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Where does it come from? Who buys it? What do they do with it? What do they do with it? And the impacts of it.

Richard Swift argues that our appetite for the shiny metal is both pointless and dangerous.

The TV cameras have long departed, but four years after the earthquake, Haiti remains a country in crisis. Brian Fitzpatrick and Michael Norby report from Port-au-Prince on how hunger and violence rule the roost in a situation nearing boiling point.

Powerful, persuasive words and images in Ukraine’s information war have led to casualties of truth on all sides. Lily Hyde observes how, as Crimea and East Ukraine break away, a war of words turns lethal.

Bloggers, activists and artists share their favourite books.

Ikamara Larasi dismantles one-sided caricatures of black women in pop culture.

What can different generations of feminists learn from one another? Leading Indian grassroots activist and author, 68-year-old Kamla Bhasin, connects with 16-year-old Londoner Lilinaz Evans, co-founder of the Twitter Youth Feminist Army. Facilitated by Hannah Pool.

From empowerment-lite to love-jihad, Rahila Gupta explores the perils of hijacked feminist agendas.

Nimko Ali is a brave, straight-talking, Somali British woman, who is revitalizing the campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM).

Facts for feminists - the twists and turns along the road to equality.

Women’s rights has got its mojo back – and not a minute too soon. Hazel Healy takes stock of the challenges ahead.

Anne Hoffman hears about the struggle for reproductive rights in Chile.

Lydia James uncovers some novel ways to divert food from landfill.

Saving languages is good for the environment and for tackling poverty. Suzanne Romaine explains why.

Language survival is a rollercoaster ride. The fate of the world’s mother tongues is often dependent on a combination of factors, including grassroots activism, political will and simple chance.

Half of the 200 indigenous languages spoken in Australia before the British arrived have died and fewer than 20 are being taught to the next generation. But Katrina Power is one of those busy bucking the trend.

There are between 5,000 and 7,000 languages in use today, but every fortnight one of them goes extinct.

For decades Kurds in Turkey were banned from using their own language. Do recent government concessions reflect a genuine change of heart? Naila Bozo investigates.

Nora Marks Dauenhauer was born in 1927 into the Tlingit aboriginal nation of Alaska. A poet, short-story writer and scholar, she has dedicated much of her life to preserving and promoting the Tlingit language.

Jo Lateu explains why the world's minority languages matter for all of us - and why we should be fighting for their survival.