Mar 16
Two years ago I traveled to Peru for some volunteer work through the ProWorld organization at NYU. The work that all of the students did there were mostly built clay stoves with chimneys leading outside the house for better breathing conditions. But during this trip, what struck me the most besides the poor breathing conditions …
Mar 13
Last October, I wrote a blog entitled “Escaping Environmental Change” to shed some light on the plight of environmental refugees or climate migrants. This week, we are launching a video I created on the SISGI Group’s YouTube channel to further raise awareness on the cause and start a discussion on possible solutions. We invite you …
Mar 09
If I asked someone “who was a victim of slavery in the 1800s?” and “who suffered at the hands of the Nazi’s during the Holocaust?” the most likely answers would be African-Americans and members of the Jewish community, respectively. What most people do not know is that there is a group who lived through both …
Mar 09
For the last two weeks the United Nations held the 56th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The CSW is the principal global policy-making body dedicated exclusively to women’s rights and gender equality. This commission meets annually for 10 working days. The principal outcomes of the commission are the agreed conclusion between member (45 …
Mar 02
The Rio+20 Summit has been generating lots of buzz lately, although the international meeting is not until this summer. Fellow bloggers Julia and Katherine have discussed, at different lengths, the history and preparation of this year’s summit. There are seven key categories up for discussion during the three-day event: Jobs, energy, cities, food, water, oceans, …
Mar 02
The world’s largest refugee camp turns 20 years-old this week. The Dadaab in Kenya welcomes approximately 1,300 refugees a day and is currently a haven to almost half-a-million people escaping war-torn neighboring countries like Somalia. Originally designed with a capacity to hold 90,000, Dadaab, located about 60 miles from the Kenya-Somalia border was only meant …
Mar 01
Quite a few posts have been written here at NotEnoughGood about the UN millennium development goals (MDGs), but this post is a bit different. I’m not going to describe the goals or how they came to be or the latest UN meeting—you can click through the archives or do a quick Google search for that. …
Feb 29
I am always (and I mean always) struggling with ideas for creative gifts for holidays and birthdays. It seems that your boyfriend’s mother, or your next-door neighbor, or your new boss always bring the greatest stress when thinking up an appropriate present. I have the hardest time because I am so strictly opposed to giving …
Feb 15
The Hardanis family, made up of Mohammad, his wife and two young girls were among the approximately 250 people on board a people-smuggling boat headed to Australia. The vessel carrying the migrants sank during the journey. Only 47 people survived. One of his daughters was rescued by a fishing boat that was in close proximity. …
Feb 14
Read this post in English ¿Cuánta gente sabe que significa la palabra femicidio o feminicidio? Si buscan en Google la palabra, no encontraran una definición formal, además de las que da Wikipedia. Estas incluyen desde la perspectiva feministas, que describe el femicidio como asesinatos misóginos, hasta una definicion más amplios, como “todos los homicidios de mujeres, …
