Hand Over The Mic To: Aras Kocaoğlan, Turkey
For the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we are handing over the mic to women and men on the front line, those who are battling COVID-19 and the pandemic of violence against women and girls that’s relentless and
How Partnerships Can Turbo Charge Progress on the SDGs
In 2015, the world adopted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end inequities such as poverty, hunger, illiteracy, energy access and gender bias by 2030. Ending these inequities is urgent: an estimated 250 million people will suffer from
Hand Over the Mic To: Aida Nour ElDin, Egypt
For the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we are handing over the mic to women on the front line, those who are battling COVID-19 and the pandemic of violence against women and girls that’s relentless and rising. These
Is Stakeholder Capitalism Growing?
Researchers Find That Corporate Boards Increasingly Reward Executives for Corporate Social Responsibility. Though the Business Roundtable declared in 2019 that corporations should serve the needs of all stakeholders, there’s fierce debate over whether this shift to “stakeholder capitalism” is really happening. Stakeholder
Female Foreign Fighters of ISIL
Since 2013, over 50,000 foreign affiliates or foreign fighters travelled to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from at least 83 countries, according to last year’s Global Terrorism Index. As the conflict
Hand over the mic to: Teodora Stojilković, Serbia
For the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we are handing over the mic to women on the front line, those who are battling COVID-19 and the pandemic of violence against women and girls that’s relentless and rising. These
Why the WTO Must End Harmful Fishing Subsidies
More than one third of the world's fish stocks are overexploited. Our ocean is already suffering. And right now, billions of dollars in government subsidies just encourage more fishing. The good news is that we have an opportunity to end harmful
Hand Over the Mic to: Aisha, Kenya
For the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, we are handing over the mic to women and men on the front line, those who are battling COVID-19 and the pandemic of violence against women and girls that’s relentless and rising. These
Second Hand Cars – Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Every month, ships loaded with second-hand, low-quality, polluting vehicles leave ports in Europe, Japan and the United States bound for sale in poorer nations. A 2020 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report states that 14 million vehicles were exported to
What Happened After COVID-19 Hit: Thailand
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, 243 million women and girls globally were abused by their intimate partners in the past year. Since the pandemic, with lockdowns measures, countries around the world have seen an alarming rise in reporting on
The Joy of Nature: A Young Naturalist’s Engagement
What would it be like if every time that you encountered a stranger, experienced an abrupt change, or walked into a room filled with loud voices, you responded with “brain chaos,” “inner torments,” and “liquid panic?” This is how life
Women on the Front Lines of Violence Against Women During COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic is much more than a health crisis. It is a human crisis that risks reversing decades of progress made in women’s rights and equality. The crisis is taking an even higher toll on women and girls around