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#IAm26: Open letter inspires Malaysians to speak out against religious intolerance
Twenty-five former senior civil servants in Malaysia have signed an open letter urging the government to conduct a peaceful dialogue about the application of Islamic laws in the country. The letter received widespread support...
Libyan Youth Voices: Addressing Harassment Now
I dream of a Libya where I feel free and liberated. Where I can do whatever I want, wherever I want, however I want… as a woman. Yes, the country fought its way out of a tyrannical upper hand. Granted, Libyan women are celebr...
Girls Are Told Not to Leave Kyrgyzstan
A Kyrgyz MP has proposed a new draft decree that would ban girls under 23 years of age from leaving the country without parental consent. Yrgal Kadyralieva calls the decree she is pushing through the parliament ‘SapargulR...
Hedge Funds: Crossroads of International Affairs and Money
One would hardly perceive politics as a source of income outside the realm of governmental agencies or consultancy firms, yet a great deal of wealth is being generated by an unorthodox type of politician: politicians who haven&...
Mandela: The last Of The Global Icons?
Mandela, as the eulogies which were sent from all corners of the globe showed, was a man revered by almost everybody. At his funeral Obama mixed with Raul Castro, Robert Mugabe and Oprah Winfrey. As we lose the last of the grea...
COP20: Gambling on INDCs
By refusing top-down assessments of intended climate change efforts, some countries are gambling with the future of our planet. Another clunky acronym was introduced into the negotiating process at the Warsaw climate conference...
