<img alt="A woman on a golden field holds sheep while walking by a windmill" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="415" src="https://unbiasthenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Pastoralism-1024x566.png" style="width: 100%; height: 55.31%; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; clear: both;" width="750" /><p>Shepherds and their flocks are integral to the history of European culture and ecology. Now, a new generation of pastoralists – from migrants escaping underpaid care work, to science graduates looking for tangible ways to protect the planet – are rewriting patriarchal traditions to preserve it for the future. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://unbiasthenews.org/shepherdesses-smashing-stereotypes-the-women-reviving-ancient-traditions-for-a-sustainable-future/">Shepherdesses smashing stereotypes: The women reviving ancient traditions for a sustainable future</a> appeared first on <a href="https://unbiasthenews.org">Unbias The News</a>.</p>

As bombs fall and power shifts, Venezuela is reframed as a geopolitical case study, while the voices of those living through the crisis are pushed aside. The gap between global commentary and lived reality turns human crisis into abstraction and exposes what is lost when journalism explains power while erasing the people who endure it, writes Gabriela Ramirez. The post Venezuela without Venezuelans appeared first on Unbias The News.

Microfinance loans were meant to offer a pathway out of poverty in countries like Nigeria, particularly for women. But as climate change makes weather patterns more unpredictable, the risk of falling into further debt falls onto the shoulders of women farmers who face not just erratic farming conditions but social stigma from default. The post Nigerian women farmers trapped between climate shocks and microfinance debt appeared first on Unbias The News.

Arrests of high-profile campaigns suggest that even those working on government-approved green initiatives with international backing aren’t safe from Vietnam’s crackdown on environmental activism. But some warn that staying below the radar can be even more dangerous. The post Vietnamese activists’ dilemma: Go public and risk reprisals, or go undercover and go it alone appeared first on Unbias The News.

After a Canadian mining company challenged a Zapotec community’s Indigenous identity, recalling the ancestral names of sacred landmarks helped reinvigorate their connection to the land – and defend it from extractive industries. The post Capulálpam de Méndez: A struggle for land and memory appeared first on Unbias The News.

In a remote community enveloped in cloudforest, a whistled form of the Indigenous Chinantec language is perfectly adapted to the land and its weather. But who needs whistles when you can use WhatsApp? The post San Pedro Sochiapam: First the birdsong, then the whistles appeared first on Unbias The News.

Medicinal wisdom is embedded in Indigenous Mixe languages. By sustaining their mother tongue and practices involving herbs and healing rituals, Mixe people keep alive a cosmovision in which they speak to Mother Earth. The post Sierra Mixe: A conversation with Mother Nature appeared first on Unbias The News.

When foreign companies restarted mining operations that had been shuttered since the breakup of Yugoslavia, Vareš had high hopes of economic revival. But as the state fails to take a stand against pollution and deforestation, optimism has given way to nostalgia for the socially owned mines of the communist era. The post Foreign capital, local burden: Who benefits from mining in Bosnia? appeared first on Unbias The News.

Roma people are routinely excluded from jobs, housing and public services. Yet tens of billions of euros to promote Roma inclusion are vanishing into projects with no transparency or measurable impacts. Our investigation found evidence of some of this EU money being spent on displacing or demonizing Roma communities in Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechia and Italy. The post “We can only get out of here if we die”: How EU funds to help Roma communities are reinforcing isolation, prejudice and exclusion appeared first on Unbias The News.

This isn’t just the price of commerce; it’s a geography of inequality mapped in exhaust and concrete. The corridors that carry imported goods to Chicago’s warehouses dictate where pollution settles and where profit flows. The post Dollar stores, diesel fumes and food sovereignty in Chicago’s frontline communities appeared first on Unbias The News.

India and Bangladesh share a 4,000 kilometer-long border, which looms large for children of living alongside it, particularly those whose parents have suffered abuse at the hands of the Border Security Force. The post Growing up too fast: Children struggle with aftermath of state violence in India-Bangladesh border villages appeared first on Unbias The News.

This year’s COP, the UN’s 30th global climate summit, is hosted by Belém. The Brazilian media has become obsessed with Belém’s poverty and underdevelopment – shortcomings that weren’t deemed newsworthy until the urban Amazon became a focus of the world’s attention. But what does it mean to be prepared? For whom? The post COP comes to the Amazon: Is Belém ‘ready’ for the gringo’s gaze? appeared first on Unbias The News.

France is a far bigger and more diverse nation than even many French people acknowledge. In hanging on to former colonies, the Republic promised its overseas citizens the same rights as those on the mainland. In practice, they suffer from chronic underinvestment locally, and systemic prejudice if they relocate to the center of power. The post The other France: Why Ultramarins are foreigners in their own country appeared first on Unbias The News.

While European cities face record-shattering heat due to climate change, not all residents are affected equally. Indoor heat sensors show scorching temps in areas with lower-income housing, compounded by neglectful urban planning and pollution- a combination that is creating health risks in urban peripheries. The post Twenty degrees apart: How urban inequality drives indoor heat in Paris and Barcelona appeared first on Unbias The News.

“The people who face the most barriers are often those who need our care the most – and yet their voices are not the ones we hear in maternity care." ​ The post How migrant women in the UK are breaking the isolation around maternal mental health appeared first on Unbias The News.

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Share this article Table of Contents It’s a sunny Thursday in Chacaito. With company buildings, restaurants, shopping centres, hot dog vendors and bank branches, it’s one of the busiest areas in eastern Caracas, Venezuela’s capital. Buses go almost anywhere in the city, and chaos is routine. Cars honk, and passengers queue for hours, dodging motorbikes… Continue reading Mailpoet last post template test The post Mailpoet last post template test appeared first on Unbias The News.

Authoritarianism Is Spreading. So Is the Fight Against It. Dear friends, Gaby Ramirez here. Somehow, we’ve already made it halfway through 2025. And at Unbias the News, it’s been a busy, urgent time. We’ve been working with journalists around the world to bring you powerful, underreported stories about democracy and the people fighting to protect… Continue reading Mailpoet Blog Post Newsletter Test The post Mailpoet Blog Post Newsletter Test appeared first on Unbias The News.

For decades, Moroccan immigrants have called La Cañada Real home. Now, real estate speculators are closing in on the informal settlement. Authorities are starving the community of basic infrastructure and demolishing homes. But women are pushing back against eviction and uniting against oppression from outside their community and within. The post Community in La Cañada Real: The women defending Spain’s biggest informal settlement appeared first on Unbias The News.

Up against a platform and police who seem to view abuse as inevitable, OnlyFans creators are fighting back against online harassers who gamify stealing and distributing their copyrighted material. The post Consent violated: how creators pay the price for stolen OnlyFans content appeared first on Unbias The News.

Since the Assad regime fell in December 2025, Europe’s 1.4 million Syrian refugees have been navigating the legal, emotional and security challenges of going back to a country they thought they may never see again. The post Caught between two worlds: Syrians in Europe grapple with the right to return appeared first on Unbias The News.

Across Europe, Latin American women are coming together in myriad networks of mutual support, to face down isolation, exploitation and inadequate public services. The post Invisible no more: Latinas organize against gender-based violence in Europe appeared first on Unbias The News.

Morocco’s drought-flood chaos is fueling a storm of cloud seeding conspiracies. The post The Rainmakers of Morocco appeared first on Unbias The News.

In Bamenda, the capital of Northwest Cameroon, a physical reminder of the Anglophone Crisis is visible on the streets: uncollected trash. Residents must navigate sights and smells that deter business, threaten their health, and increase the risks of environmental damage. But some are fighting back. The post Unsolved conflict and uncollected trash: In Bamenda, Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis is spilling onto the streets appeared first on Unbias The News.

You may recall that last year was dubbed “the year of democracy.” More people voted in 2024 than ever, and yet, global democracy still fell short. The post Authoritarianism Is Spreading. So Is the Fight Against It. appeared first on Unbias The News.