As India’s population rapidly increases, the nation’s tendency to prefer that women give birth to a son is likely to have detrimental effects on women and development. ‘Look, I’m going to tell you someth...
Cluster bombs have proved to be a deadly weapon used by many countries around the world. They not only kill civilians in large numbers but also contaminate the land for decades after the explosion. Ninety percent of all recorde...
We were one week into the Football Beyond Borders tour, yet it was plainly evident that this was no time for reflection. All of our days in Mostar had been a resounding success, but we had challenged ourselves in coming to the ...
At first glance, there are no truer friends than Russia and Belarus. The two states are united by a common history and have strong ethnic and linguistic links. Russia has long subsidized her neighbor with cheap oil and gas, wh...
The number of people who are unable to read or write is staggering. What many of us take for granted – reading a billboard sign, signing your name on a birthday card – others dream of being able to do. At this momen...
Not a lot of people have ever heard of Taiji, a small town nestled in the Southern-Central region of Honshu, Japan. The name certainly does not cross the minds of a lot of people who take their kids to watch funny flippered ani...