How Female Genital Cutting is Ending
Female genital cutting (FGC) is a harmful practice involving the forcible removal of a girl’s genitals. In Africa alone, 30 million girls are at risk of being cut over the next decade, and up to 125 million women and girls ...
“Education Is The Only Way”, Malala’s Father Says
When 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, the world was stunned by her bravery and wisdom. Nicola Slawson speaks to Malala’s father, Ziauddin, about education, equality ...
COP18: Piracy to solve climate change?
Climate change. Piracy. Technology. Three things that don’t normally go together, only within the context of the UN climate change negotiations, could actually be the key to tackling dangerous climate change. The issue of pi...
From Ha’penny to Hashtag: How the Internet and social media can make the UK elections less about donations
2010’s election was known as the “internet election”, with more use of online polling and digital campaigns than ever before. However I think it’s safe to say that internet usage, particularly social media, has become e...
The Return of the Ottoman
The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has the status of a national hero in the Middle East. This status was first created during his now famous walk-out during a debate with Shimon Peres during the World Economic...
IPF Quarterly
Hooray! The IPF is 4 months old today! To celebrate we have the first ‘IPF Quarterly’ available to download now! The first issue is free (the next issue will be a pay what you can) and features a cross section of so...
