Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
rey-2009-02-20b.mp3 Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai's work with rural women in Kenya has led to the planting of over 35 million trees and the transformation of Kenya's physical and political landscape....
View ArticleAn evening with Flora Igoki Terah
floraterah.mp3On September 7th, 2007, Kenyan parliamentary candidate Flora Igoki Terah was abducted and tortured by a group of men. The attack took place with the intention of silencing her election...
View ArticleDignity Campaign launch and premiere of "Poverty of Justice" film
Thu, Jan 28, 2010 Premiere of "Poverty of Justice" film and meet and greet with local anti-poverty organizations. Launch of Amnesty International Dignity Campaign in southern Alberta. Join Amnesty...
View ArticleCongress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010: 'New Relations, New...
Leigh.mp3The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of scholars, students, policymakers and practitioners to exchange ideas and nurture groundbreaking research. This...
View ArticleWeekly Pulse: #DearJohn, does banning abortion trump job growth?
With millions of Americans out of work, House Republicans are focusing in on real priorities: decimating private abortion coverage and crippling public funding for abortion, as Jessica Arons reports in...
View Articlejhr Rights Radio: Women's movement in Kenya
floraterah.mp3jhr Montreal correspondent Adam Bemma speaks to Flora Terah, a Kenyan parliamentary candidate fighting for women's rights in Africa. Terah was attacked and tortured for being one of 200...
View Articlejhr Rights Report #11: Bahrain, Egypt and Kenya
RightsReportRabble11.mp3The 11th edition of the jhr Rights Report looks at the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry investigation into human rights abuse committed during the Arab Spring protests...
View Articlejhr Rights Report #15: The International Criminal Court in Africa
JHRrightsReportRabble15.mp3The 15th edition of the jhr Rights Report examines the ICC and chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's case against several high-profile politicians in Kenya and the United...
View ArticleTerrorism and war in Africa: Canada's hands are not clean in this cycle of...
Monday, September 30, 2013 The 2006 U.S./Ethiopia invasion of Somalia has spiraled into ever more foreign intervention/local radicalization, which has caused a great deal of human suffering. There are...
View ArticleOur inconsistent reactions to tragedy: Charlie Hebdo, Kenya and racism
Just after 12 people were murdered at the headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, my Facebook feed was an avalanche of grief.Je Suis Charlie dominated my newsfeeds -- people expressed...
View Article#147notjustanumber—hashtag being used by Kenyan students to honour those...
Publish Date: April 9, 2015Summary: Build the movement kenyaStudents across Kenya are protesting about the government's inability to protect the students in Garissa. Read more about some of the...
View ArticleClosure of Somali remittance firms hurts the poor
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Closing Somali remittance firms in Kenya in response to Al-Shabaab cuts off a pro-poor financial system and only hurts the poor. For more than two decades, on the first week of...
View ArticleCanada's contribution to British colonial violence in Kenya
Like this article? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Over the weekend a memorial was unveiled to victims of British colonial violence in Kenya. Paid for...
View ArticleAnjali Nayar on 'Gun Runners,' storytelling and the Global South
Anjali Nayar on Gun Runners, Storytelling and the Global SouthLike this podcast? rabble is reader-supported journalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Anjali and I talk about the power of...
View ArticleThe Nest Collective on 'Tuko Macho,' African voices, identity and why extreme...
The Nest Collective on 'Tuko Macho,' African voices, identity and why extreme order is surrealJim and George and I about Tuko Macho, The Nest Collective, an African generational voice, identity and...
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