The world’s population is aging—and it’s aging pretty fast. In 2018, the number of the world’s population above age 65 already exceeded those below age 5. By 2050, the number of the population older than 65 is expected to double. … Continue reading
Category: Health
The Green Wave Movement in Latin America in Support of Abortion Rights and Reproductive Justice
On June 24th, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 4-5 to overturn Roe v. Wade, a case that guaranteed the right to abortion up to 24 weeks into pregnancy. The decision had devastating impacts, with almost half of the … Continue reading
Thinking Biased, Acting Smart: How Cognitive Biases Shape International Politics
Human beings are inescapably, inherently, and unfortunately irrational beings. At least, this is the view Daniel Kahneman posited in his revolutionary novel, Thinking, Fast and Slow, which discusses the inherent cognitive biases that govern our decision-making and worldviews – … Continue reading
La disparition des îles Kiribati : Un cri d’alarme pour la planète
Une nouvelle forme de crise des réfugiés se profile à l’horizon, mais cette fois-ci, les migrants n’essaient pas d’échapper à la guerre, ils fuient la nature. Depuis des décennies, nous savons que nos actions sont à l’origine du changement climatique, … Continue reading
Moroccan Earthquake Catastrophe: How the Regime’s Mediocre Response Has Amplified Moroccans’ Hardship
A earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has recently struck Morocco. Thousands have died from the disaster which has been exacerbated by the negligence of the Moroccan regime. While earthquakes are natural disasters that are not preventable, the state’s … Continue reading
Nagorno-Karabakh: A New Form of Humanitarian Crisis
Armenia and Azerbaijan both claiming authority over the Nagorno-Karabakh region has resulted in disputes dating back to the 1990s. Formally recognized as an autonomous region of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh consists of predominantly ethnic Armenians. The “anti-terrorist” operation by Azerbaijan on September … Continue reading
“Not just poor, bloody poor”: Period Poverty and Climate Change in Jamaica
Globally, over 1.8 billion individuals experience menstruation every month. The average menstruator spends 2,535 days of their life menstruating. Although menstruation is a natural process, many menstruators around the world face social, economic, and institutional barriers to adequate menstrual hygiene … Continue reading
Navigating the Post-Roe Landscape: Understanding the Dangers of Restrictive Legislation in the U.S.
Following the overturn of the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which previously granted women across the United States the constitutional right to safely access abortion services, the country is facing a crisis. In the past months, … Continue reading
Maternal Health, Gender Bias, and the Growing Need for Intersectionality in the Health Sector
The history of gender-based discrimination, both old and omnipresent, can be traced back to when humans started to develop agriculture. Thousands of years later, the Western world began to acknowledge this inequality and the suffrage movement initiated the codification of … Continue reading
British Columbia’s Free Contraception Plan: A Win for Reproductive Rights
Of the many news stories that have recently frequented the media, the topic of reproductive rights has been one of the most prominent. From the overturning of Roe v Wade in the United States this past summer to the public … Continue reading