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ASEAN needs to pull together to ensure economic recovery in 2021

This pandemic highlights the urgency for regional cooperation and the need to build institutions that strengthen regional integration of ASEAN as the region recovers from the pandemic.

Two Key Audiences I Live For: Women & ‘Deviant’ Groups

A few months later, I joined African Women and Child Feature Services as an intern. One of my assignments was to cover the World Social Forum which took place at the beginning of 2007. The fact that...

Property Rights Indispensable to Brighter Future for Women in Africa

Women in Africa remain excluded from the benefits of property ownership, and this must receive the attention of African policy makers and society at large. This is the message from a new study by the...

With RCEP, is post-pandemic recovery for ASEAN in sight?

After eight years of discussion, the RCEP agreement was reached during the ASEAN virtual meeting in Hanoi. Many people have high hopes that it can become the solution for ASEAN’s economic recovery...

The Danger of Living with Albinism in a Highly Superstitious Society

While he speaks openly about his condition, he is clearly still very distressed by the circumstances in which he lost his elder brother, Enoch Lugadiru, almost exactly five years ago. Enoch died after...

Abortion in Senegal: The dilemma of single women

"A friend told me about a clinic that performs medical abortions clandestinely but in good conditions. However, they gave me an estimate that exceeds my annual salary and Matar does not want to...

Disinformation and the threat to democracy

Democracy is under threat worldwide. Disinformation campaigns deliberately seeking to polarise public opinion and undermine trust in government are wreaking havoc with democratic institutions and...

Covid-19 vaccine: Why we should bow to capitalism right now

Critics of capitalism often accuse pharmaceutical companies of greedy profit-making at the expense of the poor and sick. However, the development of a vaccine in the corona pandemic also shows that...

Free and Fair Elections: 10 Years of Freedom Barometer

There is an Urge for new political strategies in democracies. The role of elections as an institution whose aim is to protect, strengthen, and foster democracy has been increasingly and continuously...

Press Freedom: 10 Years Freedom Barometer