The #MeToo Movement : Investigating the Lasting International …
Jan 31, 2024 · The Origins of the #MeToo Movement. To stand up against perpetrators of sexual violence, activist Tarana Burke, a survivor of sexual assault, coined the term “me too” in 2006. Burke initially focused on women of color, using the term to emphasize empowerment through empathy. On October 5, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano exposed film producer ...
The Lithium Triangle: Where Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia Meet
Jan 15, 2020 · The lightest of metals may be causing the largest of impacts. Lithium, which powers our phones, laptops, and electric cars, is essential to our battery-driven world. The demand for lithium has rapidly increased, as the global market’s annual consumption has risen by 8.9 percent annually. This demand will only intensify as hybrid and electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and portable ...
Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United States …
Dec 28, 2020 · Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United States and China. In a time of ever-increasing wealth of information on the internet, China has become notorious for having the most stringent internet censorship policies and surveillance systems in the world. Search engines and social media platforms that are ubiquitous in the United ...
The Death and Revival of Indigenous Languages
Jan 19, 2022 · The Death and Revival of Indigenous Languages. Every two weeks, an Indigenous language dies. Some of the languages that have already disappeared were Inuit languages, spoken in the far reaches of the Arctic. Others had evolved in the leafy greenery of coastal Australia. While they differ in setting, culture, and phonetics, one aspect that most ...
Compulsion Emboldens Democracy: A Deep-dive into Australia's …
Oct 2, 2023 · Australia is currently in the midst of deep political debate—Australia’s citizens are set to vote in a significant referendum near the end of 2023 to determine whether the constitution will be amended to include Indigenous voices.The importance of the issue is underlined by the voting policies established in Australia —people will have to voice their opinions.
Public Health and Overpopulation: The United Nations Takes Action
Jun 20, 2022 · The global population is currently rising at a steady rate. The number of humans existing on Earth has never been as high as it is now. In 1800, Earth had approximately 1 billion inhabitants, which rose to 2.3 billion in 1940, then 3.7 billion in 1970, and approximately 7.5 billion today. In the last five decades, Earth has experienced an ...
Uncovering the Secrets of the Global Food Industry
Feb 12, 2024 · In times of macroeconomic uncertainty, environmental disruptions, and growing supermarket and retail power, the global food industry faces enormous consumer demand and supply chain pressures. Such external circumstances often lead to higher food prices and inflation, incentivizing producers and supply chain participants to partake in the corrupting food fraud business—an obscure and ...
Supervising Surveillance: International Law and the Surveillance State
Nov 11, 2020 · The surveillance state is ubiquitous and increasingly transnational, so the realm of international law presents an opportunity to build a theoretical framework for at least protecting the human rights and privacy of non-citizens from foreign surveillance. Considering and implementing this framework is a necessary first step in the path to a ...
Harvard International Review
The Collapse of Excuses: Palestinian Activist Jonathan Kuttab Discusses War, Human Rights, and the Power of Impunity. The Harvard International Review is a quarterly magazine offering insight on international affairs from the perspectives of scholars, leaders, and policymakers.
The Sri Lankan Civil War and Its History, Revisited in 2020
Aug 31, 2020 · On June 9, 2020, Sri Lankans occupied the streets outside the US Embassy in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, holding signs condemning the racism, police brutality, and other maladies plaguing the United States. Sri Lanka’s social issues also came to light at this protest. The country, after all, has its history of ethnic strife and is ...