Ip Anna Tin Wai, Author at IVolunteer International

Civil Society in COVID-19: A Power in Predicament

Civil society, although with much potential to be realised, is a power in predicament in today’s COVID-19 pandemic. Read to find out more.

Ip Anna Tin Wai August 24, 2020

International Dysfunction, Institutional Failure & The Post-Pandemic World

No Order, No Peace Horror vacui, a fear of emptiness can be likened to the coming age in international affairs. The era of western-led order is ending and we, as citizens of a globalised world, now coexist in a nonpolar international spectrum. Power has diffused and is no-longer held by monopolising states or alliances in…

Multiple Authors July 22, 2020

COVID-19 for a new Africa: Equal partnerships and youth participation

Passion and eagerness for change – that was what underpinned the two and a half hours long Virtual Africa Union Youth Consultation Series (AUYCS) on COVID-19, African & Global Solidarity organised by the African Union Youth Envoy. Joined by an amazing lineup of speakers, the meeting sought to spark discussions between speakers and youth on…

Ip Anna Tin Wai July 20, 2020

Child labor: Sweetheart for sweet-money?

Sometime in our childhood, we must have argued with our parents, refusing to go to school. Despite all the tantrums we, as children throw, the pouts we put on our faces, we are loved and embraced as sweethearts. As we grow older, we are compared to “African or third-world children”, as if they are symbols…

Multiple Authors June 18, 2020

Rare diseases: challenges in diagnosis and treatment

Hollywood has recently witnessed a new wave of movies related to rare diseases. From “The Greatest Showman” of 2018, detailing a story of despised patients with rare diseases finding purpose and being fulfilled in a circus, to “Five Feet Apart” of 2019, capturing the heart-breaking journey and challenges of two Cystic Fibrosis patients in love…

Ip Anna Tin Wai April 15, 2020

A dilemma in food aid: mishmash of biometrics and food

Collapsed edifices, ruins piled up on the floor, tanks casually patrolling the streets, smoke encapsulating the country- these have become the norm for the Yemeni. Behind the desolate, lifeless climate, there lies voices to be heard, pain to be resonated with. Clothes powdered with dust, brows knitted together in remembrance of the uplifting chants that…

Ip Anna Tin Wai February 28, 2020

Call me a Gender Equality Advocate, not a Feminist

I am a millennial, and I am a female, writing articles for an online blog. Ask anyone, and the first thing that comes to their mind would be, “She probably is another feminist”. Well, I am not. A New Paradigm Shift: Mutated Feminism Sentiments Emma Watson’s speech on feminism at the U.N. headquarters was powerful…

Ip Anna Tin Wai February 9, 2020

Opening Eyes and Ears: First Steps to Love and Tend Nature

An anticlimactic journey It was December 30th– 2 days before the end of 2019. My friends and I decided to savour the remaining Christmas vibes together by going to a new mall, known for its stylish yet classic Christmas decorations at the “rooftop garden”. As we were on the final escalator ride to the garden…

Ip Anna Tin Wai January 22, 2020