by Rachel Muthoni -Kenya- With the current inflation in Kenya, the number of Commercial Sex Workers (CSW) in Nakuru, the capital of the most populated Rift Valley province, is rising steadily – a trend that began after the 2007-2008 post-election …
Inflation in Kenya Drives Women to Commercial Sex Work Read more »
by Alexandra Marie Daniels Arts and Culture Editor “What’s your dream?” she asks. I look at my friend Marjon across the table at the little café on Second Avenue, where we regularly go for an affordable bowl of pasta and …
Imagine: A Conversation with OVO’s Artist Director Marjon Van Grunsven Read more »
by Michelle Tolson –Cambodia– Entertainment venues are very popular in Cambodia. They are well supplied with beer and young women to serve it. Karaoke clubs and beer gardens are frequented by Khmer men who expect women to sit and drink …
Despite Profits, Beer Companies Do Not Provide Living Wage For Cambodian Promoters Read more »
by Joyce J. Wangui -Kenya- Though the name Lilian Mogiti Nyandoro may not mean much to those in Nairobi where she is based, in a small village in Kimana, Oloitoktok District her name speaks volumes. She has demystified the female …
Lilian Mogiti Nyandoro, Anti-FGM Crusader, Liberates Maasai Women and Girls Read more »
by Alexandra Marie Daniels -USA- Through the lens of average teenage eyes, The Forgiveness of Blood captures the contradictions that have hindered Albania’s post-communist development. Specific in context yet universal in theme, Joshua Marston (director of the highly acclaimed 2004 …
21st Century Teens, 15th Century Albanian Law: Joshua Marston’s The Forgiveness of Blood Read more »
by Rita Banerji –India– I am on a Google alert for “dowry,” a practice that is recognized as one of the underlying causes of India’s female genocide/gendercide. Recently there was an avalanche of ‘dowry’ alerts as Indian and foreign media …
Facebook Game ‘Angry Brides’ Trivializes Grave Human Rights Violation Read more »
by Aloosh Devrim –Syria– Sunk deep in thoughts, Rania sits alone in her dark room oblivious to the thumping of feet on the roof where neighbor’s children are playing. The screams of Yousaf, her three-month-old, and the ringing telephone simultaneously …
With Love and Respect, a Syrian Mom Dares Bashar Read more »
by Katie Palmer –Canada– In recent years, there has been a slight yet noticeable shift among many Western young adult travelers. Once adventurously backpacking across Northern Europe and other parts of the world, they now combine cheap travel to the …
Generation ‘Y’ Leads the Way in the Rise of Active Global Citizenship Read more »
by Aralena Malone-Leroy –France– In late December 2011, while most Europeans were doing last-minute holiday shopping and preparing for gargantuan meals and family festivities, hundreds of thousands of women spent achingly sleepless nights, worried that their breast implants might be …
When Breast Implants Are Ticking Time Bombs: The PIP Scandal Read more »
by Michelle Tolson –Cambodia– On January 12th, 2012 I traveled 45 km outside of Phnom Penh with a group of human rights workers and journalists to a relocation site for the evictees of the Borei Keila slum, which had been …
Borei Keila Evictions Highlights Economic Hierarchy Among Poor in Cambodia Read more »