Voices Brevity is the soul of wit. Modern Slavery: Why dehumanizing the ‘Other’ concerns all of us While awareness campaigns on modern-day slavery are no longer scarce, our ability not to indirectly support modern slavery through our When torture becomes a cultural habit: calling for an end to Female Genital Mutilation On the challenges to eradicate FGM as a broadly accepted practice in many African societies. Freetown’s “Ajekuleh”: Where the Good, the Bad and the Ugly revive memories of a tragic past Just sit and watch. Far from being victims, women’s networks have led the way in campaigning for peace and justice While rhetoric on enhancing women’s rights and participation in fragile states is pervasive, de-facto implementation remains slow. Virtually Constructing Awareness Campaigns – Restrictions of ‘Viral’ Global Public Discourse #Kony2012 If a global civilian discourse and consequently public sphere ought to exist – it is very exclusionary in its nature. In the aftermath of the Fourth High Level Forum in Busan – Reflections on the Effectiveness of Aid The devil lies in the detail and in the particular case of the HLF-4 the detail is in the word Barefoot Soldiers for Social Justice, Food Security and Peace (Sierra Leone) Peace is food, you cannot have peace when you are hungry. Voices to the Youth – ‘We can see the light but we are not working’ (Sierra Leone) Youth in Freetown are bubbling over with hope for a better life. « Previous 1 2
