by Evans Ijakaa Weather forecasting in Africa continues to improve, with many countries strengthening their meteorological departments to track weather patterns and provide near real-time information and updates on changing climatic conditions. However, on the ground, particularly in rural parts of sub-Saharan Africa, millions of subsistence farmers remain disconnected from this information. As weather patterns …
by Monica Islam Austria recently banned the Hijab in schools in an effort to separate religion from the public sphere, but is it really worth it? In India too, a lawmaker pulled down the face veil of a Muslim female doctor. It is true that Hijab started off as an oppressive tool, invented by misogynistic …
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Greenland’s future belongs to Greenlanders, not to outside powers, not to strategic fantasies, and not to the loudest military voice in the room. Recent threats to “acquire” Greenland are a stress test for the rules-based order the Commonwealth claims to stand for, and the Arctic is where that test is now unfolding. by Justin R. …
by Imran Bacchus Working eight hours a day, from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm is an energy killer. Many workers dread going to work. Much more, some are not productive for most of these hours. During an eight-hour shift, workers have a meal, take frequent breaks, loiter, gaff and then bustle to get a task …
by Similoluwa Ifedayo Hey, builder. Come closer, we need to talk. I think I missed the group chat. The one where you were told that love and ambition cannot coexist. I’m glad I missed it though. Because if someone tried to convince me that building a startup, a brand, a career, a podcast, or a …
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by Joyce Wachau Chege There are days I leave work tired and all I want is to catch a sunset. So, I go to the rooftop of the building where I live and stare into the horizon, my bag still on my right shoulder, and take some photos of the sunset. To my far right, …
by Riya Mehta Climate change is speeding up faster than anyone expected, and with it come stronger hurricanes, bigger floods, more wildfires, and disasters that shake communities across the world. For decades, disaster response was led by engineers, climate scientists, and emergency managers who used highly technical, one-dimensional approaches that framed disasters as isolated physical …
Why Anthropologists Matter in the Fight Against Climate-Driven Disasters Read More »
by Imran Bacchus As Guyana prepared for its 2025 General and Regional Elections, the Guyana National Youth Council launched a National Voters Initiative aimed at ensuring young people were informed and engaged in the electoral process. The non-partisan, fully youth-led Council convened representatives from all major political parties to discuss how their manifestos address issues …
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by: Hadia Khan As the 16 DaysofActivism campaign against gender-based violence comes to an end, we must go UNMUTED. We are at a critical juncture where decades of hard-won progress in gender justice are threatened by a new, rapidly intensifying frontier of abuse: digital violence. This form of harm is spreading at an alarming speed, …
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by Joyce Wachau Chege At this point, I think Monday is not the problem, we are. Maybe it’s a habit, something we picked along the way and religiously went with it. For the longest time, if anyone asks me how I’m doing on a Monday morning, I huff and sigh and I tell myself, it …