Category: Human Rights & Development
142 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Xenophobia: A Pervasive Crisis in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Introduction When the Nigerian journalist Patrick Egwu first visited South Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he noticed a pervasive atmosphere of resentment and hatred…
May 26, 2024
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Why Child Soldiering Persists in Africa
Introduction Child recruitment by armed militants and state governments is a persistent issue. Despite 196 countries having ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and…
February 25, 2024
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The Taliban and the Global Backlash Against Women’s Rights
The crisis in Afghanistan has largely disappeared from the news. It was pushed aside by the war in Ukraine and the humiliation and fatigue of Western countries whose twenty years…
February 6, 2024
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The Long Quest for Reproductive Justice in Mexico: Feminist Legal Strategies and Challenges to Changing Abortion Precedent in a Federal System
Mexico has entered the international spotlight due to a recent federal Supreme Court ruling protecting abortion rights. This groundbreaking decision has resulted from the…
January 15, 2024
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The Politics of Identity: State-building and Erasure in Modi’s ‘New’ India
The 1992 demolition of the sixteenth-century Babri Masjid mosque followed a lengthy campaign led by Narendra Modi—at that time a mid-level party leader in Gujarat—to replace the…
December 2, 2023
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Intimate Partner Violence and Disability: Addressing Systemic Barriers
In fall 2020, a Québec-wide grassroots disability rights organization, the Regroupement des activistes pour l’inclusion au Québec (RAPLIQ), sought to tackle shelter…
November 4, 2023
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Martial Indigeneity: Deconstructing “Decolonization” in International Relations
Constructivists wrongly portray the Indigenous as ultrasocial people Many claim that decolonizing International Relations (IR) requires moving past mainstream theories,…
September 18, 2023
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Russia, Wagner, and the Future of Counterterrorism in Africa
In Washington and beyond, the expanded Russian geopolitical force in Africa—through the increasing presence of Russian-state-backed Wagner mercenaries—is eliciting anxiety.…
May 15, 2023
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From Satanism to Genocide: Moral Panic and White Supremacy in South Africa
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, as it became increasingly clear that South Africa’s apartheid system of minority rule was neither functional nor tenable, White society was…
May 12, 2023
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Climate Change and Pacific Islander Life
Pacific Islanders The Pacific Ocean covers nearly a third of the Earth’s surface with diverse islands scattered throughout, from active volcanoes to coral atolls. Pacific…
April 28, 2023