AJ Contrast

"standout" – Online News Association "vivid and intimate" – Nieman Reports "must see" – Essence In the past three years, we've told over 80 multimedia & immersive stories from more than 50 countries. Learn more about AJ Contrast👉ajcontrast.com

@anthemawards As always, our special thank you goes to our main characters - @RebeccaLamorte, @saysnidhigoyal & Olajumoke Olajide. And everyone who were involved in the making of #InaccessibleCities! Explore our winning project here: inaccessiblecities.ajcontrast.com

#InaccessibleCities continues making the rounds and impressing judges! 🙌 Our interactive multimedia project has received two silver awards in the Human & Civil Rights category at the @anthemawards 2023. Congratulations to all the winners: anthemawards.com/winners/

It's the final stretch of the @onewm Awards! Enter by 9 Feb! We have ten stories to look back on. Check out Al Jazeera Digital and @AJContrast's story, Inaccessible Cities. oneworldmedia.org.uk/awards/

“By breathing this air, we are slowly dying.” Each winter, North Macedonia’s capital becomes one of the most polluted cities in Europe. Watch our #VR doc: youtu.be/gx0IxZJ132k

An estimated 99 percent of the world’s population breathes unhealthy air that exceeds @WHO air quality limits. Air pollution is primarily caused by burning fossil fuels for transportation, heating homes, waste burning, and other industrial activities.

Air pollution is the “single biggest environmental threat to human health,” according to @WHO. A new study by @naturecomms has found that air pollution accounts for nearly 40 percent of stillbirths in low and middle income countries. #HumanRightsMonth

This year, the US men’s football team has already made $13 million for reaching the knockout stages at the #FIFAWorldCup2022. Splitting that in half, female players will receive $6.5 million, which is already more than what they were awarded for winning the past two World Cups.

After years of negotiations, in May 2022, the US soccer federation reached a historic agreement on equal pay. The men’s and women’s World Cup prize money will be pooled and split equally between the teams, among other things. Learn more: aje.io/kw6xc8

The US women’s national football team is going to earn more money from the men’s #FIFAWorldCup2022 than it did when winning two previous women’s tournaments. How and why is this happening?👇

Two assistant female referees – Neuza Back from Brazil and Karen Diaz from Mexico – form today’s all-female crew officiating the Costa Rica vs Germany game at #FIFAWorldCup. The third assistant female referee at this year's tournament is Kathryn Nesbitt from the US.

#YamashitaYoshimi is Japan’s first female referee. She officiated at the 2019 Women’s World Cup and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. aje.io/7bgkdd

Today, history is being made at #FIFAWorldCup! For the first time ever, an all-female crew will referee a men's World Cup match. This year’s tournament is the first to feature female referees. Three women made it onto the list of 36 referees selected by FIFA. ⚽️👇

Head to Instagram Live tomorrow, Dec 1, at 5 pm GMT! Our very own @VikVicariously will discuss the interactive “Inaccessible Cities” — winner of @onewm Digital Media Award this year!

In #England, the Football Association banned women from playing on its football pitches in 1921. The ban lasted for 50 years. Until the ban, women’s football was as popular – if not more – as men’s game. During WWI, women took over many of men’s roles, including in sport.

In #Spain, women’s football was forbidden from 1935 until the Royal Spanish Football Federation acknowledged it in 1980. The first official match was organized in 1983.

Some of the most well-known nations competing in the #FIFAWorldCup have banned women's football in the past. 32 countries will compete in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, but female players haven’t always been welcome in the world of football. 👇