Year in Review
This year, Global Press Journal covered some of the most pressing issues of our time — civil liberties, global health, the environment and more. Here are key stories that defined our year, all reported by women journalists local to the places where these stories matter most.
Lithium Rush Leaves Towns Dry
People in northwest Argentina let lithium mining companies onto their land. They didn’t expect to lose their water sources. Read
By Lucila Pellettieri
Copper Mine Spews Lead-Laced Dust Across Mongolian City
In this community in Mongolia, lung and heart diseases are on the rise, and one study found lead in the blood of every child. Read
By Khorloo Khukhnokhoi
Residents of Mexico’s Biggest Wetland Brace for an Unpredictable Future
Close to 87% of the world’s wetlands have disappeared in the past 300 years. Now, a community in Mexico is fighting to save their corner of the swamp. Read
By Adriana Alcázar González
Free Real Estate or Urban Blight?
Efforts to restore this historic river in Kathmandu displaced people who live along its banks. Read
By Sunita Neupane
On the Gulf Coast of Mexico, the Sea Is Destroying Entire Communities
As the sea claims their homes, people are forced to move inland and abandon the lives they’ve known for decades. Read
By Marissa Revilla
Remembering the Zimbabwean Health Care System’s Heyday
In the 1980s, Zimbabwe’s health care system was considered a model of efficiency and effectiveness in Africa. What happened? Read
By Gamuchirai Masiyiwa
Mpox Is Infecting Children in DRC — and Spreading to Uganda and Beyond
Global Press Journal reporters from DRC and Uganda teamed up on this story about a fast-spreading strain of mpox, which is increasingly affecting children. Read
By Apophia Agiresaasi, Nakisanze Segawa and Noella Nyirabihogo
25 Years, 224 Abuse Allegations, No Peace: DRC Kicks Out UN Peacekeeping Mission
In 2023, DRC’s president called for the withdrawal of the UN’s longtime peacekeeping mission. While some celebrate its departure, others predict a dangerous security vacuum. Read
By Noella Nyirabihogo
LGBT Ugandans Shut Out From Asylum by Impostors
People who falsely claim to face discrimination because they are LGBT are pushing real asylum seekers into danger. Read
By Nakisanze Segawa
When the Promise of a Job Is a Trap
Human traffickers in Sri Lanka threaten to sell women into brothels if they don’t do as they’re told. Read
By Thayalini Indrakularasa
In Puerto Rico, Reggaeton Means Struggle, Resistance and Having a Good Time
Three artists work to break into one of the world’s hottest genres, in one of its biggest epicenters. Read
By Coraly Cruz Mejías and Gabriela Meléndez Rivera
‘Unwilling to Stop’: What It Takes to Be a Local Reporter in Haiti
No electricity. No legislature. No security. Conditions in Haiti make it difficult to live, let alone work. Here’s how GPJ reporters do it. Read
By Anne Myriam Bolivar, Wyddiane Prophète, Verlande Cadet, Jusly Felix and Rose Hurguelle Point du jour