Decades after the country introduced quotas, phantom candidacies and political deals still stifle women’s representation.

Months after an informal settlement’s demolition, the site is under development as displaced residents grapple with ...

The issue doesn’t affect Kyambogo University alone. According to a report by Human Rights Watch, in October 2019 security ...

Women who lived through Indonesia’s anti-communist terror blend art and protest to block government plans that would honor ...

United by grief, they’re fighting to make the former president answer for extrajudicial killings during his campaign against ...

Four teenage girls have invented a urine-powered generator to create safer and more access to electricity.

The short-lived sale is just the latest example in a long line of inconsistent policies, says Ithiel Mavesere, a lecturer in ...

Christians say the dormant law, first passed in the 1970s, targets their faith. Those trying to revive it say it is essential for preservation of indigenous faiths and culture.

On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, this five-part series looks at how governments in the region struggle to rein in the bloodshed – and the many ways women fight for ...

Pupils and parents say the forced examinations – condemned by the United Nations – traumatize girls. A group of student activists is demanding the practice ends.

VEGA BAJA, PUERTO RICO — Ricardo Laureano suspected there was something special about the elkhorn corals in the El Eco reef, in northern Puerto Rico. In his 16 years of protecting and monitoring their ...

As a paramunicipal organization takes over water services from local councils, residents face high costs, shortages, contamination — and a foul odor that’s sullying the area’s reputation as a coastal ...