by Monica Islam Social mobility refers to “the shift in an individual’s social status from one status to another”. I have always been a proponent of people climbing up the ladder of status and progress and joining the ranks of the richer classes. I desperately want people to come out of poverty and experience the …
Tag: Activism
I know it’s a little late for 2010 “year in review” posts, but I can’t help but share this great 1Sky video. It features a bunch of kids talking about just how bad a year 2010 was for climate and the environment, from legislation to unnatural disasters like the Gulf oil spill to deaths in …
USA: Kids Remind Us What a Tough Year 2010 Was for the Climate Read More »
Armchair activists have been criticised for their level of engagement, but Richa Hingorani, 26, a Correspondent from New Delhi in India, argues that social media has played a pivotal role in some causes. With squinted eyes I greet my phone in the morning, log onto a triad of websites – Gmail, Facebook, Twitter – when …
The power of online news works for benefit and for harm, writes Abdullah Al Hasan, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Dhaka in Bangladesh. Social media can build solidarity for causes, but can also incite negatives when fake news manipulates the unwary. Life is now easier than before. We have been able to minimise most of …