Ten reasons why UNESCO should cancel the UNESCO-Obiang Prize
This week the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is meeting in Paris and is again considering the implementation of a highly controversial international prize that would lend credibility to one of the world’s most ruthless leaders. The controversy began in 2008, when UNESCO quietly accepted $3 million from [...]
By Patricia Cunningham II, PhD candidate, The Ohio State University and Jonathan Fish Finance and Economics Major, at The Ohio State University, GLOBAL POVERTY: Visiting Angola Angola’s tremulous history is blistered with civil uprisings but most of the scars come from colonialism. Before it was colonized by Portugal in 1655 Angola was not exploited [...]
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By Nikki Junker, Executive Director, With More Than Purpose, Even amongst abolitionists, Moldova is unheard of which is unfortunate considering that this small country, the poorest in the EU, is a major source country for Human Trafficking, which means that mostly individuals are taken from Moldova into other countries and trafficked abroad. The causes [...]
Continue reading …I was flying cross country in mid September when I noticed that the airline’s peanut wrappers and napkins announced the arrival and importance of National Hispanic Heritage month. While snacking I began to think about issues that prove important to members of this community, of which I am one. Without a doubt there is much [...]
Continue reading …By Wendy Ake, Last week’s UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals concluded with the adoption of another action plan intended to put the target date of 2015 back on course and strengthen commitments for women, children and other initiatives. In September 2000 when the MDGs were first penned, they were adopted through acclamation, rather [...]
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By Elizabeth Parisian, Ten years have passed since the UN member nations approved the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which represent an ambitious commitment to alleviate poverty and increase wellbeing amongst the least well-off in all corners of the globe. The eight goals each address an aspect of development, from income and hunger to environmental [...]
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By Terrion L. Williamson, Remember Don Imus? Remember how upset we were a few years back when the wretched shock-jock and his pals took to the airwaves to dis women of the Rutgers women’s basketball team, after they just missed winning the NCAA championship, referring to the black team members as nappy-headed hos? Remember how [...]
Continue reading …African human rights defenders or colonialists? Seeking justice in Equatorial Guinea
June 14, 2010 No CommentA few years ago I had the privilege of visiting Equatorial Guinea, a small country on the Central West African coast. In the capital city of Malabo I met incredible women and men persevering to feed, clothe, and educate their children on less than on dollar per day. Most suffered from malaria and typhoid fever, [...]
Continue reading …In response to Amanda Kijera’s article Co-written by Susana Morris, Crunk Feminist Collective We are extremely disheartened to know that you were raped. We are emboldened by your courage to speak out about this experience and to attempt to grapple so soon with the social and political implications of what you and other Haitian women [...]
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