Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'Infrastructure'
Violence Breeds Violence: “Afghanistan without bombs and burqas”
by Wazhmah Osman - Afghanistan/USA - Today Afghanistan finds itself in a state of collapse and at the center of a powerful network of global terrorism. Kabul is a city filled with anxiety, insecurity, instability, trauma, and uncertainty; lost souls...
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...
Another 5 years of Karzai: An Afghan-American Perspective from Kabul
by Wazhmah Osman - Afghanistan/USA - I was born in Kabul, Afghanistan during the good years, in the early seventies. Among my fondest memories is walking to and from school holding the hand of my stylish mother who was then...
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...
Looking into the Toilet: Potty Politics
by Mandy Van Deven - India - What do former U.S. Senator Larry Craig, women in Victorian England, and transgender activists have in common? Toilets!...
Limiting Emissions: India Capitalizes on Natural Strengths and Community
by Lesley D. Biswas - India - Situated in the coastal regions of West Bengal and parts of Bangladesh, Sundarbans is the largest deltaic mangrove forest in the world and home to the endangered Royal Bengal Tiger. According to a...
Kashmir's Private Industry Offers Solutions Where Government Falls Short
by Afsaana Rashid - Indian-administered Kashmir - With soaring unemployment and a private sector still in troubled infancy, for the last few decades, government has provided the bulk of Kashmir’s jobs. Yet today this may be changing; on the heels...
Murky Waters: Why Privatization Is Not the Solution to Fixing America’s Aging Water Infrastructure Systems
by Wenonah Hauter - USA - Think of the last time you turned on a tap while washing dishes, brushing your teeth or grabbing a glass of water. If you’re like most people, it probably doesn’t stand out as a...
Corruption Reduces the Basic Need for Water and Adequate Sanitation to an Elusive Dream for Billions
by Tess Raposas - Philippines - In coastal communities all over the Philippines, it is ironic that seawater is abundant everywhere but effectively, there’s not a drop of clean water to drink. But the problem exists throughout the country, and...
As the Power Supply in Zimbabwe Becomes Unreliable, Families, Industry and the Economy All Suffer
by Lelety Mabasa Zimbabwe Vongai stumbles into the house and fumbles as she pulls her room key from her bra. After she struggles with the lock for several minutes, the door finally creaks open. She slips into the room, trying...
Women in the Philippines Demand a Solution: Lack of Clean Water and Sanitation Facilities Threatens Their Children and Their Lives
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • Women like this 70-year old landfill dweller in Baguio City must find water wherever they can. Photograph by Imelda V. Abaño. •For Edna Dela Cruz, water is life, but it's also backbreaking work. As...
AIDS Crisis in Zambia Weighs Heavily on Women
by Delphine Zulu - Zambia - The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Zambia among adults aged 15-49 is currently at 16%. For every infected man, three women are infected with the virus....
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