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Why storytelling should be central to your systems-change work

by Vanessa Terschluse, Head of Content & Advocacy at The 50 Percent | December 16, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

Vanessa Terschluse, Kristen Miller and Matías Lara facilitating a workshop during the “It’s Time for a Human Revolution” event at Taplow Court, UK.When it comes to creating change, storytelling is often dismissed – it is emotional, ineffective, even frivolous. But in...

A new resource for young changemakers: The guide to storytelling

by 50 Percent | November 25, 2025 | News | 0 Comments

In the world we’re living in today, storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we have. Stories help us make sense of crisis, connect across differences and reimagine what our shared future could look like. That’s why we are launching the Young person’s guide to...

From mafias to common good: How libera transforms land and lives

by Mariachiara Fagan | November 7, 2025 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

An unexpected Italy Far from the crowded cities and mainstream tourist routes, a different Italy emerges, a country marked by silence and resilience, where transformation is not always visible for an external visitor. In rural areas of the peninsula, old villas once...

The #BringBackOurGirls campaign and what it means for girls’ education in Africa

Aug 27, 2024 | Articles

Photo Credit: Cynthia Rucker/Demotix/Corbis On the 14th April 2014, 276 Christian female students were kidnapped by the Islamist terrorist group popularly known as Boko Haram at Chibok Secondary School in Chibok, a town in Borno state in Nigeria. These girls had been...

To me, activism looks like…

Aug 27, 2024 | Articles

I have been an activist for the past 7 years and counting - having worked with multiple charities and organizations within international affairs including the ONE Campaign (UK), Christian Aid, Child.Org, UNICEF, Restless Development, Amnesty International, UNDP Asia...

Child Trafficking in Developing Countries & Young Girls’ Education

Aug 26, 2024 | Articles

As the safety of girls in society remains a major concern due to social ills such as child trafficking, the education gap further widens (Currently, 129 million girls out of school currently according to UNESCO). According to the United...

Ego vs Eco

Apr 2, 2024 | Articles

My climate activism journey began when I learned about the sixth mass extinction underway and its main cause: human activity. My love for animals, combined with this tragic news, motivated me to find my role in the environmental movement. Now, I connect the dots...

The Nigeria Floods of 2022 as a Climate Change Lesson to Africa

Mar 27, 2024 | Articles

Updated: Jan 18 The year 2022 witnessed the most devastating floods Nigeria has experienced in decades. Lasting several months, the floods took the lives of 600 people, displaced over a million others and caused significant damage to infrastructure, agriculture,...

Pioneering Protopia: How Modern Writers Shape Tomorrow’s Innovations

Mar 10, 2024 | Articles

In the realm of science fiction, visionary authors have long held the power to inspire real-world innovation. These contemporary scribes, akin to the literary giants of the past, are not just spinning tales of fantastical worlds; they are weaving the fabric of future...