COOPERATIVE Societies and Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) companies as they operate without exclusive government monitoring are grabbing money of poor innocent people without serious accountability. Over...
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram :As the United Nations’ Second Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) comes to an end, more self-congratulation is...
Anuradha Mittal :A woman shopkeeper is standing on a plastic chair to avoid knee high swirling rainwater mixed with sewage. “I work with a women’s...
The UNESCO Envoy The UNESCO recently made Jordanian Princess Sumaya a UNESCO Special ‘Envoy for Science for Peace’ (2017-2019). This appointment has been given to...
Patrice Caine :During the height of summer, an open letter to the United Nations warning of the dangers of Artificial Intelligence, signed by Tesla CEO...
Dr. Joseph Gerson :There is much to celebrate in the Nobel Peace Prize Committee’s decision to award this year’s prize to the International Campaign to...
Tharanga Yakupitiyage :Over 20,000 girls are married before the age of 18 every day around the world as countries continue to lack legal protections, according...
CHINESE President Xi Jinping has laid out a far-reaching vision for a more prosperous nation and a dominating role for China in the world as...
BGMEA leaders have decided not to extend agreement with Accord and Alliance – two buyers assigned inspection agencies to monitor remediation of garment factories in...
Trump’s ten months in power Since assuming the US presidency about 10 months ago, Donald Trump has spent much of his time trying to repeal...
Adrian Van der Meer :During the UN week in New York in September, the media were dominated by headlines about North Korea, Iran, Syria, migration...
Eleanor Albert :Discriminatory policies of Myanmar’s government since the late 1970s have compelled hundreds of thousands of Muslim Rohingya to flee their homes in the...
