START with art: refugee children develop confidence and creativity
Commercial art fairs typically conjure a mental image of collectors and other well-heeled ‘art-world’ affiliates meandering…
A nation of women with wings
Walking into the United Nations on International Women’s Day, the positive energy was palpable. A conference…
Elephant poaching sharply escalates in Cameroon
The year 2011 has been called the “annus horribilis” for African elephants. The head of the…
“Cornerstone of culture” threatened
“If your language is lost, what will you say?” A repeating refrain in the new film,…
Reviving Afghan cultural heritage spurs urban renewal and sustainable development
Afghanistan in the decade since 9/11 conjures images of the Taliban fighters, US-led coalition forces, competing…
Cause of death: Femicide
While we are all too familiar with the term homicide, the word femicide, although less known,…
Elephant poaching sharply escalates in Cameroon
The year 2011 has been called the “annus horribilis” for African elephants. The head of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), John Scanlon, has expressed his deep concern…
START with art: refugee children develop confidence and creativity
Commercial art fairs typically conjure a mental image of collectors and other well-heeled ‘art-world’ affiliates meandering through a labyrinth of gallery stalls whilst sipping champagne. Art Dubai, while certainly conforming to this stereotype, also transcends it.…
For Central American migrants, money dictates their fate
On 11 February, in the border town of Miguel Aleman, Mexican soldiers rescued 73 Central American migrants held captive in three houses. In November 2011, another 140 migrants from Central America were found hiding behind a…
Microinsurance programs target vulnerable Cambodian workers
In Cambodia, rural women employed by the garment sector leave their families each day and head to work in the capital, Phnom Penh. Although the percentage of women who are employed is gradually increasing, many of…
WTO gives special treatment for service providers from LDCs
The stated objective of the World Trade Organization (WTO)- to open trade barriers worldwide – upholds that this could benefit every country, poorer or richer. But developing countries, and especially the least developed ones, have farther…
Sustainable development for the “energy poor”
In the theater of environmental preservation, increasing the global poor’s access to energy is…
Poliovirus: finish the job
After a year without a polio outbreak, India was crossed off the World Health Organization’s…
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