Tag: Civil Society
120 Articles
- Society & Culture
Domein Verklaring: Colonial Legal Legacies and Community Access to Land in Indonesia
Exactly 150 years since the passing of transformative agrarian laws by the Dutch colonial government in 1870, the now-independent Republic of Indonesia is still grappling with…
November 25, 2020
- Dialogues
Dr. Jeni Klugman on COVID-19’s Toll on Women and the State of Gender Equality
GJIA: The Beijing +25 report mentions how COVID-19 is worsening gender inequality in the labor market. Why are female workers disproportionately impacted, and how has this played…
November 20, 2020
- Business & Economics
The End of Petrodollar Recycling and the Future of Islamic Finance
What Islamic Finance Does Not, But Should Muslims account for a disproportionate share of the world’s poor. Not only are Muslim majority countries likely to have…
November 6, 2020
- Society & Culture
Uncertain Days for Scholars as Sino-U.S. Tensions Rise
In July, the Trump administration outlined plans to end the Fulbright program academic exchanges with China and Hong Kong. The move was one of several ways in which cultural…
September 28, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
PART II: A Call for Collective Punishment: LGBTQ in Post-Conflict Chechnya
How then should policymakers, activists, and scholars weigh the policy options? The main question is not whether human rights should be promoted in the region, but how? Stress on…
September 11, 2020
- Society & Culture
Take the Redpill: Understanding the Allure of Conspiratorial Thinking Among Proud Boys
To understand the Proud Boys, it is important to understand one of the primary stages of their recruitment, “taking the redpill.” The redpill is the gateway into the…
September 7, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
PART I: A Call for Collective Punishment: LGBTQ in Post-Conflict Chechnya
A useful lens for analyzing the current regime in Chechnya is to reflect upon the wave of violent detentions of LGBTQ that began with allegations in the Russian newspaper, Novaya…
September 4, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
What the Pandemic Reveals: Workers’ Rights in Bangladesh and Garment Supply Chains
The Pandemic EffectAt the same time, it has thrown into relief the chronic weaknesses of the Bangladeshi garment industry itself, including its “labor management” practices,…
September 3, 2020
- Business & Economics
Puerto Rico Can Emerge Stronger; But It Needs Help
The tiny Caribbean island of Puerto Rico is on the rocks. Recent spikes in COVID-19 cases and deaths have forced the island to close beaches and limit visitors. The island is…
August 27, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
“Not One Women Less, Not One More Death:” Feminist Activism and Policy Responses to Gender-Based Violence in Latin America
In 2011, Mexican poet and human rights activist Susana Chávez Castillo was tortured and killed in Ciudad Juárez. Eighteen years earlier, she coined the phrase “ni una mujer…
August 12, 2020