Eleonora Vio

Eleonora Vio is a journalist based in Milan. She has also reported from other parts of Europe, and Middle East and Bangladesh, focusing on religious and right-wing extremism, gender rights and migration issues.

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How the mining business is helping women in Congo escape isolation

Congolese women entered the mining sector in the late 90s and ever since they have been fighting discrimination, superstition and outdated customs, while they successfully bring more and more women into the workforce.

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How the mining business is helping women in Congo escape isolation

IVF births boom in the Gaza Strip of Palestine

With the size of a family tied to social status and growing infertility - not to mention politicians keen to win support by offering couples what they most desire - IVF has become big business in the Gaza Strip.

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IVF births boom in the Gaza Strip of Palestine

How small town mayors resist Italy's new anti-migrant law

Several mayors believe that the far-right minister Matteo Salvini's decree is harsh and at odds with their migrant-friendly practices, which helped them improve the economies of their towns and neighbourhoods in the last two decades.

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How small town mayors resist Italy's new anti-migrant law

Can Sisi turn around Egypt's economy with mega projects?

A plethora of investments ranging from the expansion of the Suez Canal to the construction of a new city might not be the solution to the problems Cairo faces.

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Can Sisi turn around Egypt's economy with mega projects?

Mobbed and beaten in Rome, this Bangladeshi man refuses to go home

Bangladeshi immigrant Kartik Chondro was assaulted by a mob in Rome, an attack linked to the far-right's anti-immigrant campaign across Italy. We visited his home in Dhaka to find out why this life-threatening event hasn't forced him to return home.

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Mobbed and beaten in Rome, this Bangladeshi man refuses to go home