Spring has officially sprung! With warmer months ahead, outdoor enthusiasts are gearing up to spend more time outdoors enjoying everything that nature has to offer. Whether you’re an avid hiker, camper, or just like spending time in your local park,…
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Towards the end of last year, there were a few unrelated incidents that became talking points regarding the #MeToo movement. China watchers started following one of them with great interest not only because it’s a micro cosmos into the #MeToo…
Mental health challenges are a ubiquitous concern worldwide. It has been estimated, for example, that in the U.S. alone, 1 in 5 adults, or 51.5 million people, will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetimes. Despite the prevalence…
Continue reading The Importance of Mental Health Care for People with Physical Disabilities
The question of enforcing vaccinations is as old as vaccinations themselves. However, it is only since the – by now repeatedly disproven and non-peer reviewed – Wakefield study in the Lancet Journal was published that the anti-vaccination movement has really…
Continue reading The Ethical Implications of Mandatory Vaccinations
The world has been rushing to contain the threat of climate change. Countries are taking drastic changes to secure their futures. However, such changes sometimes result in the economy’s stagnation, especially for those countries that employ a more traditional approach…
Continue reading Pakistan’s Battle against Climate Change and the Hindrances in between
“…For it is the fate of a womanLong to be patient and silent, to wait like a ghost that is speechless,Till some questioning voice dissolves the spell of its silence.Hence is the inner life of so many suffering womenSunless and…
Continue reading The Matilda Effect: When Female Scientist Become Ghosts
11 July 2021, the finale of the European Football Championship took place. For Italian supporters it was a joyful evening, for England supports less so; but for victims of domestic violence, it was a miserable night. While the tournament as…
Continue reading The Dark Side of the Pandemic: Violence against Women
Pakistan is the 5th most vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change, according to independent think-tank Germanwatch. As the temperature rises, all parts of Pakistan are seeing the affects taking place in real time. The glaciers…
Continue reading Karachi under Threat of Climate Change and Global Warming
Yesterday, the 24th of October, was United Nations Day. The day celebrates the anniversary of the entering into force of the UN Charter back in 1945. More than 75 years after its founding, the institution is usually described as important…
On the International Day of the Girl Child, we would like to draw attention to the lives of Afghan women and girls under the Taliban regime. The Taliban have once again seized control of the Afghan government, replacing the one…
Continue reading What is Happening to the Rights of Women and Girls in Afghanistan?
