You Either Work or You Die: Mob 'Justice' in Uganda

by Jemma Williams -Australia- It was Christmas day in Fort Portal, Uganda. A large group of people had gathered by the roadside and were all moving in one direction. At the front were the younger men. Many of them carried...

Posted by Jemma Williams on April 22, 2013 11:39 AM

Tibetan Nomads Lose Ground to Development

by Michelle Tolson -Mongolia- On May 31 2012, the Tibetan Women’s Association dutifully recorded the self-immolation of Rikyo, a Tibetan nomad woman and mother of three who set herself on fire near a monastery at a town in Ngaba County...

Posted by Michelle Tolson on July 2, 2012 2:30 PM

Advocacy Tours Transform Local Development Issues into Tourist Spectacles

by Katie Palmer -Canada- Recently I partnered with a colleague from OneChild, a children’s rights organization, to travel throughout Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand for several weeks to investigate prevalent social issues affecting children and youth in the region. Such issues...

Posted by Katie Palmer on April 13, 2012 12:01 AM

A Tribute to World Toilet Day: Why I Love My Latrine

by Tonopah Greenlee -Singapore- After college I moved to Sub-Saharan Africa for a year. During that time I learned a myriad of useful skills. I learned to kill a chicken and prepare a traditional meal. I mastered dancing like a...

Posted by Tonopah Greenlee on November 19, 2010 12:01 AM

Anne Firth Murray’s Paradigm Found: Global Recovery for the 21st Century

by Katharine Daniels Executive Editor, The WIP In advance of International Women’s Day, celebrated around the world on March 8, The WIP is reposting this interview from last March with Anne Firth Murray, founder of The Global Fund for Women...

Posted by Katharine Daniels on March 24, 2010 12:01 AM

Afghanistan: Vultures in the “Graveyard of Empires”

by Wazhmah Osman - Afghanistan - While reports of systemic corruption and fraud are just beginning to surface in the international press as Western governments are becoming aware of it, this is old news to local Afghans. They know that...

Posted by Wazhmah Osman on January 25, 2010 12:00 AM

India Braces for US Pressure on Afghanistan and Kashmir

by Aditi Bhaduri - India - As US President Barack Obama commits a troops increase in Afghanistan and a recognition of the “good Taliban,” and as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paves the way for India’s nuclear energy program, many...

Posted by Aditi Bhaduri on December 7, 2009 12:00 AM

Gender Parity Report Finds Zambia’s Media Houses Lagging

by Delphine Zulu - Zambia - One of the key challenges facing Zambian female journalists is sexual harassment. “There are very few female Zambian journalists who have not experienced sexual harassment at the hands of male counterparts, [but] few [cases]...

Posted by Delphine Zulu on November 26, 2009 12:00 AM

A New China Floods the Traditional Way of Life in Up the Yangtze

by Jessica Mosby - USA - On 8-8-08 when the Beijing Summer Olympics begins, the world will see that the Maoist doctrine of the Cultural Revolution has been replaced by capitalism and McDonald’s – all in the name of progress....

Posted by Jessica Mosby on July 19, 2008 12:01 AM

Life’s Work: Gudran Artistic Collective Promotes Culture as Development in Egyptian Fishing Town

by Michelle Chen USA • Detail of mural co-painted by the author. Photograph by Michelle Chen. •The sun pounds down on El Max like a scalding flint. The tiny Egyptian fishing town bordering the Mediterranean seems little more than a...

Posted by Michelle Chen on September 15, 2007 12:32 PM