During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the island state of Cuba is sending hundreds of doctors around the world to combat the virus. According to the Cuban government this is an act of solidarity in line with the ideology of the Cuban revolution. The Cuban medical missions have been praised widely
One Ban To Rule Them All: A Wider Perspective On The Alabama Abortion Ban
Alabama’s recent decision to implement a near-total ban on abortion has sparked a worldwide reaction, bringing new life into the debate around female reproductive rights and abortion laws. The ban, passed on May 14th, effectively bans abortions outright. According to Amnesty International, access to abortion is one of the most
Cambodia’s Rabies-Phobia: Who Is To Blame?
Rabies is still rife in Cambodia. However, the disease was overlooked by many Cambodians, particularly those who are residing in the countryside, until two people died after contracting the illness. The news that two people died after being infected with rabies went viral and left many Cambodians in a state
Human Genetic Modification In China: The Ethics Of Gene Editing
In November 2018 a Youtube video was published by Chinese researcher He Jiankui with a radical claim that shook the world’s scientific community, the birth of the world’s first genetically altered babies. Jiankui, a researcher at the Southern university of Science & Technology in the city of Shenzen China, reportedly
Technological Leapfrogging And Development: The Example Of Kenya
Credit card companies have been flourishing in the West since the middle of the last century. The basic premise of such payment systems is that people have a bank account. As a result, countries such as Kenya where most people own a mobile phone but not a bank account, resorted
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Climate Litigation: David Versus Goliath 2.0
Time is running out. This alarming sentence is probably the one which best describes the current climate situation of earth today. To reinforce the power of these words, we could rely on the last report from the International Panel on Climate Change which outlines that the impact of climate change
A Garbage Story
Over the past 50 years, plastics production went from 15 million tonnes in 1964 to 311 million tonnes in 2014, and is expected to double by 2030. When inadequately disposed in open dumps or poorly managed landfills, plastic waste ends up in the inland waterways and, eventually, in the ocean.
Kastom Customs Cast Off For The Coastline
The small tropical paradise of Vanuatu is far from an international powerhouse in any arena, and that’s exactly how the Ni-Vanuatu like it. It is an 82-island archipelago 1,750km from Australia that has for much of its independent history chosen to remain cut off to all but a few key
North Korean Slaves In Russia
Since the proclamation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948, Russia has been vital to the exchange of labour from North Korea to Central Asia. 70 years later North Korean citizens still provide labour and infrastructural work on constructions sites all over Russia. But with wages far below
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Argentina’s “Green Wave”: A Women’s Rights Struggle In Latin America
On June 13, 2018 the lower house of the Argentinian Congress voted in favor of a bill to decriminalize abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy. Less than two months later, the upper house voted against the bill so abortion in Argentina remains penalized except in the case of