Africa is so rich in farmland – so why is it still hungry?
By Anthony Kamande and Dailes Judge It’s been more than two months since it rained in Nakuru County, Kenya, and Jane’s bean crop is long gone. Her only hope on her small plot of 0.8 hectares is the maize crop – but it will also…
ICEBERGS AND COBWEBS – GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AS A FORM OF ECONOMIC VIOLENCE
By Victoria Stetsko A woman’s hand trying to shield herself from a violent man’s fist is probably one of the first pictures that come to mind when hearing the term “gender-based violence”. However, gender-based violence (GBV) can’t be boiled down to the acts of physical…
Extreme inequality is economic violence
By Deepak Xavier and Victoria Harnett How did we get here? How did we end up in a reality where the vast majority of the most vulnerable have little hope of feeling safe from the virus when it’s more than a year since the first…