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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.

Hazel Healy looks at two monster US-led free-trade deals.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupational hazard for activists on the frontline, says Amy Hall.

If you think the trade on human organs just needs proper regulation, read Nancy Scheper-Hughes’ exploration of the options.

Principles for protection.

A report from Kosovo on the skullduggery of an international gang of medical criminals and the tortuous road to bring them to justice. By Selvije Bajrami.

Hanneke Hagenaars, a transplant co-ordinator for deceased organ donors in the Netherlands, speaks about her liaison work with soon-to-be-bereaved families.