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Human Rights

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?
by Sneha Nanavati
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Saudi Succession Crisis: The Political Power Struggles Inside The House Of Saud

The Saudi succession crisis recently had overshadowed the century-old House of Saud since the incumbent ruler, 90 year-old King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, had been hospitalized due to ‘deteriorating’ health conditions. On the ...
by Shafiy Mazlan
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North America

Environmental education in the U.S.: A work in progress

Knowing about the flora and fauna of the natural world has always been a part of the scientific curriculum in schools; however, a more nuanced field of environmental education that includes climate issues is growing for a few r...
by Brian Watts
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North America

The Struggles Of A War Veteran

Veterans volunteered to risk their lives to keep civilians safe and to defend them. As you’re reading this article, there are 300,000 homeless veterans sleeping on the street in America and this number is increasing at a...
by Sneha Nanavati
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Educating Women

Career disruption and what it means for women in Seoul today

A new study recently published has shown that one in three women in Seoul are experiencing a widening age gap. This comes after many women reported to have suffered from career disruptions. During the past two decades, South Ko...
by Nuzhat Fatima
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Debating The Debates: Who Should Appear In The Televised UK Election Debates?

Which political parties should take part in the General Election Debates depends on what you think each of them stands for: if you view them as purely Prime Ministerial debates, then only David Cameron and Ed Miliband should ta...
by Oliver Fletcher
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Video & Photography

Somewhere In America…

If you haven’t already seen this video then you need to stop EVERYTHING you are doing right now. Watch it. I can guarantee it will be the most powerful thing you will watch this year! The video is of three American teenag...
by Rebecca Shearer
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Chile

Fighting Pinochet’s Ghost

General Augusto Pinochet’s grip over Chile’s political life did not disappear on the night of October 5 1988, when Chileans voted against his confirmation at the country’s helm and brought a 15–years-long dictators...
by Leonardo Goi
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The reality of the North Korea problem

North Korea is an Orwellian nightmare, straight out of the Cold War: a dictatorship with the world’s largest active army per capita and the fourth largest active overall, a nuclear arsenal, more than one million people suffer...
by Apratim Vidyarthi
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