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Tunisia Makes History with First Female Prime Minister in the Arab World

November 30, 2021November 29, 2021 Penni Tenzin

Given the task of forming the new government, Bouden’s cabinet includes twenty-five members including nine women aside from the Prime Minister, marking hope for a social change in women’s rights in Tunisia as well as for the Arab world.

Canada’s Indigenous Women Seek Answers Amidst Water Crisis in Iqaluit

November 13, 2021November 7, 2021 Madalena Monteiro

The contamination of Canada’s water systems is a direct consequence of settler-colonialism; the water crisis unfolding in Native communities would not exist if Indigenous groups had not been forcibly removed from their traditional roles as custodians of the land.

Theranos: Patient Zero in a National Scandal

November 3, 2021November 24, 2021 Claudia Velimirovic

What is Theranos? And who is Elizabeth Holmes?

Before 2015, those who were familiar with Elizabeth Holmes, or her company Theranos, likely looked upon her with admiration. A Stanford University drop-out and the female CEO of an innovative Silicon Valley … Continue reading

Rebuilding the Roof of the World: Tibetan Human Rights

March 17, 2021November 10, 2021 Penni Tenzin

Once nicknamed the “roof of the world” due to the Tibetan plateau being among the highest in the world, in 2020, Tibet received the lowest score on the annual Freedom in the World Report by Freedom House, making it the “least free country in the world” tied with Syria.

A Look at the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity

February 10, 2021November 10, 2021 Jasmine Acharya

Approximately 60-80% of the world’s food is grown by women, but women farmers are consistently seen to be less productive than male farmers. On top of continuing to tackle institutional barriers, it is important to encourage the implementation of policy solutions that could help close this gap. The empowerment of women farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa has the power to greatly improve productivity in the agricultural industry, helping engender positive spillover effects such as improving GDP, increasing food security and lowering overall poverty.

The Hazards of Disconnectedness in Climate Change Adaptation Discourse

February 5, 2021November 10, 2021 Melanie Baume

As Global North countries have taken the lead in instituting climate change policy and conceptualizing adaptation, their politics have not taken into consideration local and indigenous sources of information when shaping concepts like vulnerability and adaptation.

Fado, Dictatorship, and Nostalgia: The Centenary of the Life of Amália Rodrigues

January 26, 2021November 10, 2021 Adriana Gabriela Franco

Fado has become a national symbol for many Portuguese people, and Amália herself has become the face of this iconic genre.

Revisiting Myanmar’s Humanitarian Crisis

January 20, 2021November 10, 2021 Ruolan Ma

While the brutal killing of Hindus and other chaos created by ARSA are condemnable and should not be ignored by the world, what many don’t see are the thousands of Rohingya who have lost their lives and homes in this endless battle, clear victims of crimes against humanity.

Canada’s Lost Indigenous Girls, a Nationwide Epidemic

January 13, 2021November 10, 2021 Riyana Karim

As the country continues to struggle with deep-seated racism and sexism against Indigenous women, it is imperative that the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women be taken more seriously.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité?

December 22, 2020November 10, 2021 Misbah Lalani

Reports of terrorist acts often plant biased rhetoric and paint the Muslim population as a whole in a violent and ruthless light. There is no undermining the severity of these attacks, however it is not uncommon for them to serve as a contribution to the common narrative depicting the Islamic religion as one with savage inclinations. Rather than painting the attacks as isolated anomalies, media outlets often use them to feed into an ever present mentality of bigotry, something that the Muslim community has had to work in one way or another, to prove themselves separate from.

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