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Civil workshopping: Part I
This analysis was featured in Critical State, a weekly foreign policy newsletter from Inkstick Media. Subscribe here.Every civil war is a failure of governance. The causes can vary — the factions that...
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These Indigenous female skateboarders are breaking stereotypes in Bolivia
A collective of female skateboarders in Bolivia has caught the attention of audiences around the world. The young women hail from Indigenous backgrounds. But what distinguishes them the most is the...
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Kenyan tennis star Angella Okutoyi inspires a new generation
At the hallowed courts of Wimbledon last month, 18-year-old Angella Okutoyi swung her racket with a strong forehand, determined to win her doubles match.When she did, the crowd erupted into...
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Was this Canadian anchor fired for her gray hair?
Lisa LaFlamme is a familiar presence in Canadian homes as the chief anchor of Canada's most watched nightly News program. LaFlamme worked for CTV for 35 years, so viewers were surprised when the...
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Reports show British teenager was allegedly trafficked to ISIS by Canadian agent
There's been a new revelation in the case of a British woman accused of joining ISIS as a teenager that now implicates Canada.Shamima Begum left the UK as a teenager for Syria in 2015, with two of her...
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'We are erased': The fight to reopen girls secondary schools in Afghanistan...
For the past year, Matiullah Wesa has been zigzagging across Afghanistan, trying to give teenage girls an opportunity to learn.Wesa is the founder and president of a nongovernmental organization called...
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‘We can all learn to care’: Colombia’s capital city wants men to do more...
At a job fair in Bogotá, Colombia, Nicolas Londoño stood under a white tent and showed a group of young men how to change a baby’s diapers.As some of the audience members giggled and made jokes,...
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A new Roma radio station gets people talking about taboo issues in Hungary
Szandi Minzari knows she’s different from most Roma women in Hungary. The divorced, single mother is one of the leading broadcasters on Radio Dikh, a radio station in Budapest, whose presenters are all...
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Safe and unsilenced: Afghan scholars find a refuge in US universities
Masuma Mohammadi was a radio reporter for the United Nations News service for a popular news program in Afghanistan called “Hello Countrymen, Countrywomen,” before the Taliban took over the country in...
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The Picasso paradox: Museums grapple with how to remember the artist’s...
Last September, at the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid, Spain, commemorations ahead of the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s death began with a warning:“Picasso must stop being the Picasso we’ve always...
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'The hijab will never be the same,' protester in Iran says
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Iran has ignited the most powerful protests the country has seen in years.Authorities there have rolled out a host of new tools to throttle mobile phone...
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As India becomes the world's most populous nation, engaging men in family...
At the district women’s hospital in Meerut, about 50 miles from India’s capital New Delhi, 32-year-old Moni Devi cradled her pregnant belly as she sat in a metal chair waiting for a routine checkup....
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A decade after the deadly assault of Jyoti Singh, has safety for women in...
Friday marks 10 years since the violent gang rape, and eventual death, of 23-year-old New Delhi medical student Jyoti Singh.But over the past decade, stricter laws haven’t exactly reduced the amount of...
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Education for women 'is an Afghan value and an Islamic right,' says male...
The Taliban-led government has banned women from attending private and public universities in Afghanistan.The decree has come in addition to girls already being excluded from secondary schools in the...
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‘I am living through my worst nightmare’: Women aid workers in Afghanistan...
“Bread. Work. Freedom,” women in Afghanistan chanted at a recent protest.The simple slogan captures everything they are being deprived of.Late last month, the Taliban announced a ban on women working...
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Afghan women say they are ‘dying in slow motion’ after killing of former...
More than a year after taking power in Afghanistan, the Taliban continue their drive to erase women from public life. Among their latest efforts: barring women from working in national and...
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Shakira's latest hit slamming her ex breaks records for Latin artists on YouTube
Shakira is turning her recent breakup into a plentiful source of inspiration and commercial success.The Colombian singer has teamed up with Argentine producer Bizarrap for her latest hit — a visceral,...
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New Cate Blanchett film 'Tár' divides opinion among female conductors
Alice Farnham, one of Britain’s leading conductors, has seen the new Cate Blanchett movie, “Tár,” twice, the first time after the film’s lead actor asked her to watch it.Blanchett plays the role of...
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'There is hope': Malala Yousafzai promotes tolerance, connection with new...
The Oscar-nominated "Stranger at the Gate" is a short documentary about a former US marine who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and sets out to bomb a mosque in Muncie, Indiana."My plan was...
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He spoke out against banning girls’ education. The Taliban silenced him.
Since the Taliban imposed a ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan, Ismail Mashal had used every opportunity to criticize their rule.Last December, during an interview on a live TV program, Mashal...
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