Haiti Action Committee is honored to publish this powerful statement from the Women’s Interdepartmental Coalition of…
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Tragic Burning of Two Rwandan Refugee Women in Munzenze Prison, Goma
Two Rwandan refugee women were deliberately burned alive in Munzenze Main Prison in Goma, Democratic Republic…
Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future From Climate Change-Related Storms
According to the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index, Malawi is among the five nations worldwide most…
Visit to Bulengo IDP Camps: Addressing the Plight of Twa/Pygmies
On Sunday, April 21, 2024, our team visited two groups at the Bulengo IDP camps near…
Transitional Justice (Part 56): Rohingya the Voiceless, Stateless Refugees
Introduction 15 Mar 2024 – It is natural to have questions about how this paper on…
Beyond Climate Colonialism and Food Imperialism to Earth Democracy and Food Freedom
Prof. Vandana Shiva | Navdanya International – TRANSCEND Media Service 6 Sep 2023 1. Mother Earth…
Disappearing Fish Spell Hard Times for Women in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s ballooning informal sector has, in recent years, spawned the over-exploitation of the country’s natural resources,…
Social Activists Demand Real Equality for Chilean Women
Women social activists recognize that gender equality is gaining ground in Chile, but maintain that there…
Unregulated Agrochemicals Harm Health of Rural Residents in Central America
By Edgardo Ayala – IPS / Globetrotter In his green cornfield, Salvadoran farmer Medardo Pérez set…
Defining Refugees in the Era of Climate Displacement
27 Jul 2021 – July 28th marks the 70th anniversary of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. This…
Haiti Revolution, sparks for freedom
by Ustadi Kadiri, Haiti Action Committee In 1789, French Haiti – St. Domingue at the time…
Earth Rising for Earth Democracy and Rights of Mother Earth
On Earth Day Navdanya International calls for Earth Democracy – The fulfilment of human needs and…
Venezuelan women endure the “sanctions” with their bodies
Carmen Navas Reyes and Laura Franco respond to the article published in the New York Times…
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse’s shameful assault on democracy by U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters: | Miami Herald Opinio
The Biden administration’s response to Haiti’s spiraling political crisis may be motivated by wariness of entangling…
Haitians intensify struggle against president Jovenel Moïse
Haitian citizens, social movements, trade unions and opposition political parties are demanding the resignation of president…
Libya’s peace process doomed to failure without its women
Libya is disintegrating into chaos and lawlessness. Women who stand up to those in charge of…
A letter to Ange Kagame from Carine Kanimba
By, Carine I. Kanimba Dear Ange, I hope that this letter finds you well. My name…
Once again, South African domestic workers win in court, expanding domestic workers’ rights everywhere!
Sylvia Mahlangu outside Constitutional Court Great news! Last week, South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled that domestic…
Listen to Your Mother: Nobody Should Be Too Rich or Too Poor
The wisdom of our mothers and mothers’ mothers from the dawn of time is reverberating throughout…
Arundhati Roy: ‘The Pandemic Is a Portal’
The novelist on how coronavirus threatens India — and what the country, and the world, should…
What happened to Africa’s ambitious green belt project?
The 15 kilometer (9.3 mile) wide Great Green Wall project stretches over 7,775 km from Senegal…
‘Vulgarity makes the point polite conversation can’t’ — a conversation with Ugandan dissident Stella Nyanzi
Radical Ugandan activist and academic Stella Nyanzi discusses her recent imprisonment, the power of vularity and…
Too Fast to Be a Woman
When South African track star Caster Semenya won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games,…
Indigenous women in Kenya rebuild resilience amidst an eco-cultural crisis
In the face of growing climate change, indigenous women in Kenya are remembering and reinstating their…
25 African Women Writers You Should Read
Source: aaibc.com Authors are listed, alphabetically, by first name. Also check out a beautiful collage of all…