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ICE Detainees on Hunger Strike Demand Release

By Starlene Parris

By: Francesca Agnello As of this writing, four Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) migrants detained at Bergen County Jail, in New Jersey, are continuing their...

#EndSARS Protests Update

By Chiamaka Ndibe

It has been more than a month since peaceful #EndSars protesters were gunned down by Nigerian military forces at Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020....

Meet Hazma, a young Iraqi shot in a protest for democracy

By Chetan Soni

Hazma plays soccer before the protests (left), and lays in a makeshift hospital bed (right) Hamza Ahmed, a young man who played soccer and worked...

I Have Never Had More Hope for my Country

By Ejemeare Eigbe

It was the first time in all my life as a Nigerian that I saw the entire nation gather as one to agree on something;...

Prison to School Pipeline

By Nalini Shenoy

Clarence Ford is a Policy Research Associate at the Burns Institute where he focuses on developments in research, legislation, and analyzes data to understand the...

The Mapuche Struggle: A Woman’s Perspective – Raise the Voices

By stories

Piaroa Núñez and Ian Bannon Image Credit: Frentefotografico Large social protests erupted across Chile in October last year. As the protests intensified Mapuche flags, flying...

The Trip of No Return – Raise the Voices

By stories

Written by Askar M. Edited by Christopher Gross, T. Ganz, and the Uyghur Cases Team When Hesenjan Qari left Kazakhstan to visit his family in...

Meet Olga Kovalkova: The Feminist Leader For Democracy – Raise the Voices

By Mia Peralta

(Оппозиции, Координационный. Создание Координационного Совета: Итоги Пресс-Конференции, 18 Aug. 2020, rada.vision/sozdanie-koordinacyonnogo-soveta.) Olga Kovalkova, also known as Volha Kovalkova, is a Belarusian politician who wants to...

Explore a Different Criminal Justice Approach: Problem-Solving Courts – Raise the Voices

By Starlene Parris

Written by Starlene Parris & Kasey Michaud Approximately 15% of all people living in state prisons experience a serious mental illness. What happens to these...

Chile Protests Explained: A Protester’s POV

By Golda Velez

Chile’s Congress has agreed to postpone the constitutional referendum to October 25 to give the country time to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. To give...

SHE CAN TRI WEEKEND EMPOWERMENT Name of Event: SheCanTri Weekend Empowerment. Date of Event: February 2022 Number of Attendants: 20 Sponsoring organization(s): SheCanTri SheCanTri empowers…

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Empowerment of Young Women in Kibera, Kenya through Swimming