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Has Hungary become Europe’s first illiberal democracy? That’s the question Kirsten Roberts Lyer sought to answer in her TC Global article this week. She is a professor at Budapest’s Central European University, which the Congress recently voted to close. Now a new bill will defund most of the country’s NGOs, imperilling the civic engagement that’s at the core of democracy.
We also brought you stories on reproductive health in the Phillipines (a bright spot in a country in the midst of a lethal drug war), a brazen Hollywood-style bank heist
in Paraguay and the pioneering women of Brazilian favela funk. Enjoy your weekend reading.
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Protestors hold banners saying ‘No to the stigmatisation of civilians’ at a meeting of the Hungarian parliament’s justice committee.
Laszlo Balogh/Reuters
Kirsten Roberts Lyer, Central European University
A proposed law in Hungary to monitor finances of foreign-funded NGOs is another burden for the country's civi society.
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Arts + Culture
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Adriana Facina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
By singing frankly about sex and life on the streets, the pioneering women of Rio de Janeiro's funk scene are redefining what feminism sounds like.
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Business + Economy
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Caroline Schuster, Australian National University
The heist and free trade are just opposite sides of the same coin.
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Health + Medicine
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Gideon Lasco, University of Amsterdam
The ongoing debate is a continuation of the Philippines' long journey towards reproductive health - and its having been turned into a political and moral issue by various actors.
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