13 Apr 2016 By: Tristan Martin Reuters LONDON, April 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A series of short films, "Syria's Rebellious Women," by...
Issues and Analysis
DEVELOPMENT: Global inequality may be much worse than we think
By: Jason Hickel Friday 8 April 2016 TheGuardian How do we measure inequality? From some angles, things appear to be improving, but from others the...
AFGHANISTAN/ON THE MEDIA: A FLICKERING TRUTH
Dir: Pietra Brettkelly New Zealand / Afghanistan / 2015 / 91mins We're delighted to announce a Q&A with director Pietra Brettkelly, via skype,...
AFGHANISTAN: Afghan schools, hospitals under threat, U.N. says in grim report
Mon, 18 Apr 2016 By: Josh Smith Reuters KABUL, April 18 (Reuters) - Schools and health facilities have come under increasing threat as...
HAITI: Hillary Clinton and Haiti
18 April 2016 Ricardo Seitenfus TRANSCENDMS 11 Apr 2016 – The Clintons’ high-profile interest in Haiti dates back almost all the way to their...
ON THE MEDIA: A serious problem the news industry does not talk about
Jennifer Brandel 4.19.2016 MEDIUM Ask anyone working in a newsroom what they think of their audience, and you’ll hear a variety of answers. Over...
AFGHANISTAN: Disabled young Afghan artist dreams to become professional teacher
By KHAAMA PRESS - Thu Apr 14 2016, 10:26 pm KHAAMA The story of a young disabled Afghan girl has gone viral in Afghanistan with reports and...
ON THE MEDIA: How Crowdfunding Is Empowering Communities to Tell Own Their Stories
By: Angilee Shah April 11, 2016 MediaShift The following opinion piece is a guest post and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this...
DEVELOPMENT: Secret aid worker: Why do expats earn more than the rest of us?
By: Secret aid worker 29 March 2016 The Guardian Is it hypocritical for an aid agency to come to a developing country looking to improve local...
DEVELOPMENT: Where does the $8bn UN peacekeeping budget go?
By: Joe Sandler Clarke 6 April 2016 The Guardian The United Nation’s budget seems healthy, but across the world missions are facing alarming...
ON THE MEDIA: Syrian independent media offers bold challenge to extremism
By: Julia Taleb April 8, 2016 Waging Nonviolence On January 10, the Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group in Syria, stormed the...
DEVELOPMENT: My career’s biggest lesson: no women, no development
By: Patricia T. Morris 3 April 2016 The Guardian More than two decades after the Beijing conference, the absence of women’s perspectives and...