Infrastructural developments carried out by governments, often with the participation of international organisations such as the World Bank, cause the forced eviction of countless communities in developing countries. These projects are evaluated in terms of their most immediate ends, without taking into consideration their long terms effects. Amongst which, too often, is the at times
A group of 40 Afghan women passionate about cycling and part of the Afghanistan’s Women’s National Cycling Team is trying to break country’s tradition barriers. The aim is to spread the idea that women can freely practice any sports, despite the conservative society of Afghanistan consider sport as an inappropriate activity for women. Masooma
Palm oil is an edible oil plant that is a common ingredient in many consumer products, and it has become the most widely produced vegetable oil worldwide. Palm oil global consumption increased sharply: in 2014 it amounted to 56.63 million metric tonnes, and it is expected to exceed 60 million in 2015, according to studies by The
La giornata istituita dall’Unesco ha l’obiettivo di valorizzare il ruolo dell’espressione poetica nella promozione del dialogo interculturale, della comunicazione e della pace.
China has become the world’s third largest exporter of arms and has overtaken Germany, France and the UK. This is the most surprising datum of the analysis on the world’s major arms importers and exporters between 2010 and 2014, carried out by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the institute that since 1950 keeps track
Italians like packaging-free shopping. Supermarket chains but also small commercial activities with no packaging are on the rise.
Isis, borne of a leadership split within Al Qaeda, envisions the role of women differently from the historic organisation of Islamic militancy. According to Al Qaeda, women must be passive and submissive. For Isis, they must be subordinated, but they are also called to participate actively in the construction and maintenance of the Islamic Caliphate.
One of the best ways to understand how a woman feels with a burqa on is wearing one. This, according to a man who marched on Thursday 5th March in the streets of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, wearing a cobalt blue burqa under a dull grey sky. The demonstrators, who were about two
Love sees no gender nor colour, no handicap nor disability. It doesn’t know age. Love is universal and it goes beyond all boundaries. This is the message of the video released by the Ad Council, an American organisation that produces and distributes social issues advertising. The one you have just seen was filmed on 14th
In California c’è una scuola che insegna il rispetto per l’ambiente e serve agli studenti un menù vegano, è la Muse School di James e Suzy Cameron.
