The Overlooked Heroes: Women’s Role and Exclusion in War and Peace
In the midst of constantly changing global dynamics, the world currently faces more than 50 ongoing armed conflicts, spanning a wide range of regions...
Pandemics and global health security: Lessons from covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic, which swept across the globe beginning in late 2019, has exposed significant gaps in the world’s preparedness for global health crises....
Freedom Oppression: Women’s Struggle and Movement from France to Iran
Freedom is a word with many meanings. Since the era of global decolonization, various movements fighting for freedom have spread worldwide. Moreover, after WW...
Another year of sadness for Sudan
I didn’t go to the poet Mzi Mahola’s funeral. Ernest, another well-known Eastern Cape poet, said that he would give me a lift in...
Breathing in Smog: Global Insights and Local Solutions for Combating Pollution in Punjab
Punjab’s escalating air pollution crisis, particularly in cities like Lahore and Multan, has reached alarming levels, with annual hazardous smog episodes posing severe risks...
Climate Finance: A Test of Global Solidarity and Survival
In 2022, the financial toll of climate-related disasters reached an alarming $313 billion globally, with the heaviest burden falling on the world’s poorest nations....
Amending Heraclitus: Climate Change, CoP Remains the same
The recent (nomadically arranged Climate event called Review Mechanism – Conference of the Parties to the UN FCCC, or shortly) COP – this time...
For my mother
In December of 2023, almost a year ago, the prize giving ceremony of the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award was held at the...
Weak Protection of Musicians’ Rights and Indonesian Music Copyrights
Historically, legislation related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has existed in Indonesia since the pre-independence period introduced by the Dutch Colonial Government. In this...
King of My Castle
Early in 2024, while my baby niece lay sleeping beside me I searched through the channels on YouTube for something to watch and discovered...