National laws aimed at redressing colonial imbalances reserve retail sectors, like that of brickmaking, for locals. But companies with outside investment, particularly from China, routinely flout the ...

PARSA DISTRICT, BIRGUNJ, NEPAL — Samsad Ali was at his grocery shop in April on the day of Hanuman Jayanti, a Hindu festival that celebrates Lord Hanuman, a central figure in the Sanskrit epic ...

The Nepali government bars working abroad in Iraq for safety reasons. But more Nepali women are ending up there in abusive domestic work — including some who were trafficked.

A decision by the country’s highest court opens up nearshore waters to export-minded commercial trawlers, waters that had been reserved for the small-scale fishers who feed the nation. LA UNION, ...

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — Prisoners on death row in Sri Lanka now have hope: Their death sentences may be commuted to life in prison, following a review by a state-sanctioned committee. The death sentences ...

Global Press’ Shifting Democracies fellows will examine changing governance structures in countries around the world, and how those shifts are interconnected. During this two-year, full-time ...

Is domestic violence included in the penal code?

‘I Will Not Leave This Place,’ fondly known around the Global Press Journal (GPJ) newsroom simply as Kirumba, was a story decades in the making. Merveille Kavira Lungehe, one of our reporters in DRC, ...

The desire to transition often outweighs the severe risks of self-medicating. BIRGUNJ, NEPAL — Thanks to a tip from friends, Sanju Mahato crossed Nepal’s border into India, walked into a pharmacy, and ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — A year ago, all 16 checkout lanes were packed at OK Zimbabwe supermarket in Harare, one of the major retailers in the country. Customers queued shoulder to shoulder, their carts ...

HARARE, ZIMBABWE — Linnet Mapuranga, 27, a mother of three, noticed her 7-month-old’s upset stomach first. A few days later, her 3-year-old and 9-year-old had similar symptoms, and by the fourth day, ...

A requirement for nursing students guarantees low pay, and a risk that their diplomas will be withheld. HARARE, ZIMBABWE and LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — At a nursing school in Zambia, many of the students aren’t ...