Reports This week I stumbled across two excellent reports, which I encourage you to check out: Harmful Traditional Practices and Implementation of the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Afghanistan, by UNAMA and OHCHR. It’s quite long but a really comprehensive report on using the law to eliminate violence against women in Afghanistan….
I’ve been running across a lot of great articles and posts lately, so thought I’d share. I’m also trying to make “Links I Liked” a more regular feature here, to share so many of the great things I learn every week. Guidelines for writing about development issues: Great article on what words to avoid when…
Today, I want to feature an excellent program that I just heard of yesterday – The Public Defender Corps! It’s a program created in partnership between the Southern Public Defender Training Center (SPDTC) and Equal Justice Works. The program recruits recent law school graduates, providing them with an intensive three-year training and mentorship program that…
I’ve recently been finding a lot of new blogs that center around social justice and non-profit issues, and I wanted to share a few of my favorites with you! Some of these blogs are new; others have been around for years. Regardless of which category they fall into, I’d say that many are a worthwhile…
I have been traveling lately (more on that later), and so I apologize if my posting has been light! In the meantime, I hope you’ll enjoy a few links I liked this week. Was global poverty determined in 1000 BC? (the answer is no, if you’re wondering). 5 Reasons People Are Ignoring the Worst Natural…
A few links for you to start off your Friday: 1. Wronging Rights: A Compound WTF, Wrapped in Proto-Colonialism, Wrapped in Bacon 2. Fascinating post on Study Hacks; Is allowing your child to study while on Facebook morally irresponsible? – A post discussing how our brains become more distracted in the long-run due to social…
Hope you have all had a great week(end)! The past few days have been absolutely perfect one for me – delicious cupcakes from Molly’s, a friend’s birthday celebrations, Dillo Day (annual day of fun, sun, and concerts from Regina Spektor, Guster, and Nelly at Northwestern), a trip to the Lincoln Park Zoo (although I am…
Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! It’s Saturday morning, and I’m working hard on my thesis which is due by the end of the week! I’m definitely panicking because I keep finding more things that need to be added, changed, edited, or improved. I never realized how much work a thesis really is….
I wanted to briefly post these two talks, which I absolutely absolutely loved recently. 1. Shashi Tharoor, on India’s “soft power” Click here to watch it (unfortunately TED won’t let me embed it for some strange reason). Shashi Tharoor was elected to India’s parliament in May 2009, representing Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala as minister for external affairs….
Sorry guys, I really wanted to do a Feature Friday today but honestly, I do not have the time. Finals are next week, I’m frantically writing papers and cramming information into my brain for exams, and I’m running around trying to last-minute finish Fellowship applications! Thus I’ll probably won’t be posting anything very interesting or…
