The 2016 policy is being replicated across the country, and provides valuable lessons for reproductive healthcare globally A decade ago, the Health Minister of the Catalan government Toni Comín announced...
An Argentinian documentary follows a teenager’s transition to answer this question. The documentary Tristán y los días por venir (Tristán and the days to come) was filmed over seven years, documenting Tristán’s adolescence...
Gender-affirming surgery under military dictatorship paved the way for better rights today Waldirene Nogueira was 26 when she sought gender-affirming surgery in Brazil. It was 1971, the middle of Brazil’s...
A crackdown on press freedom is intensifying in the Horn of Africa nation Salsawit Baynesagn is the latest journalist to be detained in Ethiopia this month, according to an Amharic...
What happens when helping disabled people in China becomes more about charity than equality? Every year, China marks National Disability Assistance Day on the third Sunday of May with slogans...
An investigation by one of Switzerland’s leading newspapers raises as many questions as it answers The daughter of a former candidate for the Iranian presidency, and student at one of...
The parents of a Gen-Z icon fear for his safety after a government crackdown on his new cockroach-inspired political party A new political party in India, the Cockroach Janata Party...
Brazil moves to recognise trans language Pajubá as cultural heritage In the hidden cracks of Brazilian society, where queer communities continue to resist erasure, a secret language is flourishing. Pajubá,...
Amongst the deaf of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula Fingertips pressed together in a twisting motion to indicate “lemon”; an energetic motion of both wrists to say “bread”, suggestive of how flatbread...
East Germany’s little-known musical history and the ongoing fight for recognition Breakdancing, rapping, DJing and graffiti may not be the first things that come to mind when one thinks of...
How a political power struggle could distract from eradication efforts An already deadly and worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is compounded by the ruling government’s...
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