Global Social Change

Lifting 800 Million People Out of Poverty: Lessons from China’s Experience

Over the past 40 years, the number of people in China with incomes below $1.90 per day – the International Poverty Line as defined...

Taksh Gupta – Founder of IITIIMShaadi matrimonial website

An alumnus of Delhi University and SP Jain school of Global Management, Taksh, founded his first company at age 19 and introduced the brand...

Talking with Shatakshi Sharma – more about Global Governance Initiative

Shatakshi Sharma is the Co-founder of Global Governance Initiative, a practical MBA and MPP program. Shatakshi has previously worked in the consulting sector at...

Fighting child marriage in India, thanks to school and a mobile phone

With the help of an innovative mobile phone service, UN agencies are working with the Government of Rajasthan, India, to combat child marriage. The poster...

Ideology And Media Discourse In Van Dijk’s Studies

The Dutch social scientist Teun A. Van Dijk is one of the renowned names in the fields of text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical...

Aditi Arora – working towards making gender equality a reality in India

Aditi Arora is the Country Manager- India for Girl Up and a member of the Inclusivity Advisory Board at Just A Girl Inc. She...

Nepal Assigns Drug Control Officers for Each District

Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Samyuktha Karthikeyan* A simple search on YouTube titled “drug consumption in Nepal”, would lead to many awareness videos highlighting several stories...

Who Cares? A response to India’s Covid-19 Orphan Crisis

When the world recorded 15.4 million AIDS-orphaned children in 2020, it didn't expect the number of orphans to jump by 10% in a few...

In Saudi Arabia, dance maybe, dissent no

Three scantily dressed samba dancers wearing traditional feather headdresses laid bare the limits of social liberalisation in Saud Arabia when they earlier this year...

A holistic approach to security: The impact of education – Interview with Yasmine Sherif

As the world continues to evolve, new threats challenge our security: climate change, gender inequality, armed conflicts and more, no longer restricted to national...

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