Luna Antagonica [ES] writes about her anthropological study that looks at gender and cultural identity issues in advertising in Peru. A related protest will also take place in front a department store to “show that in Peru that one cannot only associate images of beauty, success or prestige only with caucasian features.”
gspottt says that “for the first time at a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting…in Trinidad & Tobago, there was significant representation of GLBTQ (gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender/queer) activists among civil society participants, and a concerted effort to highlight issues of sexual citizenship and rights.”
Repeating Islands has an update on the activity of Montserrat's Soufriere volcano.
KnowTnT.com explores the question of whether blogging is journalism.
Get summaries of new stories from Global Voices in your inbox daily, weekly, or just sign up for important announcements.
Arab World: Reactions to the Swiss Ban on Minarets
Russia: How Passengers of "Nevsky Express" Tell Th...
Translated every day by Lingua volunteers:
This site is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License
Please read our attribution policy.
Based on the Wikipedia list of countries, details.


















Can ICTs aid small-scale farmers?
- @Mark: That's a great point, Mark. We are near the end of a pretty long project documenting how...
more »