I come from Nathuwakhan, a small village with simple living where my journey started in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district, a Himalayan state in India. I come from a farming family. Farmers struggle with limited resources, especially water for the fields and access to good fertilizer. There are no healthcare and education facilities here, so people often …

I Watched Planes from My Village – One Day I finally flew in One Read More »

by Ruhamah Ifere Every March, the world pauses to celebrate women. Social media fills with affirmations, organizations host events, and global leaders reiterate commitments to gender equality. But beyond the noise and symbolism, a critical question lingers: What did we actually do with Women’s Month 2026? This year’s International Women’s Day 2026 was themed “Rights. …

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by Bodh Maathura You read the title right, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have moved at a molasses-like pace toward 2030. The Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2026 states that, with “the current trajectory, the region will miss 103 of the 117 measurable targets. Existing data show that the region is on track …

Slow Development Goals: 2030 Is Slipping Away Read More »

Where are our leaders? We are tired, I am tired. We are angry, I am angry. We just want to live comfortably. by Similoluwa Ifedayo When overwhelmed, I disconnect from people, from places, from events, from social media, from the news, and the most relevant one to this article, my country, Nigeria. It is not …

Loving Nigeria Feels Like Self-Harm Read More »

by Joyce Wachau Chege My mass communication degree took four years to complete. These were years of being in class every week learning, making new friends and enduring long lecturer strikes that only prolonged our time there on campus. Years of learning different units — some of which I dreaded; maths for social science and …

My Real Journalism Classroom Read More »

by Lilian Elochukwu Terna-Ayua The 5th of February saw the expiration of the New START treaty between the United States and Russia. For the first time in decades, there are no legally binding caps on the world’s two largest nuclear powers, and no formal verification process ensuring transparency between the two countries. The icon of …

Guns, Gangs, and the Illusion of Security Read More »

by Ivan Munguongeyo Across humanitarian and development organizations, enormous amounts of data are collected every year. Call it baseline surveys, midterm or endline evaluations. Whichever method is used, the intention is clear: to generate evidence that can guide programs and improve results. But much of that information never shapes decisions. It is collected, analyzed, written …

When Data Stays on the Shelf: Why Organizations Collect but Rarely Apply Evidence Read More »

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