Society & Culture

Climate Smart Agriculture Can Help Balochistan bounce back

Climate change brings disaster to the province Balochistan, which is an arid region located in west of Pakistan. The drought-stricken region struggling to increase...

Fighting back against violence against women – a stain on modern-day society

One in three women in the EU has experienced physical and/or sexual violence – around 62 million women. Now EU policymakers have finally declared that;”...

The Social Ostracism of the Disabled:  A Tale of Discrimination, Deprivation, and Disregard

A first-of-its-kind report on disability produced jointly by World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank suggests that more than a billion people today experience...

The Post-Truth Society: How Misinformation is Undermining Political Discourse

The transmission of false information has become a significant problem in political debate as the world gets more digital. The phrase "post-truth" has come...

Human History and the Wonder of the Horse

Imagine a person accustomed to traveling at 3 to 4 mph, who discovers a means (the horse) to speed up to 5 times that...

The Power of Social Media: Shaping Political Discourse in the Digital Age

Politics and society are being impacted by social media more and more. Social media has been essential in organizing social movements, amplifying voices, and...

Mental Health is Key to Sustainable Development: It Starts with Quality Education

On Mental Health Awareness month, the Executive Director of the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies, Education Cannot Wait, calls for expanded support...

Race to zero in Asia and the Pacific: Our hopes in the climate fight

The latest synthesis report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes for grim reading: Every fraction of a degree of warming comes with...

Green Myopia: How Our Narrow-Sightedness is harming our people

The current marketing era highlights the vital role of maintaining a balance between nature and commercial activity in order to gain a competitive edge...

Strengthening professional farmers’ organizations to improve family farming income

Since 2019, the United Nations has proclaimed the Decade of Family Farming (up to 2028) with the objective of promoting family farming as a...

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