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A crisis in maternity care, revealed through the eyes of the women who experienced it. The post ‘Like cattle to the slaughter’: Your unofficial handbook for giving birth in Romania appeared first on Unbias The News .
Facing ecological degradation under climate change, some in Kenya are looking back on traditional indigenous knowledge that prioritizes sustainable harmony with nature over short-term profits. Now, these customary rules may become laws on paper as well. The post According to tradition: Kenya revives customary laws to battle ecosystem loss appeared first on Unbias The News .
Saffron production in Kashmir is at an all-time low. In the push and pull between traditional practices and modern methods endorsed by the government, Kashmir’s most coveted crop is losing out to climate change and unplanned urban development. The post Sacred threads of saffron: Kashmir’s struggle to protect the world’s most expensive spice appeared first on Unbias The News .
The sudden demise of a long-running car-parts factory outside Florence was just the beginning of a different story. Protesting relentlessly and demanding a chance to rebuild from the ground up, the workers' struggle changed the law throughout the region, and created a model for a new kind of factory. The post Rebuilt by workers: How the laid-off workforce of a car parts factory changed labor rules…
Shepherds and their flocks are integral to the history of European culture and ecology. Now, a new generation of pastoralists – from migrants escaping underpaid care work, to science graduates looking for tangible ways to protect the planet – are rewriting patriarchal traditions to preserve it for the future. The post Shepherdesses smashing stereotypes: The women reviving ancient traditions for a…
Sophisticated new techniques for blocking public access to the internet show how autocratic governments have benefited from the monopolized tech landscape. It’s time to rethink how we connect and report, writes Sabrina Faramarzi. The post Iran’s internet blackout shows an increasingly powerful tool to reign in democratic movements appeared first on Unbias The News .
As bombs fall and power shifts, Venezuela is reframed as a geopolitical case study, while the voices of those living through the crisis are pushed aside. The gap between global commentary and lived reality turns human crisis into abstraction and exposes what is lost when journalism explains power while erasing the people who endure it, writes Gabriela Ramirez. The post Venezuela without…
Microfinance loans were meant to offer a pathway out of poverty in countries like Nigeria, particularly for women. But as climate change makes weather patterns more unpredictable, the risk of falling into further debt falls onto the shoulders of women farmers who face not just erratic farming conditions but social stigma from default. The post Nigerian women farmers trapped between climate shocks…
Arrests of high-profile campaigns suggest that even those working on government-approved green initiatives with international backing aren’t safe from Vietnam’s crackdown on environmental activism. But some warn that staying below the radar can be even more dangerous. The post Vietnamese activists’ dilemma: Go public and risk reprisals, or go undercover and go it alone appeared first on Unbias The…
After a Canadian mining company challenged a Zapotec community’s Indigenous identity, recalling the ancestral names of sacred landmarks helped reinvigorate their connection to the land – and defend it from extractive industries. The post Capulálpam de Méndez: A struggle for land and memory appeared first on Unbias The News .
