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In the States I Didn't Know

by Sara_Aissa | January 18, 2011 at 4:51 PM

In the States I didn't know that statistics correspond to breathing, living people. that poverty is a crime we all perpetrate. In the States I didn't know … Read More»

Brutality in the favela's of Rio de Janeiro. Questioning the effects felt by women.

by Tasher Rye | December 10, 2010 at 12:22 PM | Brazil Café

Many journalist are calling the current state of violence and brutality in the favela's in Rio de Janeiro, a civil war. … Read More»

Need: Empowerment Project for Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria

by Celine | November 18, 2010 at 10:11 AM | Other

PROBLEM ANALYSIS / BACKGROUND INFORMATION: … Read More»

Free and Easy

by Emie Zozobrado | November 11, 2010 at 11:46 PM

There is one place in this world where everything is free. There is one place where one does not have to work for a living but eats, sings and sleeps just the same. … Read More»

Edwidge Danticat: Return to Haiti

Internationally acclaimed author and memoirist on her homeland, post-disaster. Read More »

"Recovery efforts can learn a lot from the way women have been recovering for years—from droughts, from floods, from hurricanes."

Haiti: Honoring the Ancestors

by Anne-Christine d’Adesky and Jacob Kushner

Port-au-Prince, Haiti: It’s September, nearly nine months after the massive January 12 earthquake that leveled the capital in a 30-second spasm, irrevocably altering Haiti’s present and future. Read More »

"Haitian women carry the burden of the country on their heads."

Michaelle Jean | General Governor of Canada

desperate housewifes...

by BLOGitse | November 10, 2010 at 12:40 PM

My post is not about an American television comedy-drama series. You find it here >desperate housewifes... … Read More»

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE

by olutosin | November 9, 2010 at 10:54 AM

If I die today, it will be on record that I spread this particular information, it will be on record that in my only little way, I fought the good fight and posterity will be my witness. … Read More»

Yet Another Domestic Worker's Rantings

by Airyn Lentija | November 9, 2010 at 6:42 AM

(Inspired by different stories of Domestic Worker's I have meet) Swallowing the pride in solitary times you can't say no becomes an artistic way to us, Overseas Contract Workers. … Read More»

PHOTO ESSAY: Documenting the Lives of Girls in Haiti

by Nadia Todres

In the 1300 tent cities scattered across post-earthquake Haiti, young girls are coming of age amidst threats of sexual violence, rampant disease, and makeshift living conditions. Photographer Nadia Todres visited the camps of Port-au-Prince to document the precarious lives of girls on the ground. Read More »