Families are slowly melting away from the Bay of Bengal coastline as habitats degrade. Hazel Healy speaks to new arrivals on the edge of destitution in Dhaka.
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Families are slowly melting away from the Bay of Bengal coastline as habitats degrade. Hazel Healy speaks to new arrivals on the edge of destitution in Dhaka.
Filed in: Bangladesh Cities Climate Change Land Poverty
What would Charles Dickens, born 200 years ago this week, make of Britain’s inequality in the 21st century? wonders David Hewitt.
Derelict inner-city sites are being transformed by green-fingered volunteers, writes Anna Weston.
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Africa’s squatters are up against ruthless state power. Andrew Meldrum reports on Harare and beyond.
A photo essay of squatter life.
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Richard Swift meets the determined squatters of Bangkok who don’t know the meaning of the word eviction.
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Robert Neuwirth tells what he learned from his two years of living with squatters on three continents.
Profiles from the frontlines: the politics of survival in some of the world’s grittiest slums.
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A poet’s view of from Rio’s favelas by Gabriela Tôrres Barbosa.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.
As a young student is injured for wearing the ‘wrong’ clothes, Mari Marcel Thekeakara says that women will fight on against violence.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara’s home is on the edge of a wildlife sanctuary, which is a pleasure and a pain, as she explains.