“There were tears”, a song by French singer Imany, is a tribute to Nelson Mandela and it was written shortly after his death. It’s a conversation between him and the today’s generations where he shares his fight from freedom, his experiences and he is telling them not to give...
10 December, Human Rights Day, marks the end of the 16 Days Against Gender Based Violence (GBV) Campaign. Our contributors took us on a journey where we learned that, while women around the world, regardless of their social status, profession or age suffer from GBV, there is hope. We...
Isis Anchalee is a platform engineer. Earlier this year she was asked by her company, together with other employees, to post for a recruitment ad. The backlash her photo received was disturbing; the ad was thought not to be real because Isis does not fit the image of how...
If listening to Lady Gaga’s powerful voice in ‘Till it happens to you piano and violins ballad while watching the video makes the viewers unsettled, shocked or brings tears to their eyes, it is difficult to imagine how it actually feels being one of the girls and boys who...
I spent more than eight years working in multinational companies. I used to be proud when I would tell my friends that I am in the office around 14 hours a day, everyday. It would make me feel my work is important and relevant therefore I am as well. Eventually...
Every year 47,000 women, mostly from developing countries, die from complications of unsafe abortion. Unsafe abortions, according to the World Health Organisation are “procedures for terminating an unintended pregnancy carried out either by persons lacking the necessary skills or in an environment that does not conform to minimal medical standards,...
Proximity and novelty are two fundamental elements of making a subject newsworthy. The refugees crisis in Europe, and related to it, the situation in Syria, or the upcoming election in the United States, seem to dominate the headlines these days. However, another important element to newsworthiness is impact...
I recently watched an old episode of the Ally McBeal series (1997) and came across the issue of solicitation; a senior partner at a law firm was accused for using the services of a prostitute. His attempt to redeem himself was to point out the lack of time to...
