by Michelle Tolson -USA- “I want to make money, but I have to take care of the fish,” said Yakama Nation fisherwoman Caroline Looney Hunt when asked how much salmon she sells each year. “I sell it locally to our …
Restoring First Foods to the Columbia River Basin Read more »
by Kate Daniels Kurz, The WIP Director Natividad Medical Center, located in Salinas, California – the heart of California’s “Salad Bowl” – is one of the state’s 19 public safety net hospitals. Providing healthcare services to patients regardless of their …
Indigenous Interpreters Provide Missing Link for Natividad Medical Center Patients Read more »
By Zubeida Mustafa –Pakistan– Asifa, 12, lives in Karachi, the port city in southern Pakistan. She is a child of the lesser gods. That means that she is malnourished and falls ill frequently. Her home is a modest two-room house …
Language Discrimination in Pakistan Harms Women and Indigenous Culture Read more »
by Glory Mushinge –Zambia– As senior tourism officials and high-level representatives of the private sector from all over the world look to Africa for the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly, Zambian artists in the country are …
Zambia Braces to Impress for UNWTO General Assembly Read more »
by Michelle Leung -South Africa- “Who are we as Africans?” Mazibuko Jara, a human rights activist, posed this question to the attendees of a dialogue held on May 16, 2013 discussing a controversial bill seeking to legitimize a traditional court …
South Africa: Fight to Conserve Historical Traditions Encroaches on Women’s Rights Read more »
by Kavita Bedford –Australia– The taxi driver laughed, showing all his teeth. “Yes. Just one month ago I helped my friend Janedi* kidnap his wife,” he said. “Sorry, what do you mean kidnap?” I stammered, not sure whether this word …
The Rice Barn is Empty: Practices of Stealing and Divorcing Women in Lombok Read more »
by Urmila Chanam –India– I had heard about the prevalence of child marriage in India, but Nikita, 11, personalized the institution for me. I met her in a government school in the remote village of Doodiya, eight kilometers from Indore, …
As I Remember Her: A Story of a Child Bride in India Read more »
by Urmila Chanam –India– While the rest of India is fighting for respect and dignity of women, ‘Ima Keithel’ the all women market in Manipur symbolizes women’s empowerment. In this northeastern extreme of India, women enjoy a unique status in …
Ima Keithel: A Symbol of Women’s Empowerment in Manipur 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 »
by Pushpa Iyer –USA– “Turn around, turn around,” my Nepali friend instructs our driver as we drive around Pokhara. She asks him to stop next to a small field. I get out of the car not really sure of what …
Building Equitable Peace in the Land of Contrasts, Nepal Read more »