Newsletters

Humans of Nigeria:
Women’s lives in Africa’s largest economy

  • February 28, 2018
  • Onyinye Edeh

Trials, triumphs and patriarchal resistance.

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How a TV contest became the latest front in the battle of French identity politics

  • February 26, 2018
  • Karina Piser

A Muslim woman's appearance on 'The Voice' prompts an alignment of Left and Right.

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Education and exclusion for special needs students in Indonesia

  • January 23, 2018
  • Jonthon Coulson

At one school in central Java, dedicated teachers are at the vanguard of a field largely ignored by the country's policymakers.

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Power, authority and the will to change: Female genital mutilation in Nigeria’s Osun state

  • December 22, 2017
  • Onyinye Edeh

Education may be making inroads against a brutal practice.

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The French school system and the war on radicalization

  • December 21, 2017
  • Karina Piser

How one teacher is trying to redefine the debate about secularism.

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‘You can survive without a man’

  • December 19, 2017
  • Onyinye Edeh

Addressing financial sufficiency for Nigerian women.

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In Indonesia, one language for all?

  • December 12, 2017
  • Jonthon Coulson

Efforts to instill national unity are diminishing regional identities.

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A people without a voice in Nigeria’s oil-producing towns

  • November 1, 2017
  • Onyinye Edeh

Poor leadership, corruption and lack of accountability have helped make the Niger-Delta region one of the country’s most underdeveloped areas.

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A safe space for Indonesia’s transgender Muslims

  • October 20, 2017
  • Jonthon Coulson

A Jakarta school enables students to rediscover their faith.

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Saudi “philanthrocapitalism” in Indonesian educational spaces

  • October 5, 2017
  • Jonthon Coulson

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An entourage of 1,500 people, consisting of more than 800 delegates, 25 princes and 10 ministers. Over 500 tons of cargo, including two Mercedes Benz limousines and two electric elevators. Seven planes. All for a one-week trip to Indonesia. The grandeur of the proposed visit by King Salman bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud,

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