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Changemaker of the Week: Ghalib Khalil, Pakistan
When devastating floods caused a surging crisis in Pakistan in 2010, Ghalib Khalil, then 15, felt impelled to help somehow. Knowing the limited impact he could have as just one student, Ghalib sought advice from his teacher, wh...
The Fight To End Child Marriage Begins At Home
Six years ago, I went to Kathmandu, Nepal, to spend half a year teaching in a hot and dusty classroom. I began each morning with a rudimentary attendance check. Supplemented with dog-eared English textbooks, my troupe of 12 yea...
WATCH: What is the “Zambulance”?
How do you get an ambulance to someone in need on dirt roads in the middle of Africa? Well, a Zambulance. Most people never consider the incredible logistics behind the ambulance system in the industrialized world, or just take...
Maimuna’s Fight Against FGM
The United Kingdom is one of the international leaders on topics such as Female Genital Mutilation, commonly known as FGM, with many summits on the topic held in London. However, the British government is much less progressive ...
Five Milestones For Women’s Rights We Should Achieve In 2015
This year will see the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995 in Beijing, which produced a blueprint for advancing women’s rights. 20 years on, what still needs to be done for women?
Fast For Climate Justice
Typhoon Haiyan served as a stark reminder to delegates at the UN climate change negotiations in Warsaw, Poland last year. It also spurred a chain of fasting for climate justice. Last year Yeb Saño, lead delegate for the Filipi...
