A Social Justice Journal of International Studies
By bringing students across Africa in contact with natural ecosystems and elders with wisdom to impart, Belay hopes young people learn the skills and knowledge they need to sustain healthy food systems into the future.
In 2011, Ahmed Salah was a lead organizer of the Egyptian youth movement that helped topple Hosni Mubarak. Now, living in exile in the Bay Area, he says it's time that pro-democracy protesters in the Arab world finish what they started.
A large number of human trafficking victims – and perpetrators – enter the U.S. through its major airports, where they often go unnoticed despite strict security.
Two Rohingya refugees who fled from genocidal violence in Myanmar now run an illegal news site that depicts life in the camp and describes the fears facing their persecuted people.
In the wake of the 2015 Refugee Crisis and subsequent political backlash in Germany, well-organized initiatives are working to build community and autonomy for refugees.
A woman's shamed experience in Kolkata reflects the way that Indian girls and women are increasingly subject to moral policing by their male and female peers.
After election violence rocked Kenya in 2007-8, a commission on truth, justice and reconciliation has worked to bridge long-standing economic and political divides.
Gambians are in open conflict with Chinese fishmeal factories as over-fishing and pollution have wrecked their livelihoods and the environment.
Aided by guide books and mainstream travel sites like Tripadvisor, Western tourists are driving the sex trade that has trapped and exploited a generation of young Thai women.
The West Bank village of Bardala is a microcosm of the way Israel has continued to tighten control over water rights and usage on Palestinian lands.
