Anna Elena Maria Ferrari The referendum on the UK membership to the EU made me deeply reflect on the tools for democracy and question the referendum as the truly highest democratic tool. It made me think that sometimes direct democracy is not the best solution. Image credit: Martin Deutsch via Flickr. Don’t get [...]
Ana Maria Ilie What does "Poverty Porn" mean? Is any type of media - written, photography, film - that exploits the state of the poor to generate sympathy, to collect charitable donations or support for a particular cause. It is usually used to highlight poverty in African and the urgency to donate for children in order [...]
Hasan Haj In Mid-April I was chosen to take part in a global education program called “You are part of the world, be part of its future”, a long term program that includes two phases of training, in Serbia and Romania. Between the two phases, I managed to deliver 4 workshops to increase awareness [...]
Hasan Haj My awareness towards taking care of our planet increased in July 2015, when I watched an Arabic program named “Khawater”, translated as reflections. I watched 11 seasons of the program in one month; many episodes were focusing in our daily life and our effect on the planet. Since then I managed to get [...]
Natia Shakaia My today’s story is about world’s one of the most important issues, which is the tolerance. To be more concrete the nonexistence of the tolerance in the most cases. In my article I will try to tell you briefly what kind of attitude is there in different countries toward the people who is [...]
Salome Lemonjava “Physical abuse due to sexual identification, conditions of the injured transgender woman are still crucial. She is still on artificial respiration. Investigation has begun, although nobody has been detained” –says “Qronikanews”, TV channel “Imedi”. It’s been several days that Georgian media makes similar anouncements. Sexual identification is one of the most widely discussed [...]
Natia Shakaia Citizens make the future of the country. Many things depend on us, citizens. In my mind, every citizen can do something useful for the development of the country. It really doesn’t matter what sphere we work in, it is our duty to do everything we can to live in better conditions. Citizen’s participation [...]
Chiara Fazio I have always wondered why we need to define things, feelings or words that accompany us in our life. If a term is defined, it is because we want it to have a definite parameter, maybe in order to put it into a category and finally assign to it a specific rule. Defining [...]
Rhomir Yanquiling No person is ever divorced from the rest of humanity. Ours is an interconnected world… Until we see this interconnectedness, we will not be able to realize the beauty in the midst of differences, the symmetry behind disparity, and the reality hidden in paradoxes. This is how we should see the world in [...]
Adela Petrovic “If we are to reach real peace in this world… we shall have to begin with children.” — Mahatma Gandhi At the beginning of August this year, the International Commission for Human Rights nominated 45 young people from all over the world to act as Youth Ambassadors for their country. I am very [...]