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[Feature Image] ISIS and the LGBTQ Community

LGBTQ community subjected to violence under ISIS

Recent media reports and blog posts have featured news stories indicating sporadic violence directed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) against the LGBTQ community. Previously, international organisations including t...
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#50Days4Gaza

#50Days4Gaza: War journalism in Gaza

Understanding the meaning of ‘shell-shocked’ in a context of war, conflict and gross human rights violations often allows us to negotiate with a complex of emotions and stories that move beyond journalistic ethos of ‘obje...
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Afghanistan bombings impact on peace resolution

A series of unfortunate bombings and suicide attacks shook the entire region of Afghanistan in the past few weeks, killing at least 65 people and injuring numerous others in Kabul. It has been termed as the deadliest phase in K...
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#50Days4Gaza

#50Days4Gaza: Fasting in pursuit of collective peace

“Fasting is meaningful in every culture, and is specifically important to both Jews and Arabs. Fasting is a deep, emotional statement of self-restraint, determination and introspection. It is a sign of strength, a reminder of...
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Attention: Non Consensual Sexualization Of Children In The Media Ahead…

Framed as being ‘hot’, ‘mature’, and ‘sexy’, media representations of children have been critiqued in recent times, yet again. The issue of portraying children, more so, young girls, as sexualized images has been br...
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Human Rights
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...
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Human Rights
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Celebrating differences: The significance of the United Nations today

For sixty eight years, the United Nations had pledged to abide by these principles, rooted in which they’ve strengthened their foundational base. While it sustained humanity from meeting its ultimate collapse in the event of ...
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International Political Forum

Reforming Juvenile: Reforming Juvenile Shelter Homes

Since the juvenile delinquent, of the nearly ten month-old Delhi Gang rape case, was found guilty on charges of rape and murder, and thereby sent to a correctional home for three years, questions have been raised about the na...
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