The aim of Visionews is to publish positive news and stories about success in the fields of peace, the environment and gender justice. The stories were mainly written by local reporters from the international news agency IPS. These reports show how courageous peace women prevented or ended wars; how men’s organisations do excellent work to stop violence; how civil society groups and governments actively protect the climate, environment and resources; how projects and initiatives engage in a sustainable form of economic management based on solidarity; and how projects and initiatives promote food sovereignty. Visionews portrays dedicated people and projects in the hope that these role models will encourage other people to follow their lead and help to prevent wars over resources arising from the global climate crisis. In May 2012, Visionews was awarded the Alternative Media Prize in Nuremberg for its work. It used the money to finance the Spanish version of its website. The good practices are sorted by country in the column on the left. You can also search by topic, for example, “human rights” or “renewable energies”, by typing the term into the search bar below the list of countries.
By Catherine Wilson HONIARA, Solomon Islands, Oct 20 2013 (IPS) – In the Solomon Islands in the south-west Pacific, where two in three of the estimated female population of 252,000 have experienced physical and sexual partner abuse, recognition is growing … Continue reading →
By Stephen Leahy NANTES, France, Oct 8 2013 (IPS) – One evening in the small village of Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, England, someone started a conversation about climate change and energy at the local pub. It was 2005. Two years … Continue reading →
By Stephen Leahy INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, Sep 23 2013 (IPS) – The lack of land rights is a crisis not just for local people but for all of humanity, warned organisers at an international conference here. Evidence shows that without more … Continue reading →
By Ivet González HAVANA, Sep 20 2013 (IPS) – It is unusual to see Cuban sports legends in public service announcements. However, a handful of champions and rising young stars are wearing messages or appearing in TV spots against violence … Continue reading →
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Sep 6 2013 (IPS) – Against the backdrop of widespread sectarian violence in Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria – and rising xenophobia and Islamophobia in Western Europe and the United States – the United … Continue reading →
By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI, Aug 9 2013 (IPS) – Tucked deep in Kenya’s sprawling Kibera slum is the shanty that Alice Atieno calls home. It is just one among many small, badly-lit shacks built close together in this crowded slum … Continue reading →
By Amy Fallon KAMPALA, Jul 23 2013 (IPS) – It is 10.26 am in Kampala and a Ugandan woman is airing her gripe about the opposite sex on the airwaves. Rose, a married shop attendant who works at Kiseka market … Continue reading →
By Milagros Salazar DARWIN, Australia, May 29 2013 (IPS) – This city in northern Australia brought them together to share their experiences this week. They are indigenous Shipiba people fighting indiscriminate logging in Peru’s Amazon jungle region and delegates … Continue reading →
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 26 2013 (IPS) – Slavery. Colonialism. Apartheid. Gender discrimination in voting. All were abolished in most places after longstanding battles – largely in bygone eras. Now a high-level panel is scheduled to meet next … Continue reading →
By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours JERUSALEM, May 24 2013 (IPS) – Public discussions about sexuality and gender diversity are difficult to start in many places. But a new multimedia project that is garnering buzz in Palestine aims to reverse this trend and … Continue reading →
By Ivet González HAVANA, May 21 2013 (IPS) – “The people are the only thing that matters,” says agronomist Miguel Ángel Salcines, who then goes on to list a series of other “secondary” factors that have turned Vivero Alamar, an … Continue reading →
SOAN VALLEY, Pakistan, May 22 2013 (IPS) – Staring out at his golden wheat field with satisfaction, 50-year old Alamgir Akbar says with a sigh of relief: “We’ve had a good crop this season.” The farmer has waited a long … Continue reading →
By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Aug 17 2012 (IPS) – After more than a decade of campaigning against toxic agrochemicals, a group of women from a poor neighbourhood in the northern Argentine city of Córdoba have brought large-scale soybean growers … Continue reading →
By Leisa Sánchez QUITO, May 14 2013 (IPS) – At the age of 20, Damián Valencia speaks knowledgeably about every aspect of gender equality. He is a member of Cascos Rosa, a young people’s initiative working for cultural change against … Continue reading →
Madrid/El Hierro, April/May 2013. The 40 members of the delegation that visited El Hierro in late April were very impressed by what they saw and heard: “This island is a model for the world and an example of sustainable development. … Continue reading →
By Pierre Klochendler TEL AVIV, May 12 2013 (IPS) – At the Gymnasia Herzliya School in Tel Aviv, 20 ninth and tenth graders are testing the simplest, cheapest and fastest way to solve the problem of malnutrition among their peers around the … Continue reading →
By Ashfaq Yusufzai BAJAUR AGENCY, Pakistan, Apr 9 2013 (IPS) – “My sole motive is to serve my people, especially women who have had no role in politics so far. I feel we can make progress only by bringing in … Continue reading →
By Catherine Wilson MUNDA, Solomon Islands, Apr 10 2013 (IPS) – With little more than a bush knife and an axe between them, a group of young boys between the ages of nine and 18 years have taken food security … Continue reading →
By A. D. McKenzie PARIS, Apr 5 2013 (IPS) – With the level of Western aid to the world’s poorest countries declining amid the global financial crisis, economists are calling for “innovative” means of development that range from proper taxation … Continue reading →
By George Gao UNITED NATIONS, Mar 17 2013 (IPS) – In her opening speech for the world’s largest conference on ending violence against women and girls, Michelle Bachelet summoned the spirit of 15-year old Malala Yousafzai, who’s skull was shattered … Continue reading →
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Mar 14 2013 (IPS) – The world’s 132 developing nations, largely part of the global South, are ascending at a pace “unprecedented in its speed and scale”, according to the latest Human Development Report (HDR) … Continue reading →
By George Gao UNITED NATIONS, Mar 4 2013 (IPS) – The U.N. has opened up public platforms to engage the world on how best to replace the expiring Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and frame a new development agenda, post-2015. What … Continue reading →
By Daan Bauwens TOKYO, Mar 2 2013 (IPS) – After two decades of economic stagnation and serial natural disasters, a growing number of young Japanese believe social entrepreneurship is the best way to rebuild their society. Masami Komatsu (37) is … Continue reading →
By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Feb 21 2013 (IPS) – It’s carnival time in sunny northwest Argentina, and as usual, food vending carts are everywhere. But some of the carts are different this year: they offer food cooked on the … Continue reading →
Bhutan (EU/US) The small Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas has decided to become the first wholly organic country in the world. The London daily, “The Guardian”, reports that Bhutan will only allow organic farming in the future, while the … Continue reading →
By Naimul Haq BARGUNA, Bangladesh , Feb 9 2013 (IPS) – Monashatoli, a small coastal village of 5,000 residents in Bangladesh’s southwestern Barguna district, located about 470 kilometres south of the capital Dhaka, is a living model of the success … Continue reading →
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Feb 8 2013 (IPS) – A months-old national campaign to convince U.S. colleges, universities and city governments to withdraw investments from the world’s largest oil and gas companies has seen some notable initial successes. On … Continue reading →
By Rousbeh Legatis UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 2013 (IPS) – Journalists can play a crucial role in helping to shift traditional attitudes within societies where the cruel practice of female genital mutilation is an everyday reality. Mae Azango, a reporter … Continue reading →
By A. D. McKenzie PARIS, Jan 23 2013 (IPS) – Non-governmental organisations across Europe welcomed the move by 11 European Union countries Tuesday to move forward with the introduction of a financial transaction tax (FTT), but they urged national governments … Continue reading →
By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Jan 17 2013 (IPS) – Latin America’s big cities should cooperate with each other in order to overcome shared challenges in transport issues, such as sustainability and a more human-centered approach to urban development, experts … Continue reading →
By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 18 2013 (IPS) – After Hurricane Sandy swept through the northeast of the United States late October 2012, millions of New Yorkers were left for days without electricity. But they still had access to … Continue reading →
By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 15 2013 (IPS) – A majority of major economies have made significant progress in addressing climate change, with countries like South Korea and China taking aggressive action so they can benefit from energy- and … Continue reading →
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 2013 (IPS) – When the General Assembly wound down its 67th session in late December, it underscored the key role for energy in the U.N.’s post-2015 economic agenda by declaring 2014-2024 the “Decade … Continue reading →
By Rebecca Hanser UNITED NATIONS, Jan 2013 (IPS) – For more than two decades, the internationally beloved singer and human rights activist Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been at the forefront of the South African pop music scene. Growing up during … Continue reading →
By Ute Scheub A trained theologian, Jonah Gokowa is founder of the antisexist men´s organization „Padare, The Men´s Forum on Gender“, in Zimbabwe. Ute Scheub spoke with him at the international conference „Gender Counts“ in Berlin. Mr. Gokowa, the organization … Continue reading →
By Soumaila T. Diarra BAMAKO , Dec 28 2012 (IPS) – In the southern Senegal village of Kael Bessel, female genital mutilation is no longer a taboo subject. Sexagenarian Fatoumata Sabaly speaks freely about female circumcision and girls’ rights with … Continue reading →
By Orton Kiishweko DAR ES SALAAM, Dec 2012 (IPS) – From January 2013, Tanzania will start restricting the size of land that single large-scale foreign and local investors can “lease” for agricultural use. The decision follows both local and international … Continue reading →
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Dec 2012 (IPS) – Gathering for the first time here in Washington, representatives of the newly established human rights commission of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated Thursday that they plan to start their … Continue reading →
By Constanza Vieira BOGOTA, Dec 20 2012 (IPS) – Colombia’s large-scale agricultural producers and peasant farmers managed to listen to each other for the first time about the core cause of the decades-long armed conflict: the concentration of rural land … Continue reading →
By Catherine Wilson SYDNEY, Dec 17 2012 (IPS) – The world’s first deep sea mineral (DSM) mining venture in the Bismarck Sea off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific has come to a halt after … Continue reading →
By Sara Abbas* 2 December 2012 The Arabic word for revolution, thawra, has a female gender. So does the word ’huriya (freedom), and so does the word intifada (uprising). Sara Abbas talks to the social media revolutionaries behind The Uprising … Continue reading →
By Mike Elkin NAIROBI, Nov 21 2012 (IPS) – A new website linking corruption and other scandals to high-ranking Kenyan politicians, created by a team of political provocateurs, has become one of the most-visited web pages in the country. MaVulture.com, … Continue reading →
By Souleymane Faye DAKAR, Nov 12 2012 (IPS) – The residents of five villages in the Boyard Valley, in southwestern Senegal, are freeing themselves from “the tyranny of imported rice” by stepping up local production of this important staple food. … Continue reading →
By Zofeen Ebrahim BEIJING, Nov 2012 (IPS) – As the northern Indian state of Rajasthan rolls out an ambitious universal healthcare plan, the discontent of the state’s doctors stands in stark contrast to the joys of the 68 million people … Continue reading →
BAMENDA, Cameroon , Nov 8 2012 (IPS) – In the small farming village of Sabongari, in Cameroon’s North West Region, the need for kerosene to light bush lamps and petrol to run electric generators has been replaced by the need … Continue reading →
By Ivet González HAVANA, Oct 31 2012 (IPS) – Sandra Ribalta is no longer satisfied with getting more and more people involved in the task of greening the neighbourhood of Las Cañas in the Cuban capital. She is now working … Continue reading →
By Henry Wasswa KAMPALA, Nov 15 2012 (IPS) – Charles Kayongo of Uganda is a father of two girls aged five and three. And even though age-old traditions among his ethnic group, the Baganda, say a man should have an … Continue reading →
By Kara Santos MANILA, Nov 21 2012 (IPS) – International travellers may soon get to enjoy the scenic spots and rich cultural heritage of Muslim Mindanao, the Philippines’ southernmost island group, without the threat of being caught in the … Continue reading →
By Busani Bafana DES MOINES, Iowa, USA, Nov 16 2012 (IPS) – Give a woman a hand-out and you feed her for a day. But teach her to farm, and how to add value to her product, and you … Continue reading →
By Julia Kallas UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 2012 (IPS) – Khadija Ismayilova has been threatened with blackmail by her own government. She has been branded an “enemy of the state”, mainly for her exposés of official corruption. Not only did … Continue reading →
By Abdurrahman Warsameh MOGADISHU, Nov 20 2012 (IPS) – As little-known politician Fauzia Yusuf Haji Adan was sworn in as Somalia’s first female foreign minister and deputy prime minister on Monday Nov. 19, the stateswoman who hails from the unrecognised, … Continue reading →
By Fabiana Frayssinet Rio de Janeiro, Nov 21 2012 (IPS) – A Brazilian designer has taken fashion from the exclusivity of the catwalk to the reality of the favela, to demonstrate that styles, trends and fads are also born in … Continue reading →
By Mel Frykberg Cairo, Nov 1 2012 (IPS) – Egyptian bullies who sexually harass women in the streets, often taking advantage of mob situations and the anonymity these provide, are getting a taste of their own medicine – and they … Continue reading →
By Mike Elkin Nairobi, Nov 5 2012 (IPS) – During an interview at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Nairobi, David Kuria Mbote, Kenya’s first openly homosexual candidate for public office, stresses that his campaign will not be only about gay … Continue reading →
By Emilio Godoy Mexiko City, Oct 24 2012 (IPS) – It has been many years since Mexico, the birthplace of maize, has been self-sufficient in this staple food that plays a central role in its cuisine and culture. But … Continue reading →
By Catherine Wilson Brisbane, Oct 26 2012 (IPS) – Tokelau, a small Polynesian territory in the central Pacific, has surpassed the rest of the world in replacing fossil fuels and raised the benchmark of achievement on sustainable development. Located … Continue reading →
By Luz Mendez Guatemala City, 2012. Fifteen brave Guatemalan women from the indigenous q’eqchí people testified before the High Risk Court in Guatemala City on Sept. 24-28, as part of the first criminal trial for sexual slavery and rape during the … Continue reading →
By Ashfaq Yusufzai Peshawar, Oct 12 2012 (IPS) – Shazia Begum, one of three girls injured in the attack on the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai says the Taliban had sought to silence a very influential schoolgirl. “Malala is a source … Continue reading →
Analysis by Estrella Gutiérrez Caracas, Oct 7 2012 (IPS) – Following the extreme neoliberalism of the Washington Consensus, which gave rise to a lost decade in social terms, Latin America is experimenting more successfully with a home-grown formula: the Brasilia … Continue reading →
Beatrice Paez interviews Dame Pauline Green, President of the International Cooperative Alliance Quebec City, Canada, Oct 9, 2012 (IPS) – The international rally to take the global cooperative movement to the next level is in full swing at the International Summit … Continue reading →
By Mabvuto Banda Nsanje, Malawi, Oct 13 2012 (IPS) – For many women in Malawi’s disaster-prone southern district of Nsanje, resilience is essential to survive the cyclical flooding. Twenty-four-year-old Chrissie Davie, a mother of four, saved two of her three … Continue reading →
By Linus Atarah Helsinki, Oct 6 2012 (IPS) – The City of Helsinki added its voice to a growing global call against corporate tax evasion with the passage of a new responsibility strategy that leaves no room for unethical business … Continue reading →
By Thalif Deen United Nations, Sep 12, 2012 (IPS) – Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed, says the preamble to the constitution of … Continue reading →
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani Cairo, Aug, 2012. Throughout the course of Egypt’s January 25 Revolution, which culminated in the ouster of longstanding President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, female protesters stood on the frontlines of the … Continue reading →
By Mel Frykberg* Tripoli, Aug, 2012 – Following the Libyan revolution, in which women played a crucial part, and the participation of large numbers of Libyan women in the July 2012 elections, Libyan women are now hoping to work towards … Continue reading →
By Ivet González Havana, Aug 27 2012 (IPS) – Blanca Lima raises all her appliances above flood level, puts boxes of clothes on top of wardrobes, and fills the shelves she installed near the ceiling with all kinds of objects. … Continue reading →
By Ashfaq Yusufzai Peshawar, Pakistan, Jul 28 2012 (IPS) – Far from fears that female education is on the decline after the Taliban campaign against girls’ schools, female students outclassed their male counterparts in the secondary school examination for 2012. … Continue reading →
By Souleymane Faye Dakar, Aug 2 2012 (IPS) – A record number of women were sworn in as legislators as Senegal’s new parliament was inaugurated on Monday. Sixty-four women now have seats in this West African country’s 150-member National Assembly, … Continue reading →
By Stephen Leahy Cairns, Australia, Jul 13 2012 (IPS) – It takes a village to protect a reef and sustain a local fishery, more than two decades of experience now shows. And even well-intentioned governments can do more harm than … Continue reading →
By Anil Netto Penang, Malaysia, Jul 21, 2012 (IPS) – Three years ago, Sherly Hue lived the life of a typical career woman in Kuala Lumpur, working as a marketing executive promoting building materials. But one day, she received a … Continue reading →
By Koffigan E. Adigbli Dakar, Jul 3 2012 (IPS) – Eighty-odd kilometres outside Dakar, the Senegalese capital, solar power and an irrigation scheme are transforming a traditional village into what the government hopes will be a model for the future … Continue reading →
By Edgardo Ayala and Claudia Ávalos San Julián, El Salvador, Apr 30, 2012 (IPS) – María Elena Muñoz industriously weeds a clearing in the forest and then digs several holes, where she and another four dozen women are planting plantain … Continue reading →
By Ousseini Issa Dioga, Niger, Jun 22, 2012 (IPS) – Four figures bend intently over their work in one corner of the large vegetable garden near the western Niger village of Dioga. Months after the village’s main harvest has been … Continue reading →
Isabelle de Grave interviews Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women United Nations, Jun 13 2012 (IPS) – Unlocking women’s energies and allowing them to become drivers of change could fuel the motor of sustainable development. The question is whether … Continue reading →
By Marcela Valente Buenos Aires, May 10, 2012 (IPS) – Under a new law that recognises a broad range of rights for transvestites, transsexuals and transgender persons in Argentina, they will have the right to modify their legal documents to … Continue reading →
By Marcela Valente Buenos Aires, Apr 27, 2012 (IPS) – With 35 students, the first secondary school specifically for transvestites and other members of sexual minorities who face discrimination in mainstream schools opened in March in the Argentine capital. The … Continue reading →
By Travis Lupick* Monrovia, May 9, 2012 (IPS) – The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the lives of … Continue reading →
By K.S. Harikrishnan Kovalam, India, April, 2012 (IPS) – Standing on the shimmering white beach and gazing out at the turquoise blue waters of the Arabian sea, it is hard to believe that a decade ago this international tourist … Continue reading →
By Wambi Michael WAKISO, Uganda, April, 2012 (IPS) – For most Ugandan women, obtaining a commercial loan to start a business has been very difficult. Many do not have the required collateral of land title deeds and many cannot afford … Continue reading →
New York, Apr 16, 2012 (IPS) – The founder of the NGO Friends of Lake Turkana in Kenya, Ikal Angelei, were declared one of the winners of the so- called “Green Nobel”. Ma Jun from China, Evgenia Chirikova from Russia and … Continue reading →
By Emilio Godoy Mexico City, Apr 13, 2012 (IPS) – Women-leaded so-called water schools, which educate communities on the resource and its links with the environment, gender and climate change, are helping to raise awareness on proper water management in … Continue reading →
By Hannah Rubenstein Umoja, Kenya, Apr 4, 2012 (IPS) – No man, except for those raised here as children, lives in Umoja village in Kenya; one has not for two decades. It is a village only of and for … Continue reading →
By Feizal Samath Colombo, Apr 3, 2012 (IPS) – Maldivian women, long used to taking a backseat in the Muslim-dominated Indian Ocean country, say they are determined to ensure that they are not deprived of their rights under the new regime of President … Continue reading →
By Pamela Sepúlveda* Santiago, Mar 8, 2012 (IPS) – What does riding a bike have to do with women’s rights? According to the Chilean feminist group Macleta, which promotes cycling and a gender perspective on public transport, a bicycle … Continue reading →
By Danilo Valladares Guatemala City, March 2012 (IPS) – “To achieve peace, it is necessary for the truth to come out, and for the victims to receive reparations. And part of this is that cases of genocide and crimes against … Continue reading →
By Rousbeh Legatis Nations, March 10, 2012 (IPS) – In Haitian refugee camps, women are still crammed under plastic or cloth tarps that provide no security and quickly become overheated by the sun. Sexual abuse, harassment, assault and rape run … Continue reading →
WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR LEYMAH GBOWEE AND ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF!!! By Tamasin Ford and Sonnie Morris* Monrovia, October 2010 (IPS) – It is break time at the Victory Chapel School in Congo Town. Children dressed in … Continue reading →
WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR TAWAKKUL KARMAN!!! By Mehru Jaffer Vienna, May 2011 (IPS) – Despite being at the forefront of sweeping changes taking place in the country, the lives of the majority of Yemeni women … Continue reading →
By Tamasin Ford and Tecee Boley* Assistant Commissioner Bennetta Holder Warner sits behind her small brown desk covered with books and paper-filled manila folders papers. Her crisp black uniform shines as if it was just made. The Liberian lady … Continue reading →
By Marcela Valente Buenos Aires, Aug 4 (IPS) – The endeavour gave a deeper meaning to her life and turned her into an internationally recognised community organiser. Nevertheless, the real wish of Margarita Barrientos is that there would be more … Continue reading →
By Zofeen Ebrahim Karachi, Jul 28 (IPS) – Subhan Khatoon’s brand new home is nothing like the one that got washed away, along with all her worldly goods, in the 2010 monsoon floods that submerged a fifth of Pakistan and … Continue reading →
By Naimul Haq Dhaka, Jul 26 (IPS) – Jasinta Nokrek loves nothing better than to range through the dense Modhupur forest, the way her Garo tribal ancestors have always done. But these days there is grimmer work. She and … Continue reading →
By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Jul 4 (IPS) – When Bina Tamang was told that she could earn money by not felling trees in the tiny forest that serves as the source of fuel and fodder for 65 families in her … Continue reading →
By Manipadma Jena Bhubaneswar, India, July (IPS) – In eastern Orissa state’s tribal hinterlands about 200 ‘seed-mothers’ are on mission mode – identifying, collecting and conserving traditional seed varieties and motivating farming families to use them. The seed-mothers (bihana-maa in … Continue reading →
By Milagros Salazar Lucanamarca, Peru, Jun 30, 2011 (IPS) – Fuchsia, green and turquoise yarn shuttles swiftly across the wooden loom Dora Huancahuari has learned to use. Together with other craftswomen, she has started a small weaving business which is … Continue reading →
By Kristin Palitza Cape Town, Jun 27, 2011 (IPS) – Of the millions of dollars spent on climate change projects in developing countries, little has been allocated in a way that will benefit women. Yet, in Africa, it is women … Continue reading →
By Wambi Michael Kampala, May 24 (IPS) – Very soon wives in Uganda will legally have the right to a share in their husband’s property, that’s if the country’s new speaker of parliament has her way. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga (55) … Continue reading →
By Suad Hamada Manama (IPS) – Women in Bahrain have launched new initiatives to tackle sectarian tensions that emerged as the fallout of widespread unrest sweeping the country since Feb. 14. The tiny island with oil incomes representing around 70 … Continue reading →
By Kanya D’Almeida United Nations (IPS) – Tucked away from the high-level plenary sessions of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a small chapel opposite the United Nations headquarters came to life Wednesday morning with the … Continue reading →
By Cléo Fatoorehchi United Nations, (IPS) – The momentous events of Tahrir Square, Egypt also signify a huge step forward for gender equality in the region, women’s rights activists said Friday. Nora Rafeh Refa Tahtawi, a youth activist who participated … Continue reading →