Global Voices Summit 2024 · Kathmandu, Nepal
An international gathering on digital media, knowledge and activism from a Global Majority perspective. Join us at the Hotel Yak & Yeti in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 6-7 for two days of connection, collaboration and conversation with journalists, activists, technologists, and others from around the world.
Global Voices · Local perspectives for a global audience
Register to join us in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 6-7! The Global Voices Summit is an international gathering on digital media, knowledge, and activism from a Global Majority perspective.. Join us at the Hotel Yak & Yeti in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 6-7, for two days of connection, collaboration and conversation with journalists, activists, technologists, and others from around the world.
Global Voices Summit 2024 · October 2024
Oct 8, 2024 · Sponsors. Global Voices is supported by the efforts of our volunteer contributors, foundations, donors and mission-related services. For more information please read our Fundraising Ethics Policy.. Special thanks to our many sponsors and funders.
The murder of a young girl in Ethiopia reveals TikTok’s content ...
Sep 6, 2024 · In July 2023, the city of Bahir Dar in Ethiopia's Amhara Region was left reeling after the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl named Heaven. The tragedy cast a deep shadow over the community, and the perpetrator — her mother's landlord — was sentenced to 25 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Nearly a year later, as the convicted man sought to appeal the sentence ...
Twitter Space: What’s next for the Aragalaya movement in Sri Lanka?
Dec 18, 2022 · Global Voices launched a Twitter Space on Thursday, August 4, to discuss the political unrest in Sri Lanka from March to July 2022, the nation's economic crisis, and the pro-democracy Aragalaya movement.. Find part one of the recording here and part two here.. The Twitter Space was moderated by Global Voices’ South Asia Editor Rezwan from Dhaka, Bangladesh and assisted by GV’s Associate ...
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley lays global issues bare in a ...
Sep 29, 2024 · On Friday September 27, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York. A gifted orator, her speeches are generally made more compelling by the warm lilt of her voice, but judging from her first words at the 79th session of the Assembly — “We need a reset” — the situation she was about to speak to was dire.
What is red-tagging and why it is dangerous in the Philippines?
Apr 27, 2023 · Human rights defenders in the Philippines have cried foul over the restoration of the PHP 10 billion (USD 178.56 million) budget for a government task force known for red-tagging activists and civil society organisations. The bicameral committee has decided to allot the sum in 2023 for the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite calls to defund and ...
Lessons from Indonesia’s 2024 election: Social media, censorship, …
Sep 17, 2024 · This article was written by Rezwan in collaboration with the Asian Network for Free Elections ().It was originally published by EngageMedia, a non-profit media, technology, and culture organization, and an edited version is republished here as part of a content-sharing agreement with Global Voices.
Register · Global Voices Summit 2024
Dec 19, 2024 · Sponsors. Global Voices is supported by the efforts of our volunteer contributors, foundations, donors and mission-related services. For more information please read our Fundraising Ethics Policy.. Special thanks to our many sponsors and funders.
Turkmenistan remains unsafe for women · Global Voices
Dec 5, 2023 · Turkmenistan is the safest country for women in Central Asia, according to the Women, Peace and Security Index recently published by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the Norwegian PRIO Centre for Gender, Peace and Security. Although the findings are based on data from reputable international sources, this conclusion is clearly at odds with the picture painted by ...