kindle Media/Pexels In a historic decision in June 2024, Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF), […]
‘Silence has become both more dangerous and more complicit’: An interview with Lebanese-British artist, Amale Khlat · Global Voices - Amale Khlat, ‘Fishing on a Tridacna’ Cosmetic Vessel, 2023. 34 x 49 cm (13.4 × 19.3 in). Watercolor and archival […]
Nepali music for an Everest-sized challenge · Global Voices - A screenshot from Resham रेशम – Prakash Dutraj, one of the songs in the GV Nepali playlist. Screenshot via YouTube. […]
How data gaps deepen climate injustice in the Himalayas · Global Voices - A Himalayan glacial lake. Image from Pexels. This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, […]
Haris Pardede: Trailblazing football reporting in Indonesia · Global Voices - Bung Harpa has covered a football match at Baku Olympics Stadium, Azerbaijan. Photo used with permission Haris Kristanto Pardede is […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
China has an insatiable appetite for durian. Is it a boon or a curse for Indonesia? · Global Voices - An Indonesian farmer checking on a durian. Image from YouTube screenshot. Fair use. This article was submitted as part of […]
Seeking independence from Chinese exports, Brazil enters bid to explore rare earths · Global Voices - Powdered rare earth minerals. Image from Wikimedia Commons, license: public domain. For the past decades, China has undoubtedly dominated the […]
How Africa is harnessing space technology for early warning systems against climate disasters · Global Voices - From Left, Head of the EU Delegation to Namibia, Ambassador Ana Beatriz Martins; African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, […]
How an AI research tool helped challenge support for police violence in Brazil · Global Voices - Art by Marcas, used with permission. This article, written by Daniel Stanley, Marianna Araujo and Diogo Santos, is published here […]
Nepali Poet Viplob Pratik on literature, language, and a life shaped by words · Global Voices - Poet Voplob Pratik. Photo: Prabhat R Jha. Used with permission. Viplob Pratik is a leading contemporary Nepali poet, novelist, lyricist, […]