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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 […]
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TTIP schafft Arbeitsplätze – Transparentere Debatte ist aber notwendig
Written by Ole Wintermann
Nach jahrelangem Stillstand oder nur geringfügigen Fortschritten haben die Bemühungen um ein transatlantisches Freihandelsabkommen in diesem Jahr Fahrt aufgenommen. Am Rande des G8-Gipfels kündigten Vertreter der Europäischen Union und der Vereinigten Staaten den Start der Gespräche über ein umfassende Transatlantische Handels- und Investmentpartnerschaft (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP) an. […]
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Working women in Brazil fight to get their children into crèches
Written by rasheedabou
By Rasheed Abou-Alsamh BRASILIA, Brazil – Like their counterparts across the developing world, working Brazilian mothers are fighting to get their children into government-run crèches, but are finding that a severe shortage of such daycare facilities is forcing them to pay for private care or enter into lengthy legal battles […]
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How Ugandans Are Adapting to Climate Change
Written by Mubatsi
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Cooperation Game – Preventing a Climate Catastrophe.” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. As Uganda’s climate continues to change at an unprecedented rate, it is important that Ugandans learn to adapt and fight climate change. The changes […]
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Indigenous Women in Mexico’s Urban Centers
Written by cmacias
The aftermath of the 1993 uprising, known as the “Zapatista Movement”, once again, never addressed the principal grievances of Mexico’s indigenous community. Made up of about 10 million people speaking around 62 ethnic languages and representing more than 60 different ethnic groups, the indigenous community make up 10% of […]
