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Morgan Meaker

Morgan Meaker is a London-based freelance journalist, reporting on human rights, development and sustainable business at home and abroad. Follow her at @MorganMeaker

January 2017

  • Six-year-old Nirmeen, from Aleppo, takes a break from selling roses on the Beirut seafront

    Syrian refugee children reduced to selling on Beirut's streets to feed their families

    With more than 90% of refugees in Lebanon short of food and facing cuts to aid, desperate families often rely on their children to boost income

August 2016

  • The Wolves Are Back in Berlin.

    Man or beast: why is a pack of bronze wolves terrorising Berlin?

    Giving Nazi salutes and pointing pistols at commuters, Rainer Opolka’s wolf statues offer divided Germany a timely reminder of nationalism’s dangers

May 2016

  • Ai Weiwei art installation in Berlin featuring life jackets used and discarded by refugees

    International social enterprise
    The Syrian who's aiming to get refugees jobs in Berlin's booming tech scene

  • Azeri LGBT activists say they have been accused of being ‘western spies’ values.

    New East network
    Azerbaijan worst place to be gay in Europe, finds LGBTI index

April 2016

  • Artwork by Nathan Coley in Pristina, Kosovo

    International social enterprise
    Aid has failed to end Kosovo's crippling unemployment. Is there a solution?

    Eighteen years after the war, life is tough for many Kosovans – but can social enterprise help where international NGOs have failed?

March 2016

  • Participants of Belgrade Gay Pride parade wave flags in Belgrade

    LGBT change
    'The LGBT community is invisible': using data to fight hate crime in the Balkans

    In Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia, NGOs are collecting hate crime data and leveraging the countries’ EU ambitions to push for rights
  • Susana Guaman protesting for fairer pay outside Topshop’s Oxford Street store

    Rethinking prosperity
    Topshop owner Philip Green worth £4.3bn; store cleaners say their wages don’t cover rent and food

    As contracted cleaners demand fairer pay, fashion chain removes document supporting living wage from website after Guardian inquiry
  • Solar lights in Pakistan

    International social enterprise
    The developing world faces a silent killer. Could a $1 solar light help?

    A Philippine social enterprise is bringing cheap solar lighting to more than 20 countries helping improve safety, reduce air pollution and cut energy costs

November 2015

  • Refugees arrive by ferry to the port of Piraeus in Athens, Greece from Lesbos

    Greek refugee crisis: 'We need coordinated action'

    Providing support for refugees and destitute locals in Greece is being hampered by lack of collaboration between NGOs