Though apartheid in South-Africa was abolished in 1994 some of its institutions, such as townships, remain. Initially constructed to house black citizens as part of segregationist policy these are still home to underprivileged, largely-black communities. Experience life in the townships through its inhabitants as they explain the difficulties of living in an environment with limited space, privacy, amenities and questionable safety.
Where you’re born makes a radical difference to the healthcare you can expect. The disparity between different countries is stark.
With abortion illegal in the majority of the developing world, unplanned pregnancies have dangerous consequences. Without contraception, women are denied choice over how their own families, forced to face often fatal consequences.
Rio Brazil is a city where racism and inequality are alive and well despite much of its population having ancestral connections to slaves and a 53% of its population identifying itself as ‘brown’. Today, women of colour such as Ludmilla must fight to empower themselves in the face of judgment and...
