Category: change for the better
I’ve Been Thinking…
I’ve been thinking. Often when ordinary people are inspired to champion the rights of others they are warned…
Girl Power – International Day of the Girl Child
Last Thursday, October 11th, 2012, was the first UN International Day of the Girl Child. Nowadays most people…
Believing Your Own Eyes
Because we are silenced by being told that we, ‘don’t understand the complexities’. Because we are easily knocked…
What if We Don’t Look Away?
We all know what happened in Rwanda in 1994. Some say 500,000 people were massacred in 100 days.…
Can Social Media Really Help Anybody?
There’s a lot of controversy nowadays about the usefulness of trying to use social media to raise awareness…
What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
If there is one thing that convinces me that we are all, basically, the same, it’s listening to…
The Road to Self-Knowledge
Reza Fani Yazdi is a human rights activist, writer and former political prisoner but this recounting of his…
Man is a Mine Rich in Gems…
Nature or nurture? Are we empty vessels waiting to be filled with knowledge and virtues or is there…