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A graffiti in the French city of Toulouse: Women, the patriarchal system won’t collapse all by itself. Let’s bring it down! Photo taken by the author. Clashes between France and Croatia have usually taken place on handball courts or football pitches. For International Women’s Day, I decided to see how […]

Abstract: The government of Nicaragua announced in January of this year a campaign that is being called, in short, “Vivir bonito” (“Living pretty”). The initial 14 point plan doesn’t specify the concrete measures that this campaign will execute, although the goal expressed is the desire of the government for Nicaraguans […]

  Only once a year do all the major news sources, magazines and TV programs talk about women. On March 8, many Russian women will be excused from household duties. This day men storm flower stores and buy other presents for their ladies. It’s very unfortunate that people discuss the […]

Future Challenges interviews elderly feminist and labor activist Shahenda Maklad

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 archipelago’s president was Mohamed Nasheed, 44, a charismatic man admired by environmental campaigners for his impassioned calls to reduce […]

 Credit: Photo taken by Jean-François Chénier, flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) My first contact with Chinese medicine goes back about a year. I had terrible flu and a helpful Chinese friend of mine, worried about my health, gave me two mysterious pills, brought from China and wrapped in golden paper, and reassured […]