LOS ANGELES — In Mauritania, a sparsely populated country on the Atlantic coast of sub-Saharan Africa, enslaved mother Moulkheir Mint Yarba returned from tending to her master’s goats to find her baby daughter dead from exposure to harsh desert elements. ...
LOS ANGELES — 87% of the world’s population agrees that education is a vital part of a child’s development. Yet, in Afghanistan, nearly two-thirds of girls do not attend school or have access to education. How has this egregious disruption ...
LOS ANGELES — The death of a ruthless dictator. A landmark presidential decree. A human rights campaign spanning decades. The unwavering persistence of local civil society. An international boycott. This is what it took to effectively eradicate systematic forced labor ...
By Mane Berikyan and Molly Miller LOS ANGELES — In nearly every humanitarian crisis of the 21st century, realpolitik rears its ugly head. Although the state of human rights is on a downward trajectory globally, “human rights” and “democracy” remain ...
LOS ANGELES — In Bangladesh, Rohingya refugees who have fled from neighboring Myanmar are being barred from enrolling in local schools and receiving any form of education offered outside their refugee camps. These barriers to education are the result of ...
LOS ANGELES — With the U.S. midterm elections soon approaching, there are growing fears of the use of information and cyberwarfare to undermine the elections (again). This tactic, a hallmark of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approach to international affairs, deeply ...
LOS ANGELES — Gender inequality is an issue as old as time. While the world continues to make progress in the global effort to combat gender inequality, Japan, affected by a system of staunch traditional values, continues to fall behind. ...
LOS ANGELES — In an address to global representatives in San Francisco on April 25, 1945, then-U.S. President Harry S. Truman said, “The essence of our problem here is to provide sensible machinery for the settlement of disputes among nations. ...
LOS ANGELES — Since the 2003 Rose Revolution, Georgia has assumed a role on the global stage as the West’s foothold in the South Caucasus. Former President Mikheil Saakashvili has made significant strides forward in transforming the political landscape of ...
LOS ANGELES — A country of 1.38 billion people, India is lauded for its rich religious and ethnic diversity — comprised of 28 states, each with a unique language, history and culture. India has also been of keen interest to ...