Feminism and the Advocacy of Women’s Rights: Why Are these Relevant Today?
Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. The term “feminism” was first used in the late 19th century in association…
The one Erdoğan Fears: the Kurdish and Feminist Journalist Öznur Değer
In front of me, a 23-year-old woman. With unflappable conviction, she proudly claims her Kurdish nationality and fervently defends her rights, her language, her culture, her origins in short. This woman is Öznur Değer, a Kurdish and feminist journalist working for the newspaper JinNews. She embodies everything Erdoğan and his government fear and despise the most. And…
The Choice That Made Me a Rebel
I was 33 and visiting my mum for the Easter holiday when Aunty Vee called. Aunty Vee is my mum’s elder sister’s step-daughter. We had never spoken on the phone in our lives. I only saw her occasionally. So when her name lit up my screen, I was already curious. After the pleasantries, she hit…
5 Social Impact Starter Activities: A Beginner’s Guide
Overview Ready to level up your impact game? This guide is your backstage pass to redefining social impact in your community. From volunteering to fashion and digital activism, we break down how you can champion the UN SDGs and spark real change—no experience required. Whether you’re running a closet blitz, planting trees, or launching an awareness…
A Nation of Silent Spectators: Wounds Beneath the Headlines
Two recent incidents in Bihar have exposed not only individual brutality but structural vulnerabilities within our political and institutional systems. These events compel us to question not merely the identity of the perpetrators, but the accountability of the state, the responsiveness of institutions, and the complicity of social silence. On the one hand, there was the…
The United States Will Keep Failing Women Until We Elect The 1st Woman President
In 2022, the United States Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s decision. That same year, I worked on Justice Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The connection between abortion and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race? Protasiewicz ran a campaign centered on women’s rights…
Dismantling the Hostile Environment: “Small Boats”, Hegemonic Narratives, and the Fundamental Right to Seek Asylum
A significant consequence of the fabricated “hostile environment” toward refugees and asylum seekers in Europe has been the rise of exclusionary legislation targeting vulnerable individuals fleeing conflict and persecution. These policies increasingly obstruct the fundamental human right to seek asylum safely, forcing individuals to pursue alternative and unsafe routes in search of safety. This article seeks…
Indigenous People’s Rights: Canada’s Systemic Violation of Bodily Autonomy
The decades-long barbaric practice of coerced sterilization of Indigenous people has now taken a front and center place in Canadian politics, with the extent, fallout, and retribution of and taken against said practice finally reaching the fore. Of Canada’s nearly 40 million people, the Indigenous populous accounts for 5% of its population. The biggest populations of…
Crisis in Darfur: The Humanitarian Struggle and Escalating Gender-Based Violence
The roots of the contemporary manifestations of violence in Sudan, particularly in Darfur, are complex and involve a multitude of ethnic, political, economic, and historical factors. Darfur is a western region of Sudan, home to diverse ethnic groups, including Arab and non-Arab (mainly African) communities. Historical tensions between these groups, exacerbated during colonial rule as the…
The Continuum Of Violence: Violence Against Women In Tigray, Ethiopia
Occurring between November 2020 to November 2022, Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict has been characterized as one of the world’s deadliest conflicts, and by particularly harrowing levels of gender-based violence (GBV). The various factions involved in the conflict, encompassing the Ethiopian National Defense Force, the Eritrean Defense Force, the Tigrayan Forces, Tigrayan Militias, the Amhara Regional Special Force,…
Arizona Abortions Laws: Looking To A Dangerous Past
The restarting of a nearly 100-year-old abortion law across the State of Arizona has sent shockwaves across the nation, as Republicans in the judicial and political spheres appear to double down on the dated piece of legislation. Fourteen states across the USA, in all pregnancy stages, have abortion bans in force. The curtailment of reproductive rights…
The War Waged on Florida’s Abortion Rights: A Silver Lining
With Florida’s highest court paving the way for a severe reduction in the State’s reproductive rights, we look to a potential glimmer of hope and precedent for safeguarding bodily autonomy. Archaic Judgement Vs Democratic Enfranchisement Florida’s highest court has constructed the way for the State’s six-week abortion ban to come into effect while, additionally, permitting voters…
