Indonesian Women and Virginity: Requestioning Structural Challenges and Human Rights
Authors: Lamtiar N. S. M. Nababan, Larasati Primaputri, Talitha Nurhaliza*
Virginity testing towards women has been seen as something outdated and irrelevant, as virginity is...
The Role of Communication and Knowledge Management in Climate Finance
Climate finance—especially in terms of reducing and adjusting to fit climate change—defines the advancement of world sustainability. Good communication and solid knowledge management systems...
Jimmy Carter: A Tribute To Not Forgetting God in GovernanceÂ
Many years ago, in the American state of Connecticut while touring a museum somewhere I now can't recall, I came across a painting of...
Addressing Climate Challenges: The Role of Research in Climate Finance
Threatening ecosystems, public health, and economic stability, climate change remains one of the biggest worldwide issues of the twenty-first century. Among the major hazards...
The “Feminist” Label Trap: Factors Contributing to Sweden’s Abandonment of Their FFP Agenda
In 2014 Sweden established their FFP or its Feminist Foreign Policy, the first of its kind, an agenda that aims to bring feminism into...
Constructing Inequality: Unequal Development in North Jakarta
Driving in Teluk Naga, North Jakarta feels like shiratal al-mustaqim. A long, straight line full of bumpy roads, tidal water filling the hole, and...
Not All Viruses Are Created Equal: The Case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) vs. COVID-19
Viruses have always had a strange way of capturing the imagination. They’re not simply biological entities; they have become cultural symbols. When a virus's...
Bridging Earthly Divides: The Rise of Space Diplomacy
Authors: Amal Chandra and Gokul V.M.*
Since the earliest attempts to explore it, starting with Sputnik's launch in 1957, space has always kindled the imagination...
Rising Waters, Rising Stakes: The Geopolitical Role of AOSIS in Climate Advocacy
The prospect of states disappearing is not just science fiction anymore, as five nations (the Maldives, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Kiribati) may...
Driving Transformation: The Crucial Role of Youth in Promoting the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the 17 global objectives that have been instituted by the United Nations in its 2015 Agenda for the...