Mr Huang, a Chinese national, has given himself the screen name 'Seek dreams in Africa' on his WeChat account, the popular text and voice messaging service developed by China’s Tencent. While his two sons and wife live in Canada, Mr Huang spends most of his time in Zambia. He has also worked in Algeria and …
This year marks the 60th anniversary for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), an annual, global forum that takes place in March. The 2016 theme was “Planet 50-50: Step it up for Gender equality” with a call to “Pledge for Parity.” Many pledges connect to Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) 5, which strives for gender …
In a recent publication, Science magazine quoted biological anthropologist Nina Jablonski as saying “Skin color is not about race”. She made this statement during a face-off with comedian Stephen Colbert. Her comment is built on over three decades of studying the evolution of the human skin. Dr. Jablonski’s observations have added important ideas to our understanding of how skin …
When Rasha Jarhum, an Aspen New Voices fellow and member of the Yemeni Women Pact for Peace and Security, started working with Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan in 2014, she saw the war in her native Yemen escalate, and her family were forced to leave. The numbers of people fleeing Yemen are still rapidly increasing — more …
Three of the world’s best comic book artists pulled out of the running for a lifetime achievement award at the Angoulême comics festival in France because there was an all-male shortlist of nominees. This triggered another seven artists to pull out, forcing the organizers to add women to the list. The exclusion of women is not an unusual …