Studies suggest that comedians score highly on traits that are associated with mental illness. How small is the gap between being funny and being tired, anxious or lonely?

Every year, 6 to 7 out of every 10,000 women who use the pill develop thrombosis. Yet the link between contraception and thrombosis is rarely discussed.

The story of Jeanne Devos, a flemish missionary sister who fought her entire life against exploitation and slavery.

Every year 400 women are forced to cross the border for an abortion.

‘From an ecofeminist perspective, the struggle for women's rights is the same as the struggle against climate change.’

The Philippine government labels citizens who criticize its regime as communists or terrorists.

Young people are ending up in the drug world at an increasingly early age, as errand boys or dealers.

Venezuela is a country of two truths: for and against the Bolivarian revolution, rich and poor.

'We run into token participation, into well-intentioned top-down initiatives in which we have little to no say.'

People are not locked up because they have committed a crime, but purely because of their migration.

Red-tagging in the Philippines: A government guilty of crimes against humanity

The Palestinian circus school is a way to bring hope and reflect on the positive side of life, not just the aggression.