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A Silent Crime: Violence Against Women in Melanesia
Written by Morioka
The transition from subsistence to a cash economy is pushing Melanesian women into the workforce. The issue is not just about what is gained and what is lost but about challenging the discriminatory practices that suppress women from exercising their human rights. Violence Against Women (VAW) is a silent crime that is […]
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The Lost Walkability of Kathmandu
Written by sushmajoshi
A road expansion campaign in Kathmandu has been initiated by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai. This campaign has been ongoing since September 2011.The project has received mixed feedback. Praised for adding significant width to main roads in need of widening, it has also been criticized for its lack of planning, including the way roads […]
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LETS: building community resilience through local economies
Written by Dominika Ricardi
Governance isn’t the only thing that is being taken into the hands of civil society. In Australia, the entire premise of the market system is also being reworked. If the state reneges on its promise to provide basic services, the opposite effect will happen – people will start taking things […]
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Teen girl raped in Egypt speaks out, defies abuse
Written by Kristin Deasy
There she was, sitting in a sweltering sitting room in Cairo, her scarred face haloed by her Islamic headscarf, her pregnant belly pushing out a bit, her 18-year-old hands resting lightly in her lap. Her name is Ghada, and she is one of the bravest women I have ever met.
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Cambodian Women and the Economy
Written by Chak Sopheap
A traditional Khmer saying “sartrey bangvil cheung kran min chum”, meaning women cannot do anything besides moving around the kitchen, seems no longer valid in contemporary Cambodian society, at least to a larger extent. A quick glance at some figures can show why this is so: around 65 percent of […]
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Madres escindidas, mujeres exitosas
Written by Mayxué Ospina Posse
Abstract: By force of masterful juggling, women have taken to pieces the myth of feminine inferiority, which so much worried the past generations of activists. Many of us have by far demonstrated how scary capable we are, when the time comes to assume a score of roles at the same […]
