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The success of Malawi’s women’s national football team encourages investment in grassroots programmes for girls.

Education

How Malawi’s football success is opening doors for girls

Malawi’s women footballers have inspired a nation. Their success is encouraging girls to pursue their ambitions, while football programmes offer opportunities beyond sport.

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by Benson Kunchezera

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Solar energy even on cloudy days.

Good News

Solar energy despite clouds, and days off during menstruation

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by D+C / E+Z
Sex workers from Kolkata celebrate the Indian Supreme Court’s ruling in May 2022 recognising sex work as a profession.

Feminism

Is prostitution work or exploitation?

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by Khushboo Srivastava
Image of Rio favelas by David Amen, produced in collaboration with RioOnWatch.

Urban life

Cities have many faces

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
A traditional jumping dance is part of the Enkipaata ceremony, a Maasai male rite of passage that is still practised today.

Gender studies

Evolving masculinities

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by Stephen Mutie
The chainsaw that Argentinian President Javier Milei gave tech billionaire Elon Musk as a gift at the Conserva­tive Political Action Conference in February.

Authoritarianism

The chainsaw men

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by Birgit Sauer
Scottish comedian Richard Gadd (centre) addresses his own experiences of sexualised violence in his miniseries “Baby Reindeer”.

Masculinity

Sexualised violence against men: the Baby Reindeer effect

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by Sonja Peteranderl
: There are plenty of men who want to spend more time with their children – and women who want to pursue a career.

Equal rights

More freedom for everyone: Breaking out of rigid male roles

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by Jörg Döbereiner
Demonstrations against Elon Musk and his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), which USAID has fallen victim to.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 2

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by D+C / E+Z
In February, people demonstrated in front of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington against the government to support employees who had to vacate their offices.

Development politics

Global voices on ending USAID, part 1

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by D+C / E+Z
The Green Wave has spread across Latin America: A policewoman raises her arm as she guards members of feminist collectives protesting in the streets of Mexico City in 2023. She wears a green ribbon in solidarity.

Misogyny and authoritarianism

When authoritarians are on the rise, it’s bad news for women’s rights

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by Macarena Sáez
by Eva-Maria Verfürth