What the exit of Bocas Lit Fest’s title sponsor says about how the arts are valued in Trinidad & Tobago
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What the exit of Bocas Lit Fest’s title sponsor says about how the arts are valued in Trinidad & Tobago
The National Gas Company's recent defunding of projects in the arts “underlines a much bigger issue with regard to Trinidad and Tobago’s c...
Why are girls in South Punjab, Pakistan, still being married off before the age of 15?
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Why are girls in South Punjab, Pakistan, still being married off before the age of 15?
In May 2025, Pakistan introduced a new bill setting 18 as the legal marriage age which aims to tackle Pakistan's child marriage problem. Howev...
Caribbean athletes shine at the 2005 World Athletics Championships
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Caribbean athletes shine at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
It began with a full-circle moment as Jamaica's beloved Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ran the last individual race of her career; over the coming da...
From crisis messaging to community voices: Reimagining aid communication in Somalia
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From crisis messaging to community voices: Reimagining aid communication in Somalia
Visibility-driven fundraising is crucial for sustaining life-saving interventions, but when storytelling focuses solely on immediate impact, it may...
From statelessness to digital voicelessness: How anti-immigrant disinformation targets the Rohingya in online spaces
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From statelessness to digital voicelessness: How anti-immigrant disinformation targets the Rohingya in online spaces
In South Asia’s digital sphere, the Rohingya crisis is less about refugees and more about the stories told about them — stories shaped by propa...
Can Caribbean classrooms become seedbeds for conflict resolution?
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Can Caribbean classrooms become seedbeds for conflict resolution?
Teachers may change, ministers of education may rotate, but the school bell keeps ringing. This consistency makes the classroom one of the most str...
Niger activist Ibrahim Oumarou Yacouba fights to make so-called ‘fifth wives’ heard
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Niger activist Ibrahim Oumarou Yacouba fights to make so-called ‘fifth wives’ heard
Some communities experience social and economic discrimination. Such is the case for the Wahaya, women whose parents often sell them at a young age...