New Social Compact
Destigmatizing Sexual Assault Conversations in Pakistan
On 7 September 2020, a woman was gang-raped in front of her children on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway. The incident sparked a public outrage amongst...
100 million more children fail basic reading skills because of COVID-19
A new study released on Friday by the UN cultural agency, reveals that more than 100 million more children than expected, are falling behind the minimum...
Gender equality – a common effort from the Global North to the South
According to the UN figures, there is no country in the world that has achieved gender parity on all relevant dimensions, be it economic, political, and...
Women’s Rights as Human Rights
Turkey’s human rights record has been on decline in recent years. Women’s rights issue is at the heart of this debate. President Recep Tayyip...
The Veil Ban and the Absurdity of the National Security and Gender Equality Arguments
In these troubled times, when countries have been mandatorily imposing face masks to contain the Covid -19 pandemic, even in airports where security is...
Pandemia’s Box: Perspectives on a New World Order
Dieter Brockmeyer’s book, Pandemia’s Box; a Diplomatic World Institute book series, offers a unique glimpse into the new world order where ‘Wholistic Innovation’ connects ...
Her Story of Education Will Decide Your Past and Future
Astonishingly, we have come so far. The so-called societal norms of the past are still prevailing today when it comes to women’s education and...
Feminism: A Struggle between Conservatism and Modernism
Women constitute an estimated 50% of human herd across the globe; that has so far failed to translate into equity in democratic representations in...
Circularity and Social Impact of Education
No foreign policy, no matter how ingenious, has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of few and carried in...
The central role of migrants in Asia-Pacific
United Nations officials on Wednesday highlighted the contributions of migrants to economies and societies in Asia and the Pacific, calling on countries to ensure...