Posts Tagged with ‘Ten days of activism’
bashir, Chanan Development Association (www.cdapak.org)
Human rights are a much spoken and debated topic in all societies.
The most recent phenomenon that sparkled lively discussions all over the world is the approval of same-sex marriage in New York an...
Anam
“The love of one’s country is a splendid thing but why should love stop at the border?” - Pablo Casals
For some individuals global citizenship emerges through a career decision or a study abr...
Miguel, COALICIÓN DE JÓVENES POR LA SALUD Y EDUCACIÓN SEXUAL-COJESS
Poco más de la mitad de la población mundial sufre algún tipo de discriminación por el simple hecho de ser mujeres. En México, por ejemplo los femincidios son frecuentes, es decir, un hombre se...
Ahmed
The talk about sexuality hardly ever surfaces in Egypt. Even when an article or a speech is given by an enlightened intellectual, waves of rejection and censure usually follow. Discussing sexuality us...
Marijke
The coordinators of the 10 Days of Activism asked me to address the theme above. Obviously assuming that in my role as Ambassador for HIV/Aids (recently formally expanded to explicitly include Sexual ...
Noor
Online activism is generally a broad term used to label those politically active via social networking sites and more or less, adding that spark of importance to what they say/do. Personally, I believ...
Mari-Claire
I recently read an interesting article[1] discussing the demographics of facebook users across the world. To my surprise (and delight) the article stated that 'women rule social networks' with 64% of ...
Aleksandra
In February 2011, in one of the regions of Georgia, a horrible incident happened. A 16 years old girl was killed by her boyfriend. She was 4 months pregnant, and wanted to get married. She left her ho...
Hugh
"There’s one advantage to being 102. There’s no peer pressure."
Dennis Wolfberg
As Enrique astutely noted, ‘nobody wants to be lonely.’ Feeling accepted is an important part of human natu...
Babatunde, UNFPA
The world looks very different from when I was a kid in the 1950s in Nigeria. No high-speed Internet, no iPhones, no television. Definitely no tweeting, that’s for sure.
Your world as a young per...
Dina, Y-PEER
“Tell me, and I'll forget; show me, and I'll remember; involve me, and I'll understand.” Confucius.
Youth amount to one-third of the total global population. You may think that being part of th...
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