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The Maldives’ Former President is Not About to Go Quietly In the European mind, the Maldives is a tranquil island paradise of exotic settlements and sun-kissed beaches. In February 2012, the [...]
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Credit: Photo taken by Jean-François Chénier, flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) My first contact with Chinese [...]
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When celebrating the so-called “weaker sex” on women’s day, one should also think about those questions that are surfacing with the changing role of women in society. As the example [...]
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Abstract: A few days ago, in an academic meeting, I was surprised to hear from a renowned anthropologist woman that she had rejected a postdoctoral candidate. The reason? The candidate had [...]
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I made a decision this morning, and that is to be very rich. Mind you, I have always wanted to be rich, but this morning I decided on a new [...]
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Eight o’clock at night. An indigenous community in central Mexico surrounded by verdant mountains. The moon is set brightly yellow, as it became the only light to illuminate the small [...]
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The questions of women in the workforce and how that affects society's fabric have been posed since the early days of the feminist movement. The question of what [...]
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The first Olena is 30 years old and she “renders cleaning services”. “Please, don't take picture of me working, better snap my place of work. Look there! I even don't [...]
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During a recent internship, I interviewed a female CEO for International Women's Day. She said the glass ceiling in Australia has not shattered, but there are a few [...]
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Independent Macedonia was established 22 years ago. I was 10 years old that year in 1991, when on the 8 of September around 12 pm my parents took me to the national gathering [...]
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Dear Moldovan Women, I know you have been waiting for this day the whole year, Women’s Day, the day when your neglectful husband will buy you a flower (ONE) and will [...]
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“Being a man or a woman is a matter of birth. Being a man or a woman who makes a difference is a matter of choice” Chhavi Rajawat, the young woman [...]
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When the Future Challenges Team put out a call for local views on International Women’s Day, I thought long and hard. The first [...]
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Back in Latin America, or at least in Peru, Colombia and Costa Rica, the traditional pressure on women is to be a mother, homemaker and caretaker and stay at home. [...]
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Nelly Ali sometimes carries a magic wand in her bag. She uses Twitter to fundraise for clothes for those kids (Cairo street children and mothers). She's [...]
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There is an old folk song from Uttar Pradesh, India, which beseeches God to protect the supplicant from a monumental injustice. The mournful tune goes, “O, God, I [...]
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Abstract: Fighting for our rights, for basic services, for fair wages, for developing the country avoiding the mistakes the first world has made is a daily thing for us Bolivians. This [...]
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Although the history of democracy in Latin America began in the first decades of the nineteenth century, two hundred years later we still keep talking about "young" and [...]
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What is a welfare state? Merriam-Webster defines it as "a social system based on the assumption by a political state of primary responsibility for the individual and social welfare [...]
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The transition from subsistence to a cash economy is pushing Melanesian women into the workforce. The issue is not just about what is gained and what is lost but [...]
