Opinion: Women on Reproductive Strike
Joseph Chamie
Women are having fewer than two children on average in 83 countries, representing nearly half of the world’s population. And in some countries, such as Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Singapore, South Korea and Spain, average fertility levels are now closer to one child per woman than the … MORE > >
U.N. Plans New Working Groups Aimed at Nuclear Disarmament
Thalif Deen
Against the backdrop of a potential military confrontation between the world’s two major nuclear powers – the United States and Russia – the United Nations is taking a significant step towards a hitherto impossible goal: nuclear disarmament. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (front row, centre … MORE > >
Opinion: The West Vote for a Better Yesterday
Roberto Savio
The recent elections in Switzerland and Poland are good indicators of what will happen elsewhere in Europe, with this irresistible growing wave of refugees. But let us first make some crucial considerations. Roberto SavioThe first is that the present system of international relations and … MORE > >
Opinion: When Schools Become Barracks, Children Suffer
Bede Sheppard
Surprise turned to confusion, then to horror, when the children at Kiata primary school realized that the soldiers they had spotted at the bottom of the hill were heading for their school and its occupants. As the soldiers reached the hilltop school in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, … MORE > >
Southeast Asia: How to Make Good Business Out of Doing Good
Diana G Mendoza
When his father drove back to pay the 47 Malaysian cents they owed to the food stall they had just left, then nine-year-old Anis Yusal Yusoff, today president and chief executive officer of the Malaysian Institute of Integrity, learned the meaning of standing firm by one’s values. “To me, that … MORE > >