International Political Forum


 
 

 
Africa

Why Lupita’s Oscar Win Matters

The various awards won by Twelve Years a Slave are hugely significant, but Kenyan Lupita’s Nyong’o’s win for best supporting female could be particularly paradigm-shifting. In 2002, Halle Berry became the fi...
by Christopher Clark
0
Full Story »

 
 
Health

Sexual Assault: Get The Picture?

More than 2,000 images of sexual assault survivors holding posters with quotes from their attackers have been posted on Project Unbreakable since its launch in October 2011. These powerful pictures do not only help survivors of...
by International Political Forum
0
Full Story »

 
 
Asia
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
6
Full Story »

 

 
Women

Six reasons why birth control should be more accessible in the United States

In most countries in the world, women are able to access birth control without a prescription. However, today, women in the United States are unable to get birth control over-the-counter. But this is about to change in at least...
by Kyle McCarthy
0
Full Story »

 
 
Africa

Gender Based Violence: The scourge of emergencies

Even the most well resourced nation is almost always caught off guard by an emergency. An emergency can cause a humanitarian crisis which leads to a total or considerable breakdown of authority resulting from conflict. In many ...
by Jermain Ndhlovu
0
Full Story »

 
 
Gender-Based Violence

The origins of honour killings: “It hasn’t always been a man’s world”

After escaping a violent relationship, author and activist Amy Logan began a decade long journey into researching the origins and history of honour killing. What she discovered is that it has not always been a man’s world, th...
by Priyanka Mogul
0
Full Story »

 

 
Human Rights
International Political Forum

Enough About The Driving Ban – Saudi Women Have Bigger Problems

Last October, Saudi women made headlines once again by challenging their country’s ban on female drivers and getting behind the wheel. The October 26th driving campaign saw over a dozen women take to the streets, undeterred b...
by Miriam Puttick
1
Full Story »

 
 
Development

WATCH: Female Entrepreneurs In Uganda

In a country like Uganda, where 40% of all businesses are owned by women but 93% of the credit for all businesses goes to men, an organisation like the Ugandan Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) is an unusual initi...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
0
Full Story »

 
 
Africa

‘Things Fall Apart’

My maternal grandmother has been an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) since 1997, immediately after the December elections and the subsequent ethnic clashes that ensued. My maternal grandfather and his second family followed th...
by Ruth Nyambura
1
Full Story »