Global Social Change
GCC reforms are changing women’s lives
There are many examples of how
the fundamental role of women in boosting economic growth has been recognized
by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries —...
International Women’s Day: Gender equality benefits everyone
The benefits of gender equality are not just for women
and girls, but “for everyone whose lives will be changed by a fairer world”,
the chief...
The end of the perfect melons
On May
2019, two melons from Hokkaido sold at the prices of 45,000 USD.
Yes, you
heard it right. Two melons.
They were not
your “regular” melons....
Happiness Is Around You
Happiness is a
beautiful combination of joy and pleasure, that gives the way to peace.
Happiness is a subjective feeling but today's world gives it an objective
meaning. We...
New lives, new freedoms: How labour migration empowers Nepali women
When I first met Ram Kumari Chaudhary, she was an extremely shy, but
solemn, 19-year-old. She told me she wanted to go to work in...
The drive for quality education worldwide, faces ‘mammoth challenges’
Aligning inclusive, quality education with the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) was centre-stage on Friday, as the President of the UN General
Assembly held a high-level interactive...
Frankly Speaking: School Safety as a Concept Matters
Safety in school is a microcosm of safety
in society, its social institutions and beyond. Squelch, 2001, has defined, a
safe school as one that is...
From Wall-Less Design to Robotics Training: Meet the 16 Schools Defining the Future of Education
The World Economic Forum identified 16 Schools of the Future – defined as schools,
school systems and programmes – that are playing a critical role...
Understanding the gender pay gap: Definition and causes
Although the equal pay for
equal work principle was already introduced in the Treaty of
Rome in 1957, the so-called gender pay gap stubbornly persists with...
Presidents, Pharaohs and Prophets
Over
millennia national leadership managed its population on basic divides: Soldiers
to just follow orders, workers to just get soldiers ready to march and artists just
to...