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As part of our  coverage on “The New City” we asked our bloggers for some pictures from their cities. Are there any places in their cities that are prime examples for sustainable urban living? But it could also be a negative example in order to show how a city should not […]

As the international community celebrates “The Day of the  Woman” , I am glad to have been born as a Bhutanese woman. My life has been created and shaped by the fact that our society has generally allowed us women  the same freedoms and equality of opportunity as  men. Unlike in many […]

In the wake of the devastating floods all over Pakistan in 2010 and the recent rain-wrought disaster in 2011 in Badin one thing is certain – if people beforehand had little faith in our democracy’s ability to handle a disaster of this magnitude, they have almost none now. Obviously, the reason for […]

Abstract: The rainy season in Haiti will begin in April and it can mean an intensification of the cholera epidemic which has already claimed 7,000 deaths among 520,000 cases. A vaccination program is waiting to be implemented but it’s being delayed due to bureaucratic problems. The epidemic doesn’t seem to […]

Sometimes we forget how privileged we really are, sometimes we take the little things for granted. Sometimes we act and live like we have the right to certain things. The right to a safe and secure home while growing up; the right to love; the right to education; the right […]