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Palestine: Women as Economic Investment
Written by Abdalhadi Alijla
Seven years ago, I had a conversation with some colleagues in the Gaza Strip. As I recall, the conversation ended in an argument about marriage, specifically, early marriage and the type of girl that each one wanted to marry. Most of them wanted to marry a girl who worked for […]
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Aboriginal Communities and Mining: Closing the gap or making it wider?
Written by Stephanie
In economics there’s a saying that a rising tide lifts all boats. However, this old adage, which implies that a flourishing economy financially benefits all participants, does not necessarily hold true for Indigenous communities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. For the past four decades, Australia has experienced […]
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Educating its way to growth: Fiji invests in sustainability
Written by Arnold Chanel
Once a prosperous industry, drawing many to Fiji’s shores and an erstwhile key contributor to Fiji’s economic success, the agricultural industry is now in threat of collapse. Agriculture alone accounts for nearly 20% of Fiji’s gross domestic product and sugar exports were equal to 187 million Fiji dollars in 2009. […]
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Stories of Filipino Women told to a Curacaoan
Written by Neelam J. Melwani
During my visit to the Philippines in early August, I noticed very many differences between the lives of the poor in Asia, the Caribbean and Europe. Growing up, I had always found it very difficult to understand the widely different lives people led. Of course, as you grow older you […]
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Closing the gender gap to stop women’s drift into poverty
Written by AylinMatle
Although Germany is one of the most advanced and developed countries in the world, the financial and economic situation of women in Germany is not the best when compared to that of women in other Western countries. This disparity is especially striking when you consider Germany’s political leadership, headed as […]
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Paris, no place for late night shopping?
Written by Stephen Hartka
On September 27, some 70 employees of the French hardware store chain Leroy Merlin gathered in Créteil, a suburb of Paris, not to demand higher wages or shorter hours, but the right to work on Sunday. In a country that prides itself on its carefree lifestyle and boasts one of […]
