Society
Articles about Society, ordered by date. 
I am what I am
There are myriad ways of being transgender – and experiences across the world are equally varied. Illustrations by Jason Barker.
Staying alive
Visibility offers no protection for trans people in Brazil. Amanda Palha analyses the roots of violence and exclusion faced by her community – and its fight to stay alive.
Transgender – the facts
This New Internationalist fact spread looks the number of trans people around the world, the violence and discrimination they face, health, education, work, legal protections and vulnerabilities.
Country profile: Côte D'Ivoire
Tom Sykes considers a west African country full of contradictions.
The sultan and I
The role and influence of traditional leaders is often underestimated by international agencies, writes Ruby Diamonde.
In the land of widows
For the women left behind in Kashmir's border villages, life has its own challenges, as Sofi Lundin discovers.
War nerves
Daiva Repečkaitė reports on the rise of all things military in Lithuanian society.
Country Profile: Malawi
Richard Carver's insights into a country struggling with poverty, floods and corruption.
When a sanctuary is a prison
Ruby Diamonde witnesses the pain of a community that can't go home.
Should voting be compulsory?
Mathew Lawrence and Uri Gordon go head to head.
Organized acts of kindness
US debts wiped clean through crowdfunding.
Prying plumbers
Ylenia Gostoli on the British government's latest ploy to spot those 'at risk of radicalization'.
So much for free speech...
It's a complicated issue, admits Kate Smurthwaite.
Country profile: Turkey
Samantha North assesses a country with a volatile mix of cultural, religious and political influences.
Can plastic surgery be liberating?
Feminist blogger Danielle Leigh and filmmaker and former model Susan Hess Logeais go head to head.
Is there a feminist spring?
Women’s rights has got its mojo back – and not a minute too soon. Hazel Healy takes stock of the challenges ahead.
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