Three people who have managed to escape the besieged city tell openDemocracy of the horrors they witnessed
Rodrigo Chaves, accused of sexual harassment at the World Bank, has promised to ban gender education and uphold the strict law on abortion
Irpin, the quiet commuter town outside Kyiv where I live, became a terrifying battleground almost overnight. By some miracle, I survived
Some children start work against their parents' wishes, and bans on child labour make it impossible to protect them on the job
Abuja Moms: The empowering story of how women are helping other women to fight gender violence and poverty in Nigeria’s capital
Many children see vocational training, not formal schooling, as the way to escape back-breaking work
With many Central Asian states reliant on cash sent back home from those working abroad in Russia, sanctions are having devastating effects
As Russia and Belarus try to cover up key facts about the war, they’re going after a popular source of information
Schools are assumed to be the path to success, but what if the schools are bad, cruel, or don’t exist?
You can't stop child labour without confronting household poverty
A new exhibition in London by artist Sai reveals the horrors of an overlooked conflict
