Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right but a foundation for peace and prosperity. Feminists fight not just for women, but all humans. “Feminism” was chosen by Merriam-Webster as its word of the year in 2017. New York, 11 December 2017 (AP Photo/Peter...
Joseph Kawesi is a transgender woman who risks prison for her gender identity. But she fights for her rights and those of Uganda’s LGBTQ community. Joseph Kawesi sits in her small home in a Kampala slum. Days before, this space was ransacked, apparently due to...
By Emily Isaacman In the traditional farmlands of America’s Midwest, where the term “climate change” is taboo, the weather has turned farmers’ lives upside down. Unprecedented storms, droughts and high temperatures are forcing farmers to adjust practices...
Emma Bapt of King’s College London has been named “Decoder in the Spotlight” in recognition of her efforts to build News-Decoder’s community. Emma Bapt, a Franco-American student at King’s College London (KCL), has been named...
By Nelson Graves Suining Sim, a student at the ISF Academy in Hong Kong, has been named News-Decoder’s first “Decoder in the Spotlight” for her outstanding contributions to our global community in September. Suining, who is in her second-to-last year...
By Suining Sim History never repeats itself, but it often echoes. In an exclusive webinar with former Reuters Editor-in-Chief David Schlesinger, students from the ISF Academy in Hong Kong and Chadwick International school in South Korea discussed tensions between the...
(Photos by Emma Bapt) By Emma Bapt My impulse to share images of a trip to Vietnam drives this photo gallery. I don’t want to leave these pictures sleeping on my hard disk. I want them to travel, to be seen. The portraits capture my encounters with children, men and...
Immigration is a fact of life in our globalized world. But how can newcomers maintain their cultural identities in an era of Trump and Brexit? Can immigrants maintain their identities and traditions in their new homes? Or should they assimilate fully to ensure...
Video shot from Lorenzo Raffaele’s London flat on June 3. Below are reflections by two students of King’s College London on the attacks in London on Saturday in which militants killed seven people and injured another 48. It could have been me. –...