Written by Ola Anan Over the past decade, the words “Gaza” and “crisis” have become almost complementary. The crises have ranged from war and military raids and invasions, to military occupation, and in this case to anelectricity and fuel outage [1]. In addition to an ongoing Israeli-led blockade, the Gaza Strip is suffering from a fresh fuel […]
Participative Approach to Understanding Gender
The term gender is quite value loaded term. When we discuss this word, often the context happens to be women. Most often gender is being talked about in terms of discrimination faced by the fair sexes. In order to create an understanding of the term gender, a workshop was organized by the All India Secular […]
Iran Gets the Green Light to Join the UN Commission on the Status of Women
NEW YORK, NY—The United Nations has cleared the way for Iran to join the membership ranks of the UN’s global commission on the status of women. The news came amid allegations of Iranian government’s long standing support for the suppression of women where under Islamic doctrine women are not considered equal to men. "The […]
Iran’s Islamic Republic Demeaning to Women
TEHRAN, IRAN— Since the 1979 revolution in Iran, the status of women has been on a steady decline. In the cleric led Islamic Republic, women are not valued as equal to men. They earn less than men, have fewer rights under the Islamic law, and need permission from their husbands or fathers to leave […]
India: Perspectives on Growing up in India
Thanks to the Adobe Youth Voices program, young people in different parts of the world are having the opportunity to experiment with audiovisual equipment and tell their stories from their perspective. Such is the case in India, where youth from many different schools and slums have been making videos to show the world that surrounds […]
Rainwater Useful Alternative to Water Conservation
When it rains it pours as the adage says. And when rainy days come, literally precious water hit the roof and flow onto the downspout. For conservationists, naturalists and Green Groups of today’s environment conscious world, rainwater saves the day. Rainwater usually helps a lot to households living in areas where water is […]