Tag: Civil Society

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Dialogues

Dr. Subham Chaudhuri on Afghan Progress and the Road Ahead

GJIA: What areas of potential growth do you see as most promising in Afghanistan right now? SC: The challenge for Afghanistan is knowing how to use potential areas of growth. The…

March 18, 2019

Dialogues

Dr. Luka Kuol on Postconflict Reconstruction in South Sudan

GJIA: Which sectors of the South Sudanese economy do you think have been the most affected by the conflict, and which sectors do you think are poised to be leaders in the…

February 23, 2019

Human Rights & Development

Hip-Hop and Human Rights in Africa

Perhaps one of the more notable examples of hip-hop activism in Africa is Fela Kuti and his engagement with the Nigerian government concerning corruption and human rights abuses.…

February 4, 2019

Human Rights & Development

Women & Violence in Pakistan: Designing Institutions for Women’s Protection

The PPWVA creates its own implementation mechanism, including an elaborate, female-run justice system for GBV survivors that works parallel to the mainstream legal system. It…

May 25, 2018

Global Governance

Russia’s Struggle for Press Freedom

Further, the country’s inability to have a critical dialogue in the media about the problems that ordinary citizens face makes it impossible for society to realize the full…

April 29, 2018

Dialogues

Liberia: A Model for Africa

GJIA: In Liberia, as a government minister and as a private citizen, you have lived and served under authoritarian rulers such as Samuel Doe and Charles Taylor. Many outsiders…

April 12, 2018

Business & Economics

Drug Trafficking in Tajikistan: A Very Deep but not Incurable Evil

So far, the success of domestic Tajik policies and international assistance has been minimal. Trafficking is a product of numerous complex factors, including large-scale opium…

March 1, 2018

Human Rights & Development

Can the Media Solve the Problem of Sexual Harassment?

In a 2016 survey of U.S. federal workers, eighteen percent of women and six percent of men reported at least one occasion of sexual harassment in the preceding two years.…

March 1, 2018

Society & Culture

The Politics of Sexuality and the LGBTQ Crackdown in Egypt

To the outside observer, this may be somewhat puzzling: didn’t the current government come to power after the military coup that removed the Islamist President Mohammad Morsi…

February 16, 2018

Society & Culture

American Jews and Israel: The End of ‘Israel, Right or Wrong’

The relationship between American Jews and Israel is far from static, having changed considerably over the years. Before the State of Israel was established in 1948, most…

October 10, 2017