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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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On International Women’s Day 2019, Afghan artists painted this graffiti on the wall of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, which was dissolved by the Taliban in 2021. The premises are now home to the “Ministry of Praying and Instructing, Promoting Virtue, and Preventing Vice”, which oversees the implementation of Islamic law.

Women in Afghanistan

“Even that red line no longer exists”

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by Selmin Çalışkan
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
Cameroonians in the diaspora gathered to protest in Rome in 2017 at the start of the Anglophone conflict. The crisis continues to this day.

Women in conflict

Rebuilding lives in times of crisis

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by Glein Neneng
At the 2024 Nalafem Summit in Windhoek, Namibia – a multigenerational platform for gender commitment in Africa.

Cross-border feminism

African women on the rise

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by Aya Chebbi
Market vendor in Tanzania: Women in the informal sector are particularly affected by sexual harassment at work.

Workplace sexual harassment

“If you refuse, he threatens to cut your pay”

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by Kizito Makoye

Beauty industry

Natural skin products redefine Kenya’s quest for beauty

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by Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki
Statements such as “The rapist is you” remind men of their responsibility for the injustice done to women worldwide.

Male allies

Why men must support feminist activism

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by Stephen Mutie

Development in culture

Overview culture special

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by D+C / E+Z

Gender equality

Uganda faces rising challenges in combating gender-based violence

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by Sheillah Abaho
Protests against Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, 2023

Sexual minorities

Human rights for all

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by Rita Schäfer

Mental illness

Kenya debates decriminalising suicide to address mental health

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by Joseph Maina