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Tourists & their Negative Impact on the Country

With summer approaching, tourists’ behavior can sometimes be disrespectful not only towards the country’s culture and its people but also harmful to the animals and environment.

Sirine bougacha June 26, 2022

‘Volunteering prepares you for the future’ – Hassana Maina, gender consultant

An interview with Hassana Maina, a gender advocate and lawyer

Salim Yunusa June 18, 2022

Female Genital Mutilation: Silencing the Voices in Our Heads

The United Nations estimates that eighty percent of Female genital mutilation (FGM) activities happen in Africa, with most cases in Egypt and Ethiopia among many other countries. Interestingly, so many schools of thought have their opinions on how it started but I choose to go the route of culture and belief system, as I strongly…

Akinjise Daniel May 14, 2022

Why We Should All be Volunteers

In this fast-paced world, there are many changes that volunteers can instill. Find out why we should all be volunteers to save the world.

Salim Yunusa April 15, 2022

Fast Fashion: Everything You Need but at What Cost?

Women standing on a pile of clothes holding a postcard written on it “Overconsumtion=Extenction”

Sirine bougacha April 12, 2022

An image of a men with face covered with different concerns during the pandemic.

The lockdown: A solution for Covid-19 but a threat to Tunisian Students’ mental health

Stuck at home and Juggling between online and face-to-face learning have had a huge impact on Tunisian students’ mental health.

Sirine bougacha March 15, 2022

Psychology of Bullying: The Ugly Pandemic Haunting the World

Back in Feb 2020, a video of a sobbing boy went viral. Quades Baylis, an aboriginal Australian, was seen in a video being bullied at school for his dwarfism. The video hit hard and touched millions of hearts around the world. Soon, it turned into a movement against, “Bullying.” From countless other incidents, one such…

Waleed Ahmad June 25, 2021

The inequality in vaccine distribution: Who shoulders the blame?

The inequality in COVID vaccine distribution is spurred by lack of funding and export controls despite the best efforts of COVAX in ensuring equality

Ameerah Salie June 8, 2021

Bridging the Digital Divide: Online learning for students in Trinidad and Tobago

There are challenges with the digital divide in Trinidad and Tobago. However, there are efforts to engage students with online learning.

Latoyaa Roberts October 13, 2020

Black man with a rainbow flag raises his fist

A reflection on 2020 Pride: a case for community, a case for resistance

“Pride is a riot” – Stonewall Inn Pride, for so many of us, is a space of belonging. An enclave where we can be safe, sincere, and unapologetic of a reality still so often implicitly or explicitly censored around us. Pride offers resilience through community, support where there is so often rejection, and an example…

Esther Brito June 24, 2020