Demokratisierung

Macarena Sáez of Human Rights Watch explains why the fight for women’s rights is also a fight for democracy – and how women around the world are uniting to move forward.

Ghanaian scholar assesses relevance of USAID and ECOWAS

Around the world, women are campaigning against inequality and the abuse of power to achieve more democracy and freedom for all. Yet many of their successes go largely unnoticed.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban are systematically banishing women from the public sphere while the world looks on. Human-rights expert Selmin Çalışkan discusses creative activism and international solidarity – and how women in Afghanistan are fighting back.

The time has come to apply the EU’s Digital Services Act with determination

Democratic governance is increasingly under attack as elected policymakers struggle to keep up with fast changes in different spheres of society.

Those who love in a non-heteronormative way are under pressure in many countries around the world. At a conference in Cape Town, activists for the human rights of sexual minorities discussed the challenges they face.

India’s independence leader Mahatma Gandha highlighted his faith in a totally different manner than Prime Minister Narendar Modi does today.

The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria shows that Islamist groups do not necessarily form any kind of united front.

In recent election campaigns, Sri Lanka’s new president managed to build a new inter-religious coalition.