A community project in northern Thailand named TB Photovoice Thailand is using photos and stories to tackle often hidden issues surrounding TB and HIV infection, diagnosis, treatment and coping mechanisms. The project is proving that a picture can indeed speak a thousand words, but even more than that, it can help influence social change. […]
Does A Politician’s Eyes Look At Women?
Bangkok, Thailand – Throughout the ages, the process of birthing has always been a cause of intrigue and celebration among human beings. But for <a href="http://www.stevechadwick.co.nz">Steve Chadwick</a>, an MP in New Zealand’s Labour-led government and former midwife, there’s nothing that mirrors politics as much as the process of giving birth. Chadwick bemoaned the growing risk of […]
Agriculture, food security and poverty alleviation
Agriculture, food security and poverty alleviation By Yuba Nath Lamsal The global food production is sufficient to feed the world population. But hunger exists and tens of thousands of people die of hunger and malnutrition annually in the world. A part of the world dumps the surplus food into the ocean while other parts […]
Pre-teens
OUR PRETEENS ARE ON THE EDGE They are not the ones usually mentioned in our society’s ongoing saga about children being our future. If you don’t have kids this age, or aren’t involved in the business of education, the idea that many pre-teens are on edge of being swept under […]
Zimbabwe’s Oppressed Cries Reach God’s Ears?
Zimbabweans are turning en masse to God in search of solace and divine answers in the face of a political and economic fallout that has no apparent resolution in sight. Christianity, which played a key role in Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle that ushered independence from British colonial rule in 1980, is increasingly providing a platform for […]
Lebanon free trade, blessing or curse?
Undeterred by the protracted political crisis, Lebanon will begin its third round of negotiations for membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva next month, but civil society groups fear that the costs of accession could far outweigh the benefits of increased access to Western markets in the absence of a clearly defined national […]