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Social media

Digital mobilisation, analogue protests

Social-media use in eastern Africa is highly politicised and has changed the way politics is run

Gender-based violence

Women take on the patriarchy

Women in Uganda protest against sexual harassment, using the #MeToo hashtag

Blog

Self-pitying majority

K.S. Komireddi argues stringently that India's current government is driven by a dangerous Hindu-supremacist ideology

Press freedom

Pressure on journalists

The defamation clause of Indonesia’s internet law is misused to criminalise journalists

Ebola

A turning point

To stem the spread of Ebola, humanitarian agencies must win the trust of local communities in the DRC

Gender equality

Use the gender lens

UNESCO assessment of gender bias in education

Role models

Creative and committed

Young women in the Arab world pick strong and creative women as role models

Girls and boys

Closing gender gaps in an NGO school

In Zambia, the Sun-spring Charity School enrols an equal number of girls and boys. It also uses gender-neutral language

Schools

“Once you learn to read”

Zambia shows that schools are a good place to start fighting gender inequality

Summer Special

The power of superstition

Nigerian novelist debuts with story of devastating family tragedy

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