Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'France'
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 meals and family festivities, hundreds of thousands of women spent achingly sleepless nights, worried that their breast implants might be...
Paris by Foot
by Nola Solomon -USA- The United States had tough competition in Wednesday’s 2011 Women’s World Cup semi-final game against France. Though team USA will move on to the finals against Japan this Sunday, the French team gave them a real...
Résiste: Reflecting on France’s Protests
by Aralena Malone-Leroy -France- Résiste Prouve que tu existes Cherche ton bonheur partout, va, Refuse ce monde égoïste Résiste Suis ton cœur qui insiste Ce monde n’est pas le tien, viens, Bats-toi, signe et persiste Résiste - Résiste, France Gall,...
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...
À votre santé: Socialized Healthcare in France
by Aralena Malone-Leroy News Editor, The WIP - France - In 2006, my husband and I decided to move from San Jose, California to Paris, France. The choice between Silicon Valley and the City of Light may seem like a...
Comment Allez-vous? By bike, of course!
by Alice Alech - France - When the Tour de France started in 1903 as a stunt to promote a sports newspaper, no one realized then that this bicycle race would turn out to be the biggest annual sporting event...
Will NATO Agree to Stabilize Afghanistan?
by Patricia DeGennaro - USA - This year, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization celebrates its 60th birthday. President Obama will take his first European trip since the presidential campaign to meet NATO’s twenty-six members. While there, he’ll have to pinch...
Local Water Renaissance in France Ends Century-long Privatization Monopoly
by Alice Alech - France - Since the French revolution, town councils have been responsible for water management throughout France. Yet, most municipalities have been delegating the job to private water companies. As a result, 72% of French people use...
The Center for Creative Growth: Celebrating the Potential of Every Human Being
by Blaire Dessent - France - When the family of Ramon Avalos, a blind and mentally disabled man in his 50s, received a check from Center for Creative Growth for a few hundred dollars from the sales of his artwork,...
Germany’s Political Debate on the Role of the Family
by Vera von Kreutzbruck Germany • Hamburg boasts pint-sized anti-Nazi graffiti. Photograph by Photocapy. •The prominent German talk show host, Eva Herman, has been in the eye of the storm ever since she praised Hitler’s promotion of motherhood in a...
Producing Artisan Cheeses in Provence: A Proud Tradition Still Lives
by D-L Nelson France France is a mecca for the large number of small-scale raw milk cheese producers that live and work in the region. • Photograph by Jacob Rushing •Cheese lovers in the United States must content themselves with...
The Role and Influence of the US President in Germany
by Vera von Kreutzbruck Germany The next president of the United States of America will undoubtedly play a major role in the international arena – as all US presidents have in past decades. But the important question is how much...
Ecole Hostalet
by D-L Nelson France Not having any business experience didn’t stop artist-sculptor, Cristina Schønberg, from creating an arts and culture center in the tiny Catalan village of Argelès-sur-mer, France (www.argeles-sur-mer.com) at an age when most women are thinking of retirement....
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