Posts from — August 2007

Does globalization directly combat localization, or can they coexist? Are brands more powerful than governments? Why do we consider some lives more valuable than others? These questions and thousands more from around the globe can be found on Dropping Knowledge, an innovative website that revolves around the simple yet profound premise that asking questions improves the world. [Read more →]

Ugandan women and girls tell their personal stories of rape, abuse, displacement, enslavement and torture.

Over the past year, IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, has collaborated with the Uganda Women Writers Association (FEMRITE), to produce “Today you will understand,” a collection of the personal war stories of 16 women. [Read more →]