Neha Wadekar
Abortion politics in the U.S. ripples through Kenya – PBS NewsHour
October 31, 2024Videos
Abortion is a closely watched issue in this year’s election, and not just in the U.S. As president, Trump cut funding for international groups that offer and counsel on abortion services. With support from The Pulitzer Center, special correspondent Neha Wadekar reports from Kenya where advocates are watching for who wins. A warning, this story contains accounts of sexual and gender-based violence.
America’s Anti-Abortion Business Is Booming in Africa – Foreign Policy
November 4, 2024Articles
Right-wing American Christian groups that oppose sexual and reproductive rights are significantly increasing their spending in Africa, according to a new data analysis published ahead of a U.S. election, which could prove pivotal to abortion access both inside and outside the country. Research by the nonprofit Institute for Journalism and Social Change (IJSC) found that 17 groups increased their Africa spending by 50% between 2019 and 2022, the most recent year for which data is available. The researchers say the data represents only a handful of Christian Right groups but indicates that they are making an increasingly concerted effort to influence abortion policy internationally as well as domestically.
WORLD BANK FINANCING ARM REJECTS CALLS TO DIRECTLY COMPENSATE VICTIMS OF HARM AT KENYA SCHOOLS – The Intercept
June 12, 2024Articles
For the second time, the IFC is bucking recommendations to offer money as reparations to people hurt at a chain of schools it invested in, Bridge International Academies. Thanks in part to The Intercept’s reporting, the World Bank Board delayed a vote on an IFC action plan that did not include compensation.
The World’s Refugee Relief Is Utterly Broken – Foreign Policy
May 29, 2024Articles
Millions of Sudanese are fleeing a warzone—and exposing the world’s bankrupt response.
“IT’S DIRTY WATER” – The Intercept
April 3, 2024Articles
Rio Tinto’s Madagascar Mine Promised Prosperity. It Tainted a Community.
Gaza’s Widows Are Fighting for Their Families’ Lives – Foreign Policy
January 12, 2024Articles
As Israel’s war against Hamas rages on, Palestinian women bear the heaviest burden.
“NEUTRALIZE ADLER” – The Intercept
October 17, 2023Articles
Whistleblower: The World Bank Helped Cover Up Child Sex Abuse at a Chain of For-Profit Schools It Funded
A IS FOR ABUSE: THE SAGA OF FOR-PROFIT SCHOOLING IN AFRICA – Deconstructed, The Intercept
March 28, 2023Radio
A startup tried to revolutionize education in Africa. But did children pay the price?
Reporting in the Occupied West Bank – Project Brazen
September 29, 2023Radio
For my latest episode for Project Brazen, I spoke with Ahmed Shihab Eldin about reporting stories the authorities don’t want told from dangerous places around the world. We also remembered the late Shireen Abu Akleh, a prolific journalist who was killed while reporting in the Occupied West Bank. Ahmed says democratic governments and the Western media are partially responsible for the increasingly hostile conditions the media faces while doing its work.