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Muhawe Myriam Charmante is smiling and looking at the camera while collecting firewood at the collective gathering site in Sake, DRC

18 Nov 2024

Why UN peacekeeping often falls short and how it can do better
Hundreds people in a street at a protest in Kenya. Some people are throwing objects, some are running and there is smoke rising from the ground.

30 Aug 2024

Youth-led protests in Kenya show strength in unity
Women stood beside a colourful bus holding up baskets of mangos to sell to the passengers.

27 Mar 2024

Four ways to boost investment in women-led small businesses
Mariam is smiling, wearing a red tunic and head covering with a pattern of white and blue flowers standing in front cooking firepits outside of sandy walls and buildings

17 Jan 2024

The $100 trillion gender wealth gap
A yellow signpost with the word Austerity printed in black below another signpost of a dollar sign.

12 Oct 2023

The World Bank and IMF must change to tackle poverty
An informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya showing cheap and flimsy buildings with high rise offices and apartments in the background

26 Jul 2023

Why the Palma ratio can accelerate efforts to tackle global inequality
An image of an alarm clock with the words 'we don't all have the same 24 hours' by it.

27 Jan 2023

Billionaires' wealth could stop the East Africa food crisis every 24 hours
Refugees from Ukraine arriving at a staging area at the Polish border.

16 Mar 2022

Feeling helpless about a world in crisis? Here are 4 things that can really make a difference
A hand inside a white surgical glove is holding a vial of the mRNA vaccine.

18 Jan 2022

Why did billionaires get richer during Covid-19