Generation ‘Y’ Leads the Way in the Rise of Active Global Citizenship
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THE WIP CONTRIBUTORS
When Breast Implants Are Ticking Time Bombs: The PIP Scandal
by Aralena Malone-Leroy -France- In late December 2011, while most Europeans were doing last-minute holiday shopping and preparing for gargantuan...
Borei Keila Evictions Highlights Economic Hierarchy Among Poor in Cambodia
by Michelle Tolson -Cambodia- On January 12th, 2012 I traveled 45 km outside of Phnom Penh with a group of...
Interview with Nobel Laureate Tawakkol Karman: President Saleh Must Stand Trial
by Wojoud Mejalli -Yemen- I met with the Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman in Oslo during the Nobel...
2011: A Last Look at Some Great Documentaries
by Jessica Mosby -USA- 2011 was another great year for movies. For me, it started in January at the annual...
With No Money, Kenyan Farmers Find Way to Feed Hungry
by Rachel Muthoni -Kenya- When they hear cries of their fellow countrymen hit by acute food shortage, Kenyan peasant farmers...
Occupy the Media: The Women’s International Perspective in 2012
by Katharine Daniels, Executive Editor 2011 was a remarkable year. People no longer conceded to sit idly while unjust economic...
Cancer in Kenya Should Not Be A Death Certificate
by Joyce J. Wangui -Kenya- Biopsy, mammogram, and chemotherapy are words all too familiar with cancer patients. Death is another...
Giving Childbirth Back to Women through the Support of a Doula
by Jenny Shapiro -USA- During my three years at International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR), I have been...
Why are Women Dying from a Preventable Disease?
by Dr. Carmen Barroso -USA- Diseases such as diabetes and cancer cause tens of millions of deaths each year, many...
A Moral Argument for Bullfighting: More Humane than Eating Meat
by Victoria Aitken -UK- The social networking world is an odd one – you see your friends less, but know...
Filmmaker Amy Glazer on the New Economics of Marriage and Seducing Charlie Barker
by Jessica Mosby -USA- Charlie Barker is a guy who has it all – almost. He has a beautiful successful...
Juvenile (In)Justice in Kashmir
by Nusrat Ara -Indian administered Kashmir- My heart sinks as I look at the collage, carried by almost all the...
Balancing the Gender Skew in India: A New Name, A New Beginning?
by Neeta Lal -India- In an innovative bid to fight gender discrimination, Satara district in India’s western state of Maharashtra...
A Matter of Life and Health: Villagers in Kazakhstan Fight Big Oil
by Leanne A. Grossman -USA- The noxious smell of rotten eggs regularly blows over the rural village of Berezovka, Kazakhstan....
Life-Skills Training to Break the Cycle of Violence in Mongolia
by Michelle Tolson -Mongolia- One night while relaxing at home after a long day of horseback riding, I heard a...
BYLINE PORTAL
Freeganism: The Final Frontier?
by Lisa Steyn, Mail & Guardian, South Africa - Rather than contributing to further waste, freegans aim to curtail garbage and pollution by reclaiming and...
Fighting for Gender Equality in Iraq
by Rebecca Burns, In These Times, USA - As President Obama hailed the “extraordinary achievement” of U.S. troops withdrawing from Iraq in December, continuing protests...
Bridge Southern Europe and the Mediterranean
by Robin Niblett and Claire Spencer, InDepthNews, Canada - The Mediterranean stands as a dividing line between a prosperous Europe and a poor North Africa...
Film Explores World of Female Neo-Nazis
by Kristen Allen, Der Spiegel, Germany - An award-winning new German film takes an unexpected look at the problem of far-right extremism, following the fictional...
One Town's War on Gay Teens
by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone, USA - In Michele Bachmann's home district, evangelicals have created an extreme anti-gay climate. After a rash of suicides,...
CURRENT HEADLINES
Germany delays Acta signing
(BBC) - Germany delays ratifying a controversial international accord designed to combat piracy...
UN chief urges calm on Falklands
(BBC) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls on Argentina and the UK to avoid an "escalation" in tensions over the disputed Falkland Islands....
HORN: Fears of a new drought as La Niña returns - IRINnews.org
HORN: Fears of a new drought as La Niña returnsIRINnews.orgThe climatic conditions linked to the drought in the Horn in 2011 have persisted, and some...
Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade
BEIJING/HAMBURG (Reuters) - China said on Friday it would send a senior official to Tehran to discuss Iran's nuclear standoff with the West, and India...
PHILIPPINES: Aid management goes automated - IRINnews.org
PHILIPPINES: Aid management goes automatedIRINnews.orgMANILA, 10 February 2012 (IRIN) - The Philippines government and an international aid agency are automating inventory systems to improve relief...
SOUTH SUDAN: Briefing on Jonglei violence - IRINnews.org
SOUTH SUDAN: Briefing on Jonglei violenceIRINnews.orgJUBA, 10 February 2012 (IRIN) - Several clashes involving thousands of combatants in South Sudan's Jonglei state have highlighted the...
RECENT COMMENTS
JB said:
@Robin: PIP has already closed as they couldn't sell the implants anymore. And the owner, who has on...
JJ Wangui said:
Kate, surely the WIP is the place to be.I feel more at home here than anywhere else. Together we do ...
JJ Wangui said:
Kate, you have said it..yet in a simple way. Yes you may question whether you are doing a good job o...
Robin said:
So glad that the food isn't going to waste! I read a book called Late Victorian Holocausts and it de...
jennyshapiro said:
Thanks to both of you for your comments. I should clarify that my interest in helping women through ...
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