Calling attention to the most interesting conversations and perspectives emerging from citizen media around the world. globalvoices.orgTumblr (3.0; @globalvoices)https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/08f24320b6dc2dd93f37d96fa362cf7a/tumblr_po2241bxj81qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/08/four-years-on-from-students-shocking-murder-turkish-higher-education-refutes-gender-equality/" title="Four years on from student's shocking murder, Turkish higher education disavows gender equality" target="_blank">Four years on from student’s shocking murder, Turkish higher education disavows gender equality</a><br/><br/>“We need to consider that these meanings are not appropriate for our values or accepted by our society.”<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/08/four-years-on-from-students-shocking-murder-turkish-higher-education-refutes-gender-equality/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183314431694https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183314431694Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:07:13 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9dffe4cd9dd07607448e3c1242264c5c/tumblr_po223miuLP1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/08/how-kyrgyz-authorities-almost-banned-a-womens-rally-on-international-womens-day/" title="How Kyrgyz authorities almost banned a women's rally on International Women's Day" target="_blank">How Kyrgyz authorities almost banned a women’s rally on International Women’s Day</a><br/><br/>A nationalist vigilante group had pledged to break up the rally but the event went ahead without interruption.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/08/how-kyrgyz-authorities-almost-banned-a-womens-rally-on-international-womens-day/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183314427979https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183314427979Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:06:58 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/0042dedc5b98d74c7d55397fcf94dbac/tumblr_po2237TZYf1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/08/how-uyghur-activist-felt-the-long-arm-of-the-chinese-communist-party-in-canada/" title="How Uyghur activist felt the long arm of the Chinese Communist party, in Canada" target="_blank">How a Uyghur activist in Canada felt the long arm of the Chinese Communist party</a><br/><br/>Chinese student groups demanded McMaster university administrator protect Chinese dignity.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/08/how-uyghur-activist-felt-the-long-arm-of-the-chinese-communist-party-in-canada/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183314424449https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183314424449Fri, 08 Mar 2019 11:06:43 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8b072f5818c2b1721d5fbdb4804197b6/tumblr_pnwhpzZ1sI1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/03/for-the-first-time-in-brazils-history-there-is-an-indigenous-woman-in-the-national-congress/" title="For the first time in Brazil's history, there is an indigenous woman in the National Congress" target="_blank">For the first time in Brazil’s history, there is an indigenous woman in the National Congress</a><br/><br/>Joenia is the first indigenous woman ever to obtain a law degree in Brazil, and the first indigenous attorney to ever argue a case at the Supreme Court. <br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/03/for-the-first-time-in-brazils-history-there-is-an-indigenous-woman-in-the-national-congress/" target="_blank">Read more >></a><br/><br/><br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183245577913https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183245577913Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:00:11 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/a559f2070107c0afaac206072c15010f/tumblr_pnwhpb6hDC1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/03/metoosebat-kyrgyz-take-to-social-media-to-debate-controversial-gulen-schools/" title="#MeTooSebat: Kyrgyz take to social media to debate controversial ‘Gulen schools’" target="_blank">#MeTooSebat: Kyrgyz take to social media to debate controversial ‘Gulen schools’</a><br/><br/>Former pupils of private schools inspired by the Turkish scholar Fethullah Gulen share stories of oppression and bullying.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/03/metoosebat-kyrgyz-take-to-social-media-to-debate-controversial-gulen-schools/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183242289948https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183242289948Tue, 05 Mar 2019 11:00:06 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/bbcbbbbaa65aee52456b488f0820ab8b/tumblr_pnwholnve01qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/04/photojournalist-mahmoud-shawkan-abu-zeid-walks-free-after-more-than-five-years-in-prison/" title="Photojournalist Mahmoud ‘Shawkan’ Abu Zeid walks free, after more than five years in prison" target="_blank">Photojournalist Mahmoud ‘Shawkan’ Abu Zeid walks free, after more than five years in prison</a><br/><br/>After more than five years in jail, Mahmoud Abu Zeid, also know as Shawkan, was released from prison in Egypt on March 4.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/03/04/photojournalist-mahmoud-shawkan-abu-zeid-walks-free-after-more-than-five-years-in-prison/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183242253939https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183242253939Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:57:57 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/7c1cebdf893f1a2f867ec42da97dd674/tumblr_pnlce8J9Pt1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/27/australian-courts-historic-rejection-of-coal-mine-highlights-the-impact-of-climate-change/" title="Australian court's historic rejection of coal mine highlights the impact of climate change" target="_blank">Australian court’s historic rejection of coal mine highlights the impact of climate change</a><br/><br/>A court has used the impact on climate change as one of the reasons for rejecting a new coal mine in Australia.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/27/australian-courts-historic-rejection-of-coal-mine-highlights-the-impact-of-climate-change/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183098997965https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183098997965Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:00:11 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/f5d575e1eb4ae072db21e04602be4cb1/tumblr_pnlcdfd8D81qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/27/mexican-women-protest-for-their-lives-as-kidnaps-and-femicides-surge/" title="Mexican women protest for their lives as kidnappings and femicides surge" target="_blank">Mexican women protest for their lives as kidnappings and femicides surge</a><br/><br/> An average of nine women were killed every day in Mexico in 2018.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/27/mexican-women-protest-for-their-lives-as-kidnaps-and-femicides-surge/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183095820827https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183095820827Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:00:06 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NzYmKdFiCio?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/26/life-death-and-puppets-the-stop-motion-animation-of-tomoyasu-murata/" title="Life, death, and puppets: the stop-motion animation of Tomoyasu Murata" target="_blank">Life, death, and puppets: the stop-motion animation of Tomoyasu Murata</a><br/><br/>Tomoyasu Murata is a Japanese stop-motion animator and artist whose short films and installations explore the themes of life and death. <br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/26/life-death-and-puppets-the-stop-motion-animation-of-tomoyasu-murata/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183095296469https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183095296469Wed, 27 Feb 2019 10:29:01 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/7e3cd7390e11b9fd9870d030d2b056d7/tumblr_pnhmiasyk91qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/22/more-internet-less-freedom-in-russia/" title="As Putin preaches ‘sovereignty’ and tech modernization, experts lament loss of online freedoms" target="_blank">As Putin preaches ‘sovereignty’ and tech modernization, experts lament loss of online freedoms</a><br/><br/>In February, two reports came out that noted a sharp, continuous downwards trend in online freedoms. <br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/22/more-internet-less-freedom-in-russia/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183049915328https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183049915328Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:00:07 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/3558cce397d73a1bc4f9bf5ad1b1ebda/tumblr_pnhmhgDZpY1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/25/how-saudi-leaders-are-using-religion-to-consolidate-power-and-silence-critical-voices/" title="How Saudi leaders are using religion to consolidate power and silence critical voices" target="_blank">How Saudi leaders are using religion to consolidate power and silence critical voices</a><br/><br/>“Using the Grand Mosque to whitewash acts of despotism and oppression.”<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/25/how-saudi-leaders-are-using-religion-to-consolidate-power-and-silence-critical-voices/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183049216399https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/183049216399Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:17:40 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9f7a6996e63e08371b67620c3eb6bc25/tumblr_pnabfravuK1qg9hq7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/20/a-tibetan-canadian-student-was-attacked-online-after-winning-student-council-elections-she-thinks-beijing-is-to-blame/" title="A Tibetan-Canadian student was attacked online after winning student council elections. She thinks Beijing is to blame." target="_blank">A Tibetan-Canadian student was attacked online after winning student council elections. She thinks Beijing is to blame.</a><br/><br/>Her personal social account was flooded with demeaning comments and veiled threats.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/20/a-tibetan-canadian-student-was-attacked-online-after-winning-student-council-elections-she-thinks-beijing-is-to-blame/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182966685654https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182966685654Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:00:27 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/4dacc3848529669032429a9df6d991db/tumblr_pnabfasBlJ1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/21/female-brazilian-legislator-attacked-on-social-media-for-revealing-outfit/" title="Female Brazilian legislator attacked on social media for revealing outfit" target="_blank">Female Brazilian legislator attacked on social media for revealing outfit</a><br/><br/> The reason: her cleavage.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/21/female-brazilian-legislator-attacked-on-social-media-for-revealing-outfit/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182963409272https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182963409272Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:00:26 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/29dd567952b695674144789c22d9226c/tumblr_pnabernKCD1qg9hq7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/18/haitis-current-political-unrest-deja-vu-or-opportunity-for-meaningful-change/" title="Haiti's current political unrest: Déjà vu or opportunity for meaningful change?" target="_blank">Haiti’s current political unrest: Déjà vu or opportunity for meaningful change?</a><br/><br/>The streets of Port-au-Prince and other major Haitian cities have been filled with people protesting violently against the current government.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/18/haitis-current-political-unrest-deja-vu-or-opportunity-for-meaningful-change/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182960999584https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182960999584Thu, 21 Feb 2019 11:35:15 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/6c8ce0e231f35a23a40c112ba0cd6aee/tumblr_pn6mkuJGxJ1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/18/censored-on-wechat-as-tensions-in-china-us-trade-conflict-rose-so-did-wechat-censorship/" title="Censored on WeChat: As tensions in China-US trade conflict rose, so did WeChat censorship" target="_blank">As tensions in China-US trade conflict rose, so did WeChat censorship</a><br/><br/>The second installment in our series looks at the most censored topic in the 2018 WeChatscope dataset: the China-US trade war. <br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/18/censored-on-wechat-as-tensions-in-china-us-trade-conflict-rose-so-did-wechat-censorship/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182922463764https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182922463764Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:00:06 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c700ade8bd9711279d3f8366df311135/tumblr_pn6mkfGDdh1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/18/eu-proposal-pushes-tech-companies-to-tackle-terrorist-content-with-ai-despite-implications-for-war-crimes-evidence/" title="EU proposal pushes tech companies to tackle ‘terrorist content’ with AI, despite implications for war crimes evidence" target="_blank">EU proposal pushes tech companies to tackle ‘terrorist content’ with AI</a><br/><br/>However, there are implications for war crimes evidence.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/18/eu-proposal-pushes-tech-companies-to-tackle-terrorist-content-with-ai-despite-implications-for-war-crimes-evidence/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182919105503https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182919105503Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:00:06 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/47c4c03248bb3e09a11f64a8a27e9ef0/tumblr_pn6mjyCFc41qg9hq7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/19/three-babies-have-died-from-measles-in-macedonia-is-anti-vax-propaganda-to-blame/" title="Three babies have died from measles in Macedonia. Is anti-vax propaganda to blame?" target="_blank">Three babies have died from measles in Macedonia. Is anti-vax propaganda to blame?</a><br/><br/>Macedonia has one of the lowest rates for measles vaccination in Europe, according to the World Health Organization.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/19/three-babies-have-died-from-measles-in-macedonia-is-anti-vax-propaganda-to-blame/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182916800089https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182916800089Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:45:34 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/6ad0b8e6cbd8e1e735afc1a56257f17b/tumblr_pmvjnagCo01qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/10/serene-and-committed-this-legendary-afghan-educators-legacy-will-burn-through-generations/" title="‘Serene and committed.’ This legendary Afghan educator's legacy will burn brightly through generations" target="_blank">Afghan educator’s legacy will shine brightly through generations</a><br/><br/>The news of Mohammad Sharif Fayez’s death brought with it a wave of grief and mourning for a statesman whose contribution to the gains made in Afghan education since 2001 is probably impossible to overestimate. <br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/10/serene-and-committed-this-legendary-afghan-educators-legacy-will-burn-through-generations/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182789457102https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182789457102Wed, 13 Feb 2019 17:00:09 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/e725da163ed70d94ad763a45174dd991/tumblr_pmvjmuvO0p1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/12/as-indias-elections-draw-near-right-wing-leader-is-arrested-for-shooting-mahatma-gandhis-effigy/" title="As India's elections draw near, right-wing leader is arrested for shooting Mahatma Gandhi's effigy" target="_blank">As India’s elections draw near, right-wing leader is arrested for shooting Mahatma Gandhi’s effigy</a><br/><br/>After the leader of a Hindu fringe group shot an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi, the a subsequent video of the incident went viral. <br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/12/as-indias-elections-draw-near-right-wing-leader-is-arrested-for-shooting-mahatma-gandhis-effigy/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182786070968https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182786070968Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:00:09 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/e9196de16cd7392ee979ae5f5ad412b9/tumblr_pmvjmd1dMz1qg9hq7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/12/venezuelas-humanitarian-crisis-puts-trinidad-and-tobagos-refugee-policy-under-the-microscope/" title="Venezuela's humanitarian crisis puts Trinidad and Tobago's refugee policy under the microscope" target="_blank">Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis puts Trinidad and Tobago’s refugee policy under the microscope</a><br/><br/>Trinidad, the larger of the two islands forming the nation of Trinidad and Tobago, is located just 11km north of the Venezuelan mainland.<br/><br/><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2019/02/12/venezuelas-humanitarian-crisis-puts-trinidad-and-tobagos-refugee-policy-under-the-microscope/" target="_blank">Read more >></a> <br/></p>https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182784166504https://globalvoices.tumblr.com/post/182784166504Wed, 13 Feb 2019 12:08:37 -0500