In Australia, Is 'Say No To Burqas' Say No To Immigration?

by Sarah Irving -Australia- For a piece of cloth, the burqa arouses an extraordinary amount of emotion. In France women wearing it have been criminalised, and politicians throughout the Western world seem keen to capitalise on it as an emblem...

Posted by Sarah Irving on June 10, 2011 12:01 AM

Aboriginal Peoples Lose Rights and Mineral Rich Land in Northern Territory Intervention

by Sarah Irving -Australia- “It wasn’t our dream to come and eat at the white man’s table, to work for the white man as a slave,” says Reverend Dr Djiniyini Gondarra, a Yolngu elder. Dr Gondarra is one of the...

Posted by Sarah Irving on April 1, 2011 7:18 AM

India Sets Its Sights on Higher Education

by Priyanka Bhardwaj - India - Education remains an emotional subject in a poor and developing country like India, where it is seen as the primary means for social and economic mobility. Indian families are known to sell land and...

Posted by Priyanka Bhardwaj on February 1, 2010 12:23 AM

The U.K. and Australia Fight Breast Cancer with Free Screening for Women 50+

by Alice Alech - France - Working as a breast screen radiographer or x-ray technologist can be rewarding and challenging at times but I know that detecting even a small breast cancer can make a difference in a woman’s life....

Posted by Alice Alech on August 21, 2008 12:00 AM