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Governance · April, 2025

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Stories about Governance from April, 2025

Gains and gaps in gender equality in North Macedonia

Significant disparities emerge among the individual indicators of gender equality analyzed by the World Economic Forum

Written by Kristina Hadzi-Vasileva

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‘Make Moldova Great Again’: The mayor of Chișinău posted a photo with Donald Trump Jr.

This caused discussions in Moldova's social media space

Written by Daria Dergacheva

3 weeks ago

In Afghanistan, women and girls fight oppression through continued education

Online learning platforms for education and self-expression are crucial now

Written by Forus

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Brazilian trans women parliamentarians categorized as ‘male’ on their US visas

Visas issued by the US government under Donald Trump use the male term, even though the politicians' documents recognise their female gender

Written by Luís Gustavo Carmo

Translated by Fernanda Canofre

3 weeks ago

The new anti-LGBTQ+ bill proposed to the Turkish parliament, branded as a ‘manifesto of hate’

Submitted by an ultra conservative party, the draft bill sparks outcry

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

4 weeks ago

Ahead of municipal elections, Lebanese voter data is at risk

Outdated laws and weak cybersecurity leave Lebanese voter data vulnerable to breaches, with no clear privacy policy in place.

Written by SMEX

22 April 2025

Thailand-based US scholar faces prison term and deportation for alleged royal insult and cybercrime violations

Chambers has written extensively about the role of the military in Thai politics

Written by Mong Palatino

21 April 2025

Digital ID systems in Africa: A dream of inclusion or a threat to privacy?

It's important that individuals understand their rights and responsibilities in the digital age

Written by Cecilia Maundu

21 April 2025

Benin: New markets open in Cotonou in anticipation of Dantokpa closure

The largest in West Africa, Dantokpa market opened in 1963

Written by Megan Fahrney

19 April 2025

‘What is normal?’: A trending question in Turkey

The question came in response to a men's football team's banner that read, 'What is natural is normal birth'

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

18 April 2025

How is Africa affected by the US-China tariff war?

Though Africa wasn’t a primary target, it has become collateral damage in this clash of titans

Written by Adesewa Olofinko

18 April 2025

The Garo tribe are stewards of the forest in India's Meghalaya hills

The community employs traditional practices to protect and care for their forests

Written by Biswash Chepang

17 April 2025

Documentary about first Soviet sexologist Igor Kon receives a festival prize

A film about scientific courage, moral responsibility, and inner freedom

Written by Daria Dergacheva

16 April 2025

Turkey's youth on the frontlines of protests

High school students have now joined university students in protests that have rocked the country since March 19

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

16 April 2025

How anti-war Russians end up in US immigration prisons

"You did everything the American government asked. And now you're a criminal."

Written by Baikal People Journal

14 April 2025

Kathmandu, Nepal's liquid landscape: Hiti Pranali water heritage

Research maps network of ancient water canals that still function despite urban pressure

Written by Nepali Times

13 April 2025

Vanuatu prime minister criticizes post-earthquake documentary for peddling alleged ‘foreign media bias’

Vanuatu officials complain that an Australian report unfairly singled out Chinese construction projects

Written by Mong Palatino

13 April 2025

How China’s model of internet censorship is getting traction in Asia: Interview with ARTICLE 19 researchers

Cybersecurity is reframed as regime security under the banner of sovereignty

Written by Filip Noubel

12 April 2025

‘One crap-news per week’: How Kremlin propaganda works on VKontakte social media platforms

How government-managed public social media accounts in Russia were turned into a propaganda machine

Written by Daria Dergacheva

9 April 2025

40 years after the end of the military dictatorship, why does Brazil still resist confronting its past?

Brazil struggles to provide truth, justice and reparation to victims of the military dictatorship that ruled the country for over 20 years and their families

Written by Laura Chaparro

Translated by Laura Chaparro

8 April 2025

Myanmar junta continues airstrikes despite post-earthquake ceasefire declaration

Junta forces are accused of bombing villages instead of focusing on search and rescue operations

Written by Mong Palatino

7 April 2025

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