In Japan, traditionally university lasts four years. The students spend more than half of their time in job hunting, as if they do not get employment during the last two years of  university education, it is next to impossible to get a job after graduation. The students are so fed […]

This article was originally drafted by Noviscape for the newsletter “Trendnovation Southeast” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. World Bank building in Washington, D.C. (By Shiny Things (Flickr) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons) In the aftermath of the 1997 financial crisis, […]

With the parliamentary elections in Mongolia approaching next month, there will be more women’s nominations as woman’s quotas for political participation have now been approved by the parliament. Eleven parties are registered to run in the June 2012 elections, and each party will have to try and reach a target of 20% women […]

The first inklings of sound come from utter, complete silence, the first true appreciation of light only after complete, all-encompassing darkness. Therefore, following from that, only from violent, discordant and overwhelming chaos should order arise from.

Earth Day. What does it mean? To the rest of the world, it is a celebration of the Earth’s biodiversity and its resources, and the urgent need to protect it. To an average Pakistani, however, it is just another day to etch out survival.