Global Voices · Local perspectives for a global audience
The Global Voices Summit is an international gathering on digital media, knowledge, and activism from a Global Majority perspective. Join us at the Hotel Yak & Yeti in Kathmandu, Nepal on December 6-7, for two days of connection, collaboration and conversation with journalists, activists, technologists, and others from around the world.
About · Global Voices Lingua
Global Voices is an international, volunteer-driven community that has leveraged the power of the internet since 2005 to report stories about people whose voices and experiences are rarely seen in mainstream media. For nearly as many years, the Lingua translation project has worked to make Global Voices stories accessible in dozens of languages ...
A journey into African music · Global Voices
This also includes the state of African music, in a world recovering from COVID-19, the impact of the pandemic on African artists or the music culture in different communities. A journey in African music was conceptualized by Global Voices Sub-Saharan African editors, Nwachukwu Egbunike and Njeri Wangari. Both, being poets, perfectly understand ...
How India’s increasing online scams are threatening the digital ...
Nov 10, 2023 · The launch of the Digital India campaign in 2015 marked the beginning of a digital revolution that has profoundly transformed India's socio-economic environment. From the shift to online classrooms to the widespread adoption of digital transactions for everyday shopping, many Indians now favour the convenience of digital payments. India has also taken the lead in online transactions as per ...
‘Queer Japan’ documentary introduces Japan's vibrant, …
Dec 12, 2020 · The documentary was first screened in July 2019, and was shown at film festivals around the world. “Queer Japan” features interviews with nearly three dozen members of Japan's LGTBQ+ community. The film features a variety of individuals involved in art, activism, nightlife and politics in Japan, including a university instructor, a dentist ...
The USSR's legacy 30 years on - Global Voices
Oct 7, 2021 · The USSR's legacy 30 years on. Image by Giovana Fleck, used with permission. December 2021 marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the USSR, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a country that lasted 79 years and covered about one sixth of the earth. Fifteen independent states have emerged from it, as well as a growing list of unrecognized ...
Volunteer as a Translator · Global Voices Lingua
Most Global Voices stories are originally published in English and as such, most volunteers translate from English into a non-English language. However, in certain cases some volunteers translate between two non-English languages, or they translate from a non-English language into English, depending on the availability of content.
What Is Global Voices?
STICHTING GLOBAL VOICESKranenburgweg 135 A2583 ER The HagueNetherlandsRSIN No: 818855605. What Is Global Voices? Global Voices is an international, multilingual community of writers, translators, and human rights activists founded in 2004. Together, we leverage the power of the internet to tell stories that build...
Chile: The Legacy of the 1960 Earthquake in Valdivia
Feb 28, 2010 · Fifty years ago, the strongest earthquake ever recorded in history rocked the city of Valdivia, Chile. On May 22, 1960, the 9.5 magnitude earthquake struck the epicenter near the city of Cañete. However, Valdivia was the hardest hit locality with nearly 40% of its building destroyed and leaving close to 20,000 homeless.
What is red-tagging and why it is dangerous in the Philippines?
Apr 27, 2023 · Human rights defenders in the Philippines have cried foul over the restoration of the PHP 10 billion (USD 178.56 million) budget for a government task force known for red-tagging activists and civil society organisations. The bicameral committee has decided to allot the sum in 2023 for the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite calls to defund and ...