By: Juliana Rincón Parra It hasn’t been easy to try and stop child labor in Nicaragua, and the following videos provide a look into the reasons why many children are still working despite the new laws. While some families are seeing value in getting their children educated and are responding to awareness campaigns, for others child labor is the way they [...]
MTV EXIT is a campaign about freedom — about our rights as human beings to choose where we live, where we work, who our friends are, and who we love. Most of us take these freedoms for granted, but hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world have had these basic human rights taken away. They are victims of trafficking [...]
By: Rezwan “I breathe in photography. Without photography I have no existence.” – GMB Akash Gone are the days when any news by the international media on Bangladesh would invariably contain photos of political disturbances and natural disasters. Thanks to many talented young amateur and professional photographers you will find thousands of photos on Bangladesh online, especially in photo sharing sites [...]
By: Laura Stump This is Part II of a two-part article. To read Part I, click here. Amidst the overwhelming challenge of addressing sensitive issues like Female Genital Cutting, the organization Tostan works with villages instead of against them. To learn more, Tatiana and I headed back to Dakar to join up with Tostan employees. Before long, we hopped in the Tostan vehicle with Kalidou, the Tostan [...]
By: Juliana Rincón Parra The recent investigation done by journalists of Plaza Publica in Guatemala has uncovered how government authorities, although legally having to prevent child labor, allow children under 14 years of age to work in their cane fields, which is a physically demanding and dangerous work. Sugar Cane Pieces by Chris McBrien CCBy In the article Child labor and exploitation in Guatemala’s sugar Alberto Arce and [...]
In recent weeks Global Voices has presented to its readers more examples of how citizen media is used to amplify the voices of refugees and displaced people. However, while blogs and social networking sites clearly have a role to play in empowering marginalized groups, so too do ICTs in general. MobileActive, for example, is encouraged by the potential for mobile phones to allow [...]
By: Marietta Le Many citizen actions have been organized in the past weeks in Budapest in protest against the modification of the law that would punish “recurrent residing in public places” with an increased fine of €530 or imprisonment. The law is supposed to come into force by December 1, 2011. The City is for All grassroots group, fighting for the right to housing [...]
By: Tan The Burmese people in Myanmar and the whole world rejoiced after Aung San Suu Kyi’s release last year on November 13, 2010. Now it has almost been a year since she had been released. Maydarwii wrote on her blog as soon as Suu Kyi was released: I thought that I will blog again only after I finished my exams, but [...]
“The Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to life, liberty, and the security of person. However, in this century alone, over 150 million people have been killed at the hands of governments.” Jack Healey Executive Director, Human Rights Action Center Crime, poverty, war, lack of healthcare and education, and other injustices [...]
By: Kelly Tierney As I think back on our time in Bangladesh I am reminded of some of my first thoughts. The first thing that crossed my mind when stepping foot into the most densely populated country in the world was, “it is crowded.” You think this would be an obvious assumption but it really takes you off guard. This [...]
