"If a lake dies, it’s as if the soul of a people dies" The Guardian We empower ourselves’: the women cleaning up Bolivia’s Lake Uru Uru including Dayana a fellow at girlrising. Lakes are important, lets protect them. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Once clean enough to drink, Lake Uru Uru was poisoned by mining pollution and urban waste. But now Indigenous women are using reeds to revive the vital ecosystem theguardian.com/global-develop…

Cecilia Llusco is one female indigenous mountain guide changing the face of tourism in Bolivia. I went up Huayna Potosí with her and learned how she started work in tourism aged 8, before founding las cholitas escaladoras and becoming a guide theguardian.com/global-develop…

Women with altitude. Im a firm believer in wearing what you like & are comfortable in doing outdoor activities and I've a penchant for dresses. These women are taking it to another level completely. 👗🥻 theguardian.com/global-develop…

Some day I hope to climb with #Bolivia's cholitas escaladoras in a pollera! #travel #adventure #fashion theguardian.com/global-develop…

Très chouette papier sur Cecilia Llusco, une guide de montagne bolivienne indigène qui grimpe en pollera, jupe traditionnelle. Elle parle de la montagne, de son métier, de la domination masculine. Les photos sont superbes aussi theguardian.com/global-develop…

‘Many are obliged to sleep with the foreman’: Bolivia’s female builders square up to an abusive system I met members of a female construction worker collective in La Paz to find out about how women fare, and their efforts to introduce a new law theguardian.com/global-develop…

“I do an illegal job, stealing. I do it because I have no choice. I started because I had nothing to live on and no job.” I met some of the women forced to scavenge in Bolivia's mines when I visited Huanuni, a town with few other employment opportunities theguardian.com/global-develop…

I am joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours over the sale of the Observer. I will be back at work on Friday. For more information please follow @GoNUJ93 and NUJ or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver

A long day but I’m so proud & happy to have stood alongside my Guardian & Observer colleagues to fight for what we believe in: liberal journalism free from corporate interest. 500+ journalists giving up almost a week’s pay just to be heard while the Guardian sits on a 1.3bn

Heartwarming. Snoop & Dre sampled a song by a London charity. “This is the biggest thing that’s ever happened to me, and I’m pretty certain I can say that this year has been the best year of my life because of it” - Jack Daley, recording engineer. theguardian.com/music/2024/dec…

A big loss of livelihoods and to the environment. theguardian.com/global-develop…

What an honour to chair a panel on international development today The Fabian Society new year conference. Thanks to Anneliese Dodds Richard Blewitt and Naomi Smith is on Bluesky and an amazing audience who I wish had had time to ask more questions. #FabianNYC25

The UK's ⁦The Guardian⁩ newspaper covered the child marriage restraint bill that we passed in Pakistan's parliament a few days ago,much better than the Pakistani print media. They barely mentioned it. So read about the 7year struggle to pass it here.👇🏼 theguardian.com/global-develop…

Would you risk a snakebite to help eliminate disease? In Nigeria, volunteers have done just that—catching blackflies to fight river blindness. Now, safer traps are being developed in 🇲🇼 🇲🇿 🇬🇭 🇨🇮. Meet the heroes behind the science 👉 bit.ly/4kV401d #BeatNTDs

“The matter is in his hands alone.” The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ruled that FGM is torture and ordered Sierra Leone to criminalize it. We urge President Julius Maada Bio: protect girls. Ban FGM now. theguardian.com/global-develop…

A World Health Organization study challenges traditional views of African society. Some blame technology, others urbanisation and living costs, but what is the solution? ⁦Sarah Johnson⁩ theguardian.com/global-develop…

This is an interesting read,its true that Africans are becoming lonely....and things are changing so fast. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Interesting article on a World Health Organization study that shows a rise in #Loneliness across Africa with #LivedExperience from individuals like Macyleen on how technology & copying Western culture & individualistic attitudes are impacting #MentalHealth theguardian.com/global-develop…

Such a sad and thought-provoking story... theguardian.com/global-develop…