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Image by David Amen, inspired by the favelas in Rio de Janeiro.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

For this edition, we asked ourselves what makes a city liveable. Many of the problems faced by Nairobi – and the ways they are being tackled – are typical of big cities in the Global South. Let’s go and explore.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

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Shamsa Araweelo, public speaker, trainer, social activist and expert on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) inthe UK.

Women's rights activists

“We need to move beyond simply talking about FGM”

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by Shamsa Araweelo
Flavia Agnes, women’s rights lawyer and founder of Majlis, a legal advocacy centre for women and children.

Women's rights activists

“We provide quality legal services to women who seek justice”

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by Flavia Agnes
Kamola Alieva, lawyer and women’s rights activist.

Women's rights activists

“The criminalisation of domestic violence was a milestone”

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by Kamola Alieva
The Green Wave has spread across Latin America: A policewoman raises her arm as she guards members of feminist collectives protesting in the streets of Mexico City in 2023. She wears a green ribbon in solidarity.

Misogyny and authoritarianism

When authoritarians are on the rise, it’s bad news for women’s rights

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by Macarena Sáez
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Janet Kyerewaa at her Kantamanto stall in the summer of 2024.

Empowerment

The afterlife of fast fashion

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by Susanne Giese
Alejandra Ancheita, feminist lawyer from Mexico.

Women's rights activists

“We have taken several transnational corporations to court”

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by Alejandra Ancheita

Agriculture

Malawi must implement pro-women reforms to strengthen food security

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
Students at the University of Algiers.

Women’s empowerment

Harmful impacts of stereotypes about Algerian female students

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by Khadidja Kelalech
Algerian anti-government protest held on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2021.

Algerian feminist movement

Progress and setbacks

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by Khadidja Kelalech
The protest icons of the 21st century are mostly women: The photograph of nurse Ieshia Evans facing riot police while protesting police violence in Baton Rouge, USA, became a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Our view

Women are leading change

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth