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Discovery of the New East Talents at the 53rd Karlovy Vary Film Festival: “Leakage” and “The Forbidden Strings” from Iran

OpenAsia | 40Braids Shahla Rostami The New East Talents at the 53rd Karlovy Vary Film Festival (29 June-7 July 2018) included Works in Progress, the traditional presentation of projects in post-production (with an awarded post-production package […]

Saturday 14 July 2018

The role of women in violent extremism in Asia

In 2011, the United States made a commitment to join countries around the world in accelerating the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), the first resolution adopted by the Security Council to […]

Friday 13 July 2018

Clothing Brands Need to Step Up and Keep Women Safe in Their Factories

In a recent survey of experts, countries were ranked according to how safe they are for women. India came out as the most dangerous, followed by Afghanistan and Syria.

Monday 9 July 2018

Interview: Years of Untold Suffering at Jail Ogaden

Human Rights Watch – In the Somali region of Ethiopia, it seems like everyone knows someone who was locked up in the dreaded Jail Ogaden, but no one wants to speak about the horrors there. The […]

Monday 9 July 2018

Owning the future: strategies for a democratic economy

Open democracy – Deep and intersecting crises confront us. Growth is anaemic; wages and productivity are stagnant; inequality is stark; investment is low; consumer debt is high; and asset bubbles are frequent. Future trends, from the rise […]

Saturday 7 July 2018

Syria: Mass Graves in Former ISIS Areas

Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – A local group working to uncover mass graves in the area of northeastern Syria once controlled by the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) needs international support and technical assistance to preserve evidence of […]

Saturday 7 July 2018

Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy 2018

EIUC is glad to announce the 13th edition of the Summer School in Cinema Human Rights and Advocacy, a training initiative developed by EIUC and CHRA dedicated to graduates, professionals of the human rights, media, NGO and advocacy sector. Anyone who uses […]

Friday 6 July 2018

No more time limit to prosecute sexual offense in South Africa

FIDH – On Thursday 14 June 2018, the South African Constitutional Court (Court) issued an unanimous judgment confirming that there will be no more time limit in which to institute a criminal prosecution for any sexual […]

Wednesday 27 June 2018

Hodeidah: What the assault means for Yemen’s civilians and the aid effort

Forces backed by the United Arab Emirates and their Yemeni partners – part of a Saudi Arabian-led coalition that has been fighting Houthi rebels and their allies in Yemen since March 2015 – are now on the outskirts of the Houthi-controlled city of 600,000.

Wednesday 27 June 2018

Trump and Women: A Marxist Critique

We all know that Donald Trump is a misogynist. But that’s not the end of the story. Trump uses women in a calculated way to promote his business empire and political image.

Wednesday 27 June 2018