Fighting COVID-19 is a battle for Human rights
The Covid-19 crisis is a human rights issue, one of the most global and urgent we have ever seen. This is a struggle by...
Addressing migrants concerns during the coronavirus pandemic a priority
Currently, the world is witnessing an unprecedented pandemic of the century forcing people to be under lockdown. The lives and livelihoods of millions are...
Fighting fake news: The new front in the coronavirus battle
Bogus stories and half-baked conspiracy theories are surging through the internet.
The theories have spread almost as fast as the new coronavirus: Chloroquine is a...
Capitalism’s Triple Crisis
Capitalism is facing at least three major crises. A pandemic-induced health crisis has rapidly ignited an economic crisis with yet unknown consequences for financial...
The Responsibility to Report
An unprecedented threat demands an unprecedented response. Rarely, if ever, have governments had to shift into crisis-management mode as quickly as they have in...
The Arab World’s Perfect COVID-19 Storm
Middle Eastern and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies are heading toward a recession in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, collapsing oil...
Unleashing the Economic Power of Women
Girls are attending school in greater numbers than ever before, and women are increasingly entering the labor force and leading businesses. Although we should...
The Two Dark Sides of COVID-19
The apocalyptic images of the locked-down Chinese city of Wuhan have reached us all. The world is holding its breath over the spread of...
All Eyes on South Korea
South Korea is all the rage these days. Earlier this month, Parasite, from the South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, won Best Picture at the...
Violence against women blocks development
The single highest barrier to development globally is neither hunger nor disease. It is gender-based discrimination and violence. That is why achieving United Nations...
