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Cartoon Character ‘Meena’ Changes South Asian Attitudes Towards Girls
Only two decades ago, the status of many women in some South Asian countries was low. Many girls in rural areas were not allowed to study. Girls were inevitably married off as soon as they grew up, so what good was studying? Bo...
Saudi Arabia Threatens to Block Skype and WhatsApp
Saudi Arabia, an Enemy of the Internet, is threatening to block a number of popular communication tools, such as Skype and mobile messaging service WhatsApp, unless the operating companies agree to infringe on the privacy of u...
The saga of David Cameron and the election debates
I seldom agree with David Cameron however several slip-ups by broadcasters with TV debates recently have changed my stance. Lord Michael Grade, ex-chairman of the BBC and ITV, was right in describing their proposals as “s...
Human Trafficking in the Sinai: The Price of a Human Life
”Listen, you have one and a half hours to get the money and meet me, that’s your last chance or you can forget the whole thing.” Meron Estefanos, Swedish-Eritrean journalist and human rights activist, who received this me...
WATCH: Who knew Islam was a country?
When political candidate Stephanie Banister gave an interview to one of Australia’s major news networks she could not have imagined the stir it would cause. The 27 year old mother of two told Channel Seven: “I don’...
COP20: Trickling progress on day 4
Thursday in Lima, Peru at the UN climate change negotiations saw an intensified focus on our common future. When discussing climate change, it’s hard not to think about tomorrow, and the role of future generations in shaping ...
