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The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran last month has sparked protests all across the country, with demonstrators calling for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. DW speaks to Jasmin Ramsey, deputy director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran.

Protests in Iran have now entered a fourth week after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody. She had been detained by the so-called morality police for allegedly wearing her headscarf too loosely. Her death has triggered protests all over the country. And in Guatemala, indigenous women rise up against land grabbing – it's a dangerous battle.

In Guatemala, indigenous women have been rising up to protect their ancestral lands. Land grabbing is the new normal there – people laying claim to land that doesn't belong to them. And getting away with that most of the time. Sofia Tot Ac tries to fight back for the Mayan communities – but it comes at a price.

The warming climate melts the snow peak on Mount Kilimanjaro and increasingly impacts the lives of local people and their environment.

To expose corruption, discrimination and other crimes in Ghana, investigative journalists face personal threats and many challenges to improve their country. What drives them to do their job despite all odds and little pay?

All over the world, people are being pushed out from their homes. Some areas have become uninhabitable because they are running out of the very essentials, like water. Elsewhere, economic prospects are so bleak that people risk it all to start a better life. And war and conflict make it unsafe for people to stay.

The region of Ladakh struggles to sustain its own production of wool amid climate change and growing border tensions. Many people have moved hundreds of kilometers away from their homes to Leh, the only city in the region, due to virtually no access to health facilities and schools. Furkan Latif Khan went to explore and sent us this report.

Thousands of Cubans took to the streets over a year ago. These protests were the largest anti-government demonstrations in decades, a truly historic moment. More than 1400 people were detained in the aftermath of the protests. In recent months, hundreds of demonstrators have been sentenced to long prison terms, in some cases up to 25 years.

In this week's show, we hear about how different groups around the world are fighting back: Mexican women helping American women with their unwanted pregnancies; the trans community in Brazil fighting ostracization and oppression with sewing machines and the church; and how one Ugandan freedom fighter is using her privilege, and her internet connection, to stand up for those without it.

In Cameroon, global wheat woes are forcing the African nation to rethink the way it farms. Meanwhile in Argentina, a new genetically modified wheat variety claims to withstand climate extremes. And, in Ghana, farmers are ditching local seed breeds for foreign varieties — but why? Plus — how we can fight antimicrobial resistance.