Many transgender Indonesians are officially homeless, having separated from their family and moved to urban areas. In recent years support groups have focused on helping individuals apply for ID cards, so that they can at least access basic public services. In almost all cases these documents are issued with the name and gender assigned at birth. [AN]
“In the past, when a transgender friend passed away who had no relatives or identification, they couldn't access social services. At Suara (…)

On May 4^th, 1896, workers in Chicago held a protest at Haymarket Square demanding an eight hour workday. However, faced with brutal police attacks, these workers sacrificed their lives to make the eight hour workday a reality. In Sri Lanka and around the world, all workers enjoy the eight hour workday today as a result of the struggles and sacrifices made by those pioneers. Yet today, we are completing a vicious circle of time, as the Sri Lankan government and employers, under the guise of a (…)

Analyser les différentes offensives et attaques de la guerre éclair sans précédent menée par Trump demanderait beaucoup de recherches. Nous laisserons ici à d'autres le soin d'examiner les aspects importants de la réorganisation de l'empire américain. Je limiterai mon analyse à quelques points centraux qui indiquent les limites et l'étendue des bulldozers de Trump ainsi que les sources de l'opposition.
Photo : Sarah Jane Rhee
Le point d'achoppement ultime des plans de Trump et des (…)

En matière d'orientation des recherches sur la protection de la nature, la prétendue objectivité scientifique laisse la place à toutes sortes de biais et de conformismes. Des préférences subjectives qui affaiblissent les efforts de conservation.
Mettre de la rigueur scientifique, de la méthode et des faits au service de la défense de la biodiversité et de la protection du vivant – voilà en résumé le louable objectif de la science de la conservation (conservation science en anglais), (…)

After Pope Francis's relatively “open” and “reformist” pontificate, will the Catholic Church face a traditionalist backlash, like American democracy in Trump's second term?
The Catholic Church is, of course, an institution much older than modern divisions of right-left, liberalism-conservatism, and even traditionalism-progressivism. Nevertheless, global public opinion, at least in Western democracies, will await the results of the conclave, essentially asking themselves just one (…)