The issue of “gendered toys” has plagued the media recently as people are coming out on both sides of the debate to discuss why there seem to be only two aisles at toy stores: “girl’s toys” and “boy’s toys...
People living outside the nation’s capital were asked recently what words best describe London to them. ‘Crowded’ was the first, ‘Expensive’ the second, and ‘Cosmopolitan’ the third. The question was part of a ...
A little more than 15 years ago, Sweden passed a new revolutionary law to tackle its prostitution problem. The law, named ‘sexköpslagen‘ [Sex Purchase Act] in Swedish, was an exercise in thinking outside the box an...
Colombia has been the host of some of the most extreme and brutal violence in Latin America’s history. The country’s half-century long conflict has taken the lives of almost a quarter million women, men, and children, and d...
With the number of Syrian refugees increasing everyday, it’s easy to see why the situation has been termed the worst refugee crisis of the century. Seven million Syrians have now been forced to flee their homes because o...
Hungary’s tumultuous political sphere seems like a never ending topic for democracy advocates. Right after the governing party’s much criticised actions (alterations in the country’s constitution, forced retirements and o...