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Kenyan Diary: The Story Of Julius And HIV Stigma

Sarah Rowe looks back at her two week volunteering trip to Kenya and reminisces over her inspirational friend, Julius: a man fighting his own battles against HIV and stigma, against education fees, and against climate change...

Submitted by Sarah.Rowe

Plane Stupid Blog: “But Where Would All The Workers Go?”

Josh Moos - from climate change activist crew Plane Stupid - reports on how the airport workers in high-emitting industries are not the enemy, but the capitalist systems based on profit and accumulation…

Submitted by joshmoos

Feature: Miss DRCongo 2010 - Amelia Lola

After a manic Miss DRCongo UK 2010 competition and DRC Independence Day celebration night in June, Mike Batanga snapped up an opportunity to interview the winner, Ms Amelia Lola…

Submitted by mbatanga

Stray Bullets - Protests In Asda, Waitrose And Jordon

A run down of this week’s biggest global and social issue headlines from across the world by Richard Lemmer, including one of PETA's lettuce ladies being detained in Jordon...

Submitted by Richard.Lemmer

One Six Eight Zero @ Proud’s Strand Gallery

Onjuli Datta takes a walk through the inspiring One Six Eight Zero exhibition in central London, which tells the stories of various Platform2 returnees and their volunteering experiences around the world; from Ghana, to Peru, South Africa to India...

Submitted by onjuli

Cowboys And Indians - Demolition Plans In Delhi

Kevin E.G. Perry reports from an expansive trip across India; with his first blog looking at how the preparation work for the Commonwealth Games seems to be marginalizing the most impoverished in Delhi…

Submitted by Kevin E.G. Perry

Vox Pops: Fighting HIV Injustice @ The International AIDS Conference 2010

Carissa Yeboah rounds up her time at the AIDS summit last week, reporting with a mass of thoughts on the conference (and the wider issues) from her peers…

Submitted by Carissa.Yeboah

Blog: Carol Grayson Exclusive! - Gender Justice

Carol Grayson and Colette Wintle meet Anne Milton (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health), to discuss how the contamination of haemophiliacs with HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) through NHS treatment had specifically affected women in their community…

Submitted by Activist1

International AIDS Conference 2010 Report - Vienna YouthForce

July 20 - It's the last day of Carissa Yeboah's trip to Vienna for the AIDS summit. But before she's dragged back to London, she reflects on her time alongside her peers, the YouthForce movement, and in turn, the next generation's role in combatting HIV injustice...

Submitted by Carissa.Yeboah