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https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/23/sixteen-days-of-activism-amid-the-rise-of-digital-harm-across-africa/
February 20, 2026
Sixteen days of activism amid the rise of digital harm across Africa

For Kgomotso Modise, a South African journalist covering courts and criminal justice, online harassment has

https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/28/learning-feminism-before-knowing-its-name-verses-story-from-myanmar/
February 20, 2026
Learning feminism before knowing its name: Verse’s story from Myanmar

Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging in response to the 2021 coup in Myanmar, focusing on empowering journalists and human rights defenders.

https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/27/senegal-where-womens-bodies-belong-to-everyone-but-themselves/
February 20, 2026
Senegal: Where women’s bodies belong to everyone but themselves

However, in Senegal, this right largely remains mere words.

https://globalvoices.org/2026/01/12/a-voice-for-the-unheard-in-myanmar-from-the-rakhine-coast-to-the-frontlines-of-truth/
February 20, 2026
A voice for the unheard in Myanmar: From the Rakhine coast to the frontlines of truth

Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging in response to the 2021 coup in Myanmar, focusing on empowering journalists and human rights defenders.

https://globalvoices.org/2026/01/24/truth-telling-and-treaty-with-first-nations-australian-indigenous-lawyers-commitment-to-real-change-for-her-people/
February 20, 2026
Truth-telling and treaty: Australian Indigenous lawyer’s commitment to real change for First Nations People

Tekan Cochrane is an Australian Indigenous lawyer with Kooma, Yuwaalaraay and Torres Strait Islander heritage, as well as diverse European heritage.

https://globalvoices.org/2026/02/02/beyond-the-bylines-how-kant-kaw-turned-a-dream-into-a-15-year-fight-for-equality-in-myanmar/
February 20, 2026
Beyond the bylines: How Kant Kaw turned a dream into a 15-year fight for equality in Myanmar

Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging in response to the 2021 coup in Myanmar, focusing on empowering journalists and human rights defenders.

https://globalvoices.org/2026/02/11/women-and-young-girls-bear-the-brunt-of-malis-worsening-security-crisis/
February 20, 2026
Women and young girls bear the brunt of Mali’s worsening security crisis

Since 2012, Mali has been in security turmoil with the emergence and expansion of several radical non-State armed groups: Jamāʿ

https://globalvoices.org/2026/02/16/women-politicians-face-tech-facilitated-violence-in-ugandas-2026-elections/
February 20, 2026
Women politicians face tech-facilitated violence in Uganda’s 2026 elections

Since gaining independence from the UK in October 1962, Ugandan women have played a critical role in shaping politics and governance throughout the country.