‘Take Up the Word’: Santomean Scholar Calls For Push Back On Racial Stereotyping By The Media
In our everyday lives we are often exposed to stereotypical images of all kinds and, a lot of times, we do not even realize it. We have grown used to seeing women as a “sexual object”, the black person as the “criminal...
Damage Control
Last week, a very serious espionage allegation regarding the NSA and several ‘allied’ countries was brought to light. Over the past 12 months whistle-blowers such as Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and Julian Assan...
The ‘Innocence of Muslims’ is a trap we must overcome
This week, anger has turned flags into flames and spilt blood in the streets of Sanaa, Benghazi, Cairo and Tehran over a cheap, cowardly trap, set with the one aim of inspiring violence. And it has. But now it is time that we s...
Meet Jose Mujica: The World’s “Poorest” President
In November 2013, following another year of widespread political disillusionment, one man stood out in the international political arena, attracting increasing interest from the people across the world. His name is Jose “Pepe...
Worst 5 Human Rights Violations Of 2014
Today marks World Human Rights Day. Unfortunately, the term “human rights” is often associated with the violation of human rights, rather than the advancement of it. Although 2014 has seen many successes in variou...
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?
