Thirty-five years of the one-child policy left China’s population subdued with a skewed sex ratio, in which 117.8 males were born for every 100 females at its peak. Families violating the policy faced strict punishments; thus, emulating the patriarchy, newborn ...
Yassar Dahbour is a Palestinian political activist who was born in a refugee camp in Syria after his family was expelled from Palestine in 1948. Now living in Sacramento, California, he is a founder and board member of the Sacramento ...
LGBTQ rights have undoubtedly progressed within the last decade. As a young college student at a university located in a liberal metropolitan city and a non-denominational Western country, it is easy to be misled. It can be easy to forget ...
When I was two, my dad took me to an Iraq war protest in Dallas. Proudly dressed in a white kufi with his long beard, a “war kills children” sign hanging from his neck and me sitting on his shoulders, ...
April 24, 2023, marks the 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I. To this day, the Armenian Genocide remains unrecognized by Turkey, the successor state to ...
For a long time now, the United States has sought to champion human rights and promote democracy abroad. However, this article will analyze how many of these humanitarian responses arguably have resulted in some of the worst human rights abuses. ...
Hensachi (Japanese: 偏差値) is a measurement that reveals the strict social standards within Japan’s education system. Hensachi, or in other words, deviation value, is a value that does not just represent one’s score but an approximate position in the entire ...
On Sept. 13, 2022, Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman, was reportedly arrested for wearing her hijab improperly — a violation of the Iranian dress code, which requires women to conceal their hair and necks with headscarves. Three days later Amini ...
On Jan.19th, the U.S. Department of State announced the future of refugee resettlement: “Welcome Corps.” This program allows private citizens to welcome refugees into their community through sponsorship, resettlement and integration. Only a month after the announcement, 22,000 prospective volunteers ...
In January 2023, President Julius Maado Bio of Sierra Leone signed the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Act into law. This new law makes strides in establishing women’s rights in the west African country, though adequate implementation is necessary in ...