Documents can confirm a legal relationship with a state, but they cannot create or erase a person’s existence, history, ...

What if the most effective way to combat language endangerment is to empower community members to document their own languages? The Kam Language Project is an example of how community-led efforts can ...

This interview was first published by UntoldMag on June 22, 2025. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Walid El Houri (WH): You’ve spent more than ...

On Trinidad's first Emancipation Day in 1834, Africans were no longer slaves, but they were not yet free. Their quiet ...

Women in community forest groups are transforming vulnerability into sustainable livelihoods by producing eco-friendly leaf plates, supporting environmental conservation, climate resilience, and local ...

Myanmar contemporary artist Yadanar Win, navigates statelessness along with cultural barrier, red tape, and isolation.

For Rohingya youth, their education is interrupted not because they lack determination, but because educational opportunities ...

Without a legal identity, an individual is stripped of basic human rights, barred from formal education, blocked from ...

A year later, on February 21, 2024, in a speech to celebrate the 90th death anniversary of revolutionary Augusto Nicolás ...

Thousands of ethnic Vietnamese living in Cambodia continue to face discrimination, and many are considered stateless for lacking documents to prove their citizenship. Stateless individuals can face ...

Marriage has become a migration route for Rohingya refugee girls, as brokers exploit families’ hopes of overseas grooms, ...

After 80 million years of evolution, and one group of species still fights for survival. This time, though, the threat is ...