Bought Brides: A Challenge To China’s Immigration Policy?

The huge flow of internal migrants in China is well-known and has been thoroughly reported on by observers of Chinese society (see this FAR article). Although less sizeable, another kind of migration is creeping up on the Part...
by Erik Svanberg
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International Political Forum

Afghanistan Law To Silence Victims Of Honour Killings, Domestic Violence And Forced Marriage

A new law in Afghanistan might allow the perpetrators of domestic violence, honour killings and forced marriages to commit these crimes without any consequences – simply because they are related to the victim. The controv...
by Priyanka Mogul
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International Political Forum

Modernising The World’s Oldest Profession In Argentina

Two weeks ago, Argentina’s Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Julio Alak pledged the passage of a law that would prosecute individuals for the consumption of prostitution during the 2014 legislative year.  The ministerâ...
by Brian Comiskey
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International Political Forum

Recalling A Million ‘Deaths’ On National Girl Child Day

India – young girls increasingly ‘disappear’ in this country of great cultural integration and interconnectedness; more than 50 million girls go missing in an atmosphere marked by technological and scientific advancem...
by Arpita Mitra
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International Political Forum

Are Indians Killing Their Tourism Industry? A Rise In Incidences Involving Crimes Against Tourists Suggests So

How safe are western tourists in India? This is a question which does not have a black and white answer – yet ignoring this question also means ignoring the tourism business, and of course, giving credence to India̵...
by Chirag Sutar
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International Political Forum

What Does The World Really Think About Women?

A few weeks ago, UN women released a series of ads exposing the prevalent views on women. The 4 ads were photographs of women with Google search autocomplete of various phrases placed over their mouth. Speaking from hours of pr...
by Ozlem Unat
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International Political Forum

The Hypocrisy of Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones

With news of the last deployment of British troops of Afghanistan breaking last month it seems appropriate to look back at what has been, by all accounts, a highly contentious and controversial mission. Although these have been...
by Victoria Briggs
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Changing FGM traditions in Iraqi Kurdistan

In 2011, the Kurdish filmmakers Nabaz Ahmed and Shara Amin released a piece of work that addressed one of the biggest taboos in their home country: female genital mutilation. Today, their film ‘Handfull of Ash’ has ...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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WATCH: The world’s gender gaps in 2013

The 2013 World gender gap index, produced by the World Economic Forum, reveals gender inequalities across the world. Out of 136 countries Iceland has received the highest ranking in terms of having the smallest gender gap, fol...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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