by Olga Ghazaryan –Yemen– The stories from Yemen generally covered by the media are those about the Al Qaida insurgency, political turmoil, and occasionally the shocking levels of hunger and poverty. However, there is another story unfolding in Yemen that …
by Katie Palmer –Canada– Child sex trafficking is rampant throughout the Philippines. Both anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies estimate that 60,000 to 100,000 Filipino children, a majority between the ages of 14 and 17, are trafficked each year …
by Meghan Lewis –U.K.– I can think of many greater threats to feminism than a photograph of a woman without make-up. In fact I fail to see how this can be seen as a threat to feminism at all. However, …
by Aline Sara –Lebanon– Rarely does one consider prison a site for entertainment and performing arts. Last spring however, Zeina Daccache – a certified NADT drama therapist and founder of Lebanon’s drama therapy program Catharsis – transformed the 3rd floor …
Scheherazade in Baabda Gives Lebanon’s Female Inmates a Voice Read more »
by Caroline Achieng Otieno –Netherlands– The Netherlands is a beautiful country. A typical Dutch postcard displays Friesian cows grazing in lush green fields with huge windmills looming in the background. Others are adorned with colourful tulips of the Keukenhof gardens, …
The Pitfalls of Legalizing Prostitution in Amsterdam Read more »
by Michelle Tolson –Mongolia– On May 31 2012, the Tibetan Women’s Association dutifully recorded the self-immolation of Rikyo, a Tibetan nomad woman and mother of three who set herself on fire near a monastery at a town in Ngaba County …
by Emily Herzlin –USA– A few years ago I became obsessed with the 19th century Irish playwright John Millington Synge. He was raised near Dublin, but was drawn to the wild Irish west where the people still spoke Irish. After …
A Tourist at Home and Abroad: The House on an Irish Hillside Read more »
by Alexandra Marie Daniels Arts, Culture & Media Editor “If everyone knows, it can’t be a secret.” – The Invisible War “If you could do one thing political this month, go see this film.” These words stay with me in …
Rape Survivors in the Military: Invisible No More Read more »
by Rachel Muthoni –Kenya– Cases of domestic violence are on the rise in Kenya. While in the past women were known to receive beatings from their husbands, it seems in recent years that women too are inflicting violence on their …
Kenya: Poverty, Alcoholism Blamed for Rising Domestic Violence Against Men Read more »
by Caroline Achieng Otieno -Netherlands- Within my community as in many African communities, death is seen as a great and irredeemable tragedy even when it occurs in old age. The reverence with which the Luo people view their ancestors is …
The Body Worlds Exhibition: Macabre Freak Circus or Exploration of the Human Anatomy? Read more »