A profile of Africa’s smallest and most densely populated country.
Articles by Dawn Starin
Tourism in The Gambia: Cardboard cut-outs or the real thing?
Wandering around a market in The Gambia, among piles of broken toilet seats, fake designer gear, horns and shea butter, Dawn Starin finds fascinating people off the tourist trail.
- July 20, 2011
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Time will tell
Dawn Starin hopes that one day the women of the Gambia will escape the horror of female genital mutilation.
- October 21, 2010
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Britain moves a step closer to combating caste
2013-04-2624 Mari Marcel ThekaekaraMari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
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Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
2013-05-0118 HASH(0x8063506c0) New Internationalist EditorialArgument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
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Leave mums alone
2013-05-1010 Mari Marcel ThekaekaraAs Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.
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The hypocrisy of sexism in India
2013-06-1410 Mari Marcel ThekaekaraAs a young student is injured for wearing the ‘wrong’ clothes, Mari Marcel Thekeakara says that women will fight on against violence.
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Wonder and frustration: living with the animals
2013-05-289 Mari Marcel ThekaekaraMari Marcel Thekaekara’s home is on the edge of a wildlife sanctuary, which is a pleasure and a pain, as she explains.
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