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Making Women Equal Economic Partners – Closing the Nation’s Gender Based Pay Gap
Women in the U.S. have made tremendous gains in education, employment and earnings in the past 50 years, but there is still a persistent gender pay gap. Even young working women continue to lag behind men. And, unfortunately, the gap … Read more
We Can Stop Violence Against Women
A 4 year-old girl died recently from cardiac arrest at Care Hospital in Nagpur, India after being raped by a 35 year old man, Firoz Khan. He was later apprehended by police and confessed to the crime. The girl was … Read more
Posted in News, Sustainable Peace
Tagged child rape in India, gender equality, gender inequlity, top, top story, violence against women
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Palestinian Statehood and the Quest for a Lasting Middle East Peace
The Palestinian-Israeli issue has always been controversial. Palestine’s upgraded UN status from “non-member observer entity” to “non-member observer state,” passed in the General Assembly by a large margin on November 30, 2012, brings with it, on one hand, new opportunities … Read more
Forgetting to Remember – The Scourge of Generational Amnesia
A sharp tip glinted out of the tree having traveled through from the other side. Chopping the wood open revealed the small bullet to be as shiny as the day it had been fired over 60 years before as Allied … Read more
How to Make the World a Better Place – Get Involved!
As we approach the New Year, it is important to think about how young people can become more involved as global citizens interested in global issues and their solutions. As a Teen Advisor for Girl Up, a United Nations Foundation … Read more
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Tagged child marriage, Girl Up, Half the Sky, Nicholas Kristof
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Finding a Measure of Peace
Can we measure the peacefulness of the world? And beyond that, estimate the impact of conflict on the global economy? On first consideration, these seem like impossible tasks. After all, the drivers of human conflict are varied and complex. But … Read more
Culture’s Role in the Art of Peace-Building and Reconciliation
From 22 to 24 October 2012, International Christian University (ICU) hosted the “2012 Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum” on its verdant campus in Tokyo, Japan. The Forum was cosponsored by ICU, the Aspen Institute and the Japan ICU Foundation (JICUF) and … Read more
Can Gaza and Israel Make the Tough Choice for Peace?
For now, no more missiles fly from Gaza to Israel – nor from Israel to Gaza. The last several days of mutual-retaliation is now at its end. I will not re-post here what can be read widely in the news: … Read more
Posted in Ethical Leadership, News, Sustainable Peace
Tagged Israel - Gaza conflict, Palestinian conflict
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