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Global Press Journal exists to create a more just and informed world by training and employing local female journalists to produce ethical, accurate news coverage from the world’s least-covered places.Global Press prioritizes the physical and cognitive diversity of our team. We believe the journalism institutions have a responsibility to pursue diversity to ensure that the people and places they are covering are accurately represented.Global Press Journal and PRI have a content partnership.
a man on a bike in argentina
Immigration
Venezuelan engineers flee to Argentina but find few jobs await
a woman in buenos aires stands in front of her informal home
Economics
Onerous standard rent deals in Buenos Aires force many into informal settlements
a man mixes cement in argentina
Business, Economics and Jobs
Prefabricated homes may fix Argentina’s housing crisis — and put builders out of work
an abandoned outdoor theater in haiti
Arts, Culture & Media
Devastated by earthquake, Haiti’s theater scene rebuilds with new purpose
Mothers who attend nutrition classes in Matyebili, Uganda, have a chance to weigh their children
Ugandan ‘nurse’ tries to get more people eating nutritious sweet potatoes
a woman prepares herbs for a treatment
Health & Medicine
Cash-strapped Haitians find Voodoo a cheaper alternative to traditional medicine
Modeda Isambaboza sniffing tobacco
Sniffing tobacco addiction increasing in Democratic Republic of the Congo
selling grasshoppers for food in Uganda
Food
Ugandan research project hopes to make nutritious grasshoppers available year-round
a nepali woman with her infant
Lifestyle & Belief
Local Nepali government sending a message by paying families that have baby girls
a house for sale in buenos aires argentina
Economics
Plummeting peso sinks hopes of first-time home buyers in Argentina
a gay man in zambia hides his face
Conflict
For gay men in Zambia, where homosexuality is banned, suicide is a common end
mexican handicrafts at a market in chiapas
Economics
Chiapas artisans face major threat from knockoff handicrafts, mostly made in China
informal food stalls in haiti
Food
In food-insecure Haiti, street vendors play a central role in feeding the capital
a crowded street in kampala, uganda
Culture
Ugandan traffic safety campaign uses social media to shame unsafe drivers
Darlington Chindoko, 22, sells textbooks on a street in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city. The books are scarce in public schools so many parents buy them for their children.
Development & Education
Presidential candidates zero in on Zimbabwe’s faltering education system
a farmer living in Chansolme, shows off the solar-powered lighting equipment he purchased in November through the government’s “Ma Maison Eclairée” initiative.
Development
In Haiti, solar panels key part of plan to bring electric power to remote areas
volunteers pack food at a food bank in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Food
Food insecurity rising in Argentina, sparking protest and food-emergency bill
a graveyard in Zimbabwe
Economics
Medical or funeral insurance? More Zimbabweans choose to secure death over health.
homes in a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Conflict
Taxes or violence? Armed group in DRC forces one village to choose
Two women founded Safe Drivers, a collective of women drivers, with two friends in 2017. The collective provides family and friends with a safe alternative to public transportation in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the capital of Chiapas, Mexico.
Business
Mexican women drivers’ collective aims to eliminate risks to drivers, passengers