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Sustainable transport in Birmingham: What about bicycles?
Written by Dominika Kaczkowska
SUNDAY, 22 September 2013. A few days ago, there was an European Car-Free Day which encouraged drivers to give up their cars for one day. Since I have moved to the bicycle-friendly Netherlands, I could hardly be aware of such campaign. Instead it made me think of the issues around […]
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Pakistan’s Gwadar: A Game of Control?
Written by Muhammad Bilal Khalid
A jewel in the heart of the least-developed province of Pakistan, Gwadar Port promises a fair and bright future for the people of Baluchistan province and Pakistan. Under construction for over ten years, its intended function of fueling Pakistan’s failing economy has become a distant dream. Gwadar Port has become […]
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Los retos de las migrantes nicaragüenses en Costa Rica
Written by Jacinta Escudos
Abstract: Costa Rica is not only an attractive tourist destination, but also the Latin-American country with the highest number of migrants in relation with its total number of inhabitants. Most of these migrants are from Nicaragua. Half of those migrants are women and are concentrated in the urban areas of […]
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Women in the ghetto. Can we break the vicious circle?
Written by Corina Murafa
A mere two subway stops away from Bucharest’s center lies the ghetto of Ferentari. It’s Romania’s most dangerous neighbourhood, a festering pocket of crime, gangs, drug addiction, drug trafficing, prostitution, abject deprivation and multi-layered exclusion. 100,000 Romanians call it home. During the interwar period and all the way through the […]
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An Elderly Woman’s Incredible Story from Troubled Cairo
Written by Fady Salah
“I don’t know if she is a real human being or an angel, because human beings can’t and don’t live like this,” said a friend of mine while narrating the story of the 72-year-old Salwa, a poor, almost-blind Egyptian woman whom he met on his way home. After work, he […]
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“Globalization and the Internet”: Magazine Sprint in Berlin
Written by Mario Wiedemann
The second “Globalization and the Internet” workshop – hosted by Future Challenges and the Internet and Society Collaboratory in Berlin – took place at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin at the end of August. The participants of this workshop started a magazine sprint which will result in a publication […]
