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'I live in the 21st century, not the 10th': the first female judge in a sharia court
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The Judge, a new film by award-winning director Erika Cohn, tells the incredible story of how Kholoud Al-Faqih achieved ... Read more
28 Nov 2018
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Defying the Taliban: Afghanistan's secret schools for girls
Defying the Taliban: Afghanistan's secret schools for girls
Suraya Pakzad talks to Lucy Lamble about her work championing girls’ education – and living on red alert for the next Ta... Read more
5 Dec 2018
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Fighting the advance of the desert: the forest maker of the Sahel
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The Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo reveals the secrets that brought about extraordinary results in dozens of countri... Read more
3 Oct 2018
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Human experience will always speak louder than any campaign
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Lucy Lamble talks to an Amnesty International expert about the importance of letting people in tough situations tell the... Read more
4 Apr 2018
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'It was unbelievable horror': the Rohingya crisis
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With nearly a million Rohingya driven out of Myanmar in what the UN has called textbook ‘ethnic cleansing’, Lucy Lamble ... Read more
7 Dec 2017
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'Oxfam allegations are tip of iceberg': sexual harassment and aid workers
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Lucy Lamble talks to Rebecca Ratcliffe about her investigations into exploitation and the misuse of power in humanitaria... Read more
14 Feb 2018
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'Famine as mass atrocity': in conversation with Alex de Waal
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When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, they planned to starve 30 million people to death. Seven decades on, famine as ... Read more
23 Nov 2017
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'Inequality is a poison': campaigning for Muslim women's rights
'Inequality is a poison': campaigning for Muslim women's rights
Shahin Ashraf’s experience growing up as a British Muslim has led to a life campaigning for gender equality around the w... Read more
17 Oct 2018
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‘My father's murderers are still free’: taking on Mexico's violent underworld
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Investigative journalist Anabel Hernández has risked her life to expose corruption at the heart of her country’s violent... Read more
14 Nov 2018
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Capital offence: tackling harassment on public transport in Bogotá
Capital offence: tackling harassment on public transport in Bogotá
In Colombia’s capital, many women are reliant on buses. Ángela Anzola and the city’s mayor want transport designed by me... Read more
24 Oct 2018
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Fighting for LGBT rights in a country where lesbians are caned
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Criminalised by the state and targeted by vigilantes, Malaysia’s LGBT community faces rampant persecution. Thi Laga, a c... Read more
10 Oct 2018
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'Disability is not the end of the world': reinventing yourself after becoming blind
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Activist Christophe Oulé had a glittering career in engineering in Burkina Faso when he lost his sight. Now he campaigns... Read more
7 Nov 2018
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'It's a long fight': the communities devastated by Brazil's dam collapse
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Three years after the country’s worst environmental disaster, in which 19 people died, Lucy Lamble hears how Letícia Oli... Read more
31 Oct 2018
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'Suddenly you have to run for your life': a film-maker's take on life in Sudan
'Suddenly you have to run for your life': a film-maker's take on life in Sudan
Award-winning director Hajooj Kuka on the realities of life in a wartorn country, and the inspiration for aKasha, his fi... Read more
21 Nov 2018
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The woman who braves bullets and bombs to uphold her father's legacy in Somalia
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Elman Ali Ahmed dedicated his life to disarming child soldiers and trying to end conflict in Somalia – now his daughter,... Read more
11 Apr 2018
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What causes conflict and how can it be resolved?
What causes conflict and how can it be resolved?
From the ready availability of weapons to the marginalisation of women, many factors can push a population towards confl... Read more
20 May 2015
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Block like an Egyptian: roller derby team get women's rights on track
Block like an Egyptian: roller derby team get women's rights on track
Lucy Lamble talks to Angie Kaster, co-founder of Egypt’s first roller derby team – the all-female CaiRollers – about how... Read more
28 Mar 2018
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