New Social Compact
Why People Run: Motivation Theory Applied to Diverse Migration
According to a United Nations report, 3.2%
of world population or 258 million people, live in a country other than their
country of birth. Between 1990...
Captain Jasmin: Charting a sea change in a man’s world
I never knew anything about life at sea before I started my training.
Certainly, where I come from – the Philippines – and also in...
Herat, the fire’s bride
The olive eyes of Shaista peep between the
bandages covering her burnt body, for she, like so many other Afghan women from
the city of Herat,...
The Modern Tragedy of Child Marriage
Authors: Pooja Shah & Russell Whitehouse
“And just
like that, my mother was married to the village chaiwala when she was 14!” I distinctly recall my...
Marcia Andrade Braga: A ‘stellar example’ of why more women are needed in UN peacekeeping
Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African
Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special
gender advocate award, it was...
Davos: The Other Side of the Mirror
It has been a couple of months since I was
hanging out in Davos learning about this year’s World Economic Forum. Perhaps I have a...
A Calamitous Week
Something is infinitely wrong in the
picture, a juxtaposition of polar opposites:
New Zealand, a country of unfailingly courteous and kind people, and an
extremist terrorist killing...
How men can play an active role in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment
International Gender Champions and Heads of the
Vienna-based United Nations organizations have discussed how men can play an
active role in promoting gender equality.
The event, held...
Education remains an impossible dream for many refugees and migrants
The older refugee and migrant children get, the less
likely it is that they will get a quality education: less than a quarter of the
world’s...
International Women’s Day 2019: More equality, but change is too slow
On the occasion of this year's
International Women's Day, the Commission has published its 2019 report on
equality between women and men in the EU. The...