Hola Code: How Coding School In Mexico Supports Youth Returned From The US
Hacking obstacles by coding the future - that is how the Mexican school Hola Code presents its goals. Many young 'dreamers' are forced to back to Mexico from the US and the school helps immigrants to become software engineers and adapt to new conditions.
#WhereAreTheChildren: Behind The US Border Policy Crisis
#WhereAreTheChildren campaign caused misinformed immigration scandal blew up online. But it quickly drew attention to immigrants’ conditions and immigration policy that separates children from their parents. Despite the debate continues, activists have launched a demonstration with a new slogan #FamiliesBelongTogether.
Digging Into The Pakistan Gig Economy And Women Behind It
Pakistan has 25% of female participation in the labor market that is the lowest rates in the world. However, the development of gig economy and technology usage can be an effective tool for Pakistani women to have a job.
From Fatana Hassanzada To Zahra Nader: Media Helps Afghan Women To Break Taboos
Afghanistan community can see the work of Afghan women who step by step shows the courage and fearlessness to rule the media and create content despite the danger and limitations. The Afghan society has faced the first women's fashion and lifestyle magazine that challenging taboos.
Sahar Speaks: Voice of Female Afghan Media
Nowadays the Afghanistan press has almost 2000 female journalists but not a single woman at the foreign news outlets in Kabul. British-American journalist Amie Ferris-Rotman launched the project "Sahar Speaks" aiming to involve more women in the mass media working process.
7 Women & Feminist Communities In Italy You Should Know
The peculiar path of Italian feminism causes many discussions. Some women don't like to call themselves feminists. However, the women's movement in Italy continues to evolve and pinpoint the lack of true women's rights. And that is where groups and networks come to help
Feminism In Indonesia: Women’s Struggle For Equal Rights
Indonesian women joined the Jakarta March protesting against gender-based violence as nearly 350,000 cases of violence against women were reported in 2017, children marriage rate which is 14%, discriminations of LGBT's community, more than 300 LGBT people were arrested in police raids across Indonesia last year.
Baltimore Ceasefire: How Citizens Fight Against Gun Violence
Baltimore citizens initiative to end the gun violence as the murder-rates reached the highest number in 2017. Community takes the first step to spread peaceful challenge in the city and help each other to prevent conflicts.
#MosqueMeToo: Mona Eltahawy Encourages Muslim Women to Speak Up About Harassment
Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy, an activist fighting for women's rights in Arabian countries, creates #MosqueMeToo movement to empower Muslim women to reveal their stories and bring a discussion about equality for women in Islam.
#NoCapitulation: How A Hashtag Escalated An Academic Protest
The social net movement #NoCapitulation has brought the Universities workers protests across the UK to defend pensions rights. It has already achieved the offer to reopen talks over pensions.
Behind The March For Our Lives: How The Future Belongs To The Youth
The March for Our Lives speeches got viral on the internet as a reminder of millennial’s power and influence in the political life. A student-led demonstration included around 800 000 people in D.C and approximately 800 sibling marches around the world.
Marielle Franco: Life And Resistance Of Brazilian Activism Champion
The remarkable and inspiring path of Marielle Franco's life, a politician, human rights activist, a representative for the black movement, the LGBT society, and favela residents in Brazil