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A Collective Bazaar in Mexico City Gives Trans Women a Space to Be Themselves

Tired of the violence against their community, a group of trans women has built a space for themselves at a market. There, they can be authentic, form a chosen family and live free of fear.

By Mar García

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Nepal
For Trans Nepalis, Getting Accurate Identity Documents Can Be a Humiliating Ordeal

“What kind of system is this that makes us beg while naked to receive citizenship?”

By Sunita Neupane
Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, End-of-Life Doulas Dismantle Cultural Taboos

By Gabriela Meléndez Rivera
Nepal
Residents Lose Homes as Kathmandu Cleans Up River

With eviction looming — again — all they want is what Nepal’s constitution says they are due: a place to call home.

By Sunita Neupane

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By Patricia Lindrio

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Food Crisis in Goma as M23 Fighting Intensifies

By Noella Nyirabihogo

Narcotic or Cash Crop: Legal Limbo Puts Khat Growers in Tough Spot

By Patricia Lindrio

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Digital Divide Widens as Providers Refuse Service

By Lucila Pellettieri

Residents Pay Water Bill — but Rely on Rain

By Avigaí Silva

Millions Struggle to Access Water in Historic Heat

By Lucila Pellettieri

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Christians Say Police Target Them for Their Faith

By Shilu Manandhar

Tamil Returnees Fight to Reclaim Seized Land

By Thayalini Indrakularasa

Graveyard Shortage Reveals Broader Religious Tension

By Shilu Manandhar

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