Iran is experiencing the biggest protests and demonstrations against the regime since 2009, fuelled by the death of 22-year old Iranian-Kurdish woman Masha Amini*1 on 16 September 2022, arrested by the morality police for “improperly” wearing the hijab. Masha Amini died while in police custody after three days of coma. …
Recently, the mainstream media in Indonesia was heated with a celebrity scandal – one popular “dream couple” filed for divorce and reported a domestic assault case. This unfortunate affair created a huge ripple on the nation’s entertainment industry; however, another popular couple used the moment and turned it into a …
In this short video, the Indian philosopher, environmentalist and political activist Vandana Shiva, questions the mainstream concept of development, in a simple yet powerful way: If you haven’t read Vandana Shiva’s book “Staying Alive”, I recommend that you to do it. It is a strong eye-opener on the enormous negative …
In Ghana, a fight for civil rights for LGBTQ people is playing out largely online through social media and coalescing around the hashtag #KillTheBill. After the raid of a queer community space in Accra and the arrest of 21 people in Ho, Volta Region in 2021, it became increasingly clear …
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BRING SOCIAL CHANGE: THE SWEDISH INITIATIVE EQUALISTERS A very interesting social media- based initiative devoted to social change arose in Sweden in 2010. Its name was Rättviseförmedligen, Equalisters in English. It was a non-profit foundation and digital movement aiming to create a more democratic society by …
