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The United Nations, 75 years young: Engaging youth social entrepreneurs to accelerate the SDGs
This year, the United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary – a milestone of extraordinary economic and social progress in Asia and the Pacific....
Classroom crisis: Avert a ‘generational catastrophe’
The world is at risk of suffering “a generational catastrophe” as COVID-19 wreaks havoc on the education of students globally, the UN chief said...
Women ‘far from having an equal voice to men’- UN Study
The COVID-19 pandemic is “interrupting efforts” to achieve gender equality and threatening to “reverse hard-won gains” over the past decades, a senior UN official...
Of Here and Now: Pandemic and Society in 2020
After a century, the world population faced a new pandemic that fast spread globally, affecting individuals both physically and mentally. Covid-19 started in late...
When Fundamentalists Come to Power, Women Lose
As the United States mourns the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we find ourselves in crisis over women’s rights in the...
Coronavirus and the Female leaders of the World
The entire world is handling the novel coronavirus pandemic. One thing which has emerged in these months is that the countries led by female...
Lives, challenges and triumphs of women: Interview with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, popularly known for her book “The Palace of Illusions” which narrates the Mahabharata from Drupadi’s point of view talks about books,...
Report reveals linkages between human trafficking and forced marriage
Across the world, girls as young as 12 are being forced or tricked into marrying men who exploit them for sex and domestic work,...
Strategies for Managing Failure Armed with Experience
The key point of a more successful life literally or essentially is having a superior strategy in living it. Especially the most important strategy...
Ideal Violence Prevention
Authors: Dr. Patricia Saunders, Arlene Schar and Dr. David Leffler*
In The World Report on Violence and Health (WRVH) the World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as “the...