The wall was a statement of gender equality, and a call to end violent protests against women trying to enter Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, a pilgrimage site for Hindus.
5 million Indian women just made a 385-mile human chain for gender equality Read more
More than 1.8 million people worldwide have signed a petition from environmental groups to sue the French government for failing to take sufficient action on the matter.
Nearly 2 million people sign petition to sue France over climate inaction Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to halt the trial in a lawsuit brought by 21 young people seeking to force the federal government to take action to address climate change.
U.S. Supreme Court lets youths’ case demanding climate action proceed Read more
Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris and other major cities across France on Saturday to call for greater action on climate change.
Tens of thousands march across France to demand climate action Read more
By using the blockchain in this new way, Chinese citizens may have finally found a way to express themselves that’s beyond the government’s reach.
Chinese citizens are using blockchain to warn each other of unsafe vaccines Read more
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will go ahead with its planned nationwide mass mobilisation of workers to protest against the proposed “poverty-level” national minimum wage of R20 an hour and amendments to labour laws
The Mother of All Marches, also known as the Mother of All Protests, was a day of protests held on April 19, 2017 in Venezuela against the Chavista government of president Nicolás Maduro.
Millions of Venezuelans join the Mother of All Marches Read more
The Iranian Green Movement, also known as the Persian Spring by the western media, refers to a political movement that arose after the 2009 Iranian presidential election.
Iranians launch Persian Spring protests Read more
The Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 29 December 1989. The result was the end of 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia.
The Velvet Revolution leads to the end of Communist Party rule in Czechoslovakia Read more
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
Activists bring down the Berlin Wall Read more
