Persons with disabilities integral players in determining innovative solutions to fully inclusive societies
Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon Strategy to “Make the...
Four ways the planetary crisis is impacting mental health
As the world grapples with the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste, there is a growing...
New European Bauhaus under Cohesion Policy: €50 million call for innovative projects in cities
The European Urban Initiative (EUI) is launching today a €50 million call to support urban innovation and cities' capabilities to build a sustainable urban...
The Soldier and the Sangoma
Youth excites me. The youth in men. The youth in women. I cannot help for that. It is difficult for me to forget. Forget...
The BRICS Mandate
The future of seawater towards immortality, dust singing of sick birds. My sister was the former, and I, the latter. The night air clandestine...
Climate Change challenging South Asia: A way forward to Adaptation and Mitigation
South Asian region is excessively wide-open to climate change effects; comprising higher temperatures, sea-level rise, inconsistent rainfall, amplified occurrence and harshness of extreme weather...
Cultural relativism and ethnocentrism in making and breaking up of society
Cultural relativism deals with all of the social and cultural standards by which society has been formed and by which society is formed. This...
Climate Resilience through Collective Responsibility – A Reminder of Agenda 2030
“Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder...
Summer of Discontent: Extreme Weather Events Kill
The common refrain in Florida seems to be one of living there for decades and never seeing anything like it. Hurricane Ian hit the...
Betting on the wrong horse: The battle to define moderate Islam
Proponents of a moderate Islam that embraces tolerance, diversity, and pluralism may be betting on the wrong horse by supporting Muslim scholars on autocrats'...