Global Social Change
Empowering Lives and Advancing SDG 4: My Journey on International Literacy Day
International Literacy Day, observed globally on September 8 each year, stands as a testament to the transformative power of literacy and the intrinsic right...
Who Wouldn’t Want a Longer and Healthier Life
Given the option of a longer, healthier life, who would not want to take it? There are indeed places where a high proportion of...
Pakistan: Stolen Hindu and Christian Children
Almost weekly, news regarding Hindu and Christian children being kidnapped and abused by Muslim men emerge from Pakistan. Once abducted, these girls are forcefully...
Gender and Empowerment in North Africa
Gender and empowerment are complex and interconnected topics that have significant implications for North African societies. North Africa includes countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,...
Gender, health communications and reproductive health in international development -Book Review
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are essential for the advancement of gender equality and in the last decades these have become more...
The Children of 2000 & the Paradoxical Society
Children across the world born in the year 2000 are now reaching mature age by 2030. This generation, born in a computerized age of...
Climate change, freedom, women leadership, multilateralism
One of the world’s best executive programs, the Istanbul FLEP Program was the occasion to talk with Hakima El Haite – who was its...
Elusive Justice for Women in India
India is at war with its girls and women, in India there is the culturally sanctioned degradation of women. India can be clearly accused...
Ratification of the Declaration of the Rights of the Indonesian Child as an Implementation of Cosmopolitanism
Child problems add to the row of issues that must be prioritized to be addressed immediately. The state is the actor most responsible for...
The Impact of Patriarchal Society on Women’s Rights in Pakistan
Gender, class, ethnicity, sectarianism, and religion are just a few of the glaring inequalities that Pakistan is struggling with. However, the gender disparity that...