Activists agitate for equal rights for all in Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2020.
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The criminalisation of same-sex sexual relations among consenting adults in Kenya worsens social disparities and inequalities.
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Most farmworkers were not even aware that the farm they worked on was Fairtrade certified.
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Criminalisation of medical judgment may interfere with appropriate medical decision making.
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Making the green energy transition a success requires governments to pay attention to environmental factors and socioeconomic imperatives.
The Uphams Corner Food Forest in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood was built on a vacant lot.
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Food forests are urban oases that pack a lot into small spaces, including food production, local cooling and social connections.
Martin Luther King, Jr. leads a group that includes a nun and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel during the Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights march.
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Religious pluralism and social justice were at the core of King’s campaigns – a vision shaped by influences as diverse as Gandhi, the Black church, Greek classics and Buddhism.
Cesar Chavez salutes the crowd on the steps of the California State Capitol.
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A scholar of religion looks at how faith helped guide the labor rights icon in his organizing endeavors.
The word ‘woke’ has become a politically potent term used to define and discredit a host of social issues.
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The word ‘woke’ has increasingly become caught up in the rhetoric of the culture war. But debates around wokeness and what it means are drawing attention away from the real issues.
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Thirty years ago the World Bank recognised that its position was untenable. It put in place mechanisms to make the bank more accountable to ordinary people.
Denial of observer status robs the three NGOs of a voice.
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Discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity is not an African value.
It is the first time French trade unions have shown unity since their opposition to pension reform in 2010.
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France’s trade unions have managed to galvanise the largest movement in decades in opposition to pension reform. What will happen to them once the bill has been passed or abandoned?
Demonstrations against South African power supplier ESKOM in 2015.
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South Africa’s courts are likely to set a high bar in cases brought against the government’s most recent state of disaster declaration.
South Africa is the only African nation to formally extend refugee protection to LGBTI+ people.
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The absence of reliable quantitative data makes it difficult – if not impossible – to hold Home Affairs, the police and other state entities to account.
Daily Sun covered the pandemic through a social impact lens.
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The newspaper confounded critics with its contextually relevant and informative stories.
A view of Johannesburg’s Braamfontein district seconds after a scheduled power cut.
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Very little attention has been paid to the justice implications of electricity distribution.
A charity in Westbury, Johannesburg, hands out food parcels during the COVID pandemic in 2020.
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Social grants are the largest source of support for many vulnerable groups. They are the government’s primary response to poverty, food insecurity and inequality.
Teachers can get their pupils thinking about different ways to create sustainable livelihoods through something as simple as a vegetable garden at school.
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Though entrepreneurship of any kind is not easy, it can instil tenacity in the face of adversity. There are lessons here for trainee teachers.
South Africa’s governing ANC has continued the anti-cannabis repression inherited from apartheid.
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A 1971 law, and the parallel growth of an illegal economy, shaped South Africa’s unique cannabis landscape.
Allegations of sex discrimination should be a watershed moment not only for Welsh rugby but the people of Wales.
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A BBC Wales investigation reported claims of a ‘toxic culture’ of sexism and misogyny within Welsh rugby’s governing body.
Where people live can determine their station in life.
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Lowering spatial inequalities can reduce economic and social inequities.
Frene Ginwala addressing the media in 2017, tireless in her fight for justice.
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A younger generation of feminists will remember her, above all, for her remarkable championing of the struggle against patriarchy.
South Africa’s vast commercial press is dominated by four conglomerates.
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Skewed reportage on the land debate contributes to entrenching the injustices of colonialism and apartheid.
Protests outside the constitutional court at its decision to grant parole to Chris Hani’s killer, Janusz Walus.
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The court should have given the public a much clearer understanding of how it came to its decision, and what consideration it had given to public opinion.
Demonstrators from the Chagos Islands protest for Britain to end its “illegal occupation”.
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As they negotiate with Mauritius, British leaders are mostly interested in securing guarantees that America’s military interests will not be harmed by a transfer of authority to Port Louis.
Protesters demonstrate outside the high court in Cape Town against parole for Janusz Walus.
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The decision is likely to be relied on by courts to order the Department of Correctional Services to grant offenders parole.