by Parisa Zangeneh | Jan 8, 2021
The Handmaid’s Tale has been reviewed countless times, but a revisit in the context of recent political developments reveals that it is increasingly important to remember that progress made in gender equality worldwide has been hard-won.
by Parisa Zangeneh | Oct 27, 2020
Georgetown virtually held Beijing +25: Commemorating a Watershed Moment for Women’s Rights on Sept. 10 with Former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Hillary Clinton on the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. What does the conference mean for politics in 2020?
by Parisa Zangeneh | Oct 11, 2020
Today, October 12th, 2020, marks twenty-two years since Matthew Shepard’s murder, three days after the 80th birthday of John Lennon, international peace and human rights activist and icon, who was also murdered and lost to the world at an unbearably young age.
by Emily Murphy | Sep 30, 2020
The Russian “anti-corruption” campaigner, Navalny, has been discharged from acute inpatient care, after becoming ill on his flight from Siberia in August. It was not long before allegations of poisoning were banded about, and the future of Russian politics was called into question. He is however to remain under supervision as the long term effects of his condition are not yet known.
by Elizabeth Quinn | Sep 29, 2020
Oatly has made headlines recently for accepting an investment from Blackstone, one of the largest private equity firms in the world, which has links to deforestation in the Amazon and the Trump administration. The case of Oatly raises the question – is it possible to be 100% sustainable within our current economic framework?