Margot Wallström’s decision not to sell arms to Saudi Arabia demonstrates the fundamental rethink needed to achieve a feminist foreign policy. Herein lies women's power to stop war.
A fourth personal communication from the heart of territory where Islamic State holds sway.
From the outside, the Swedish snub to the Saudi royals looks like a big triumph for women’s rights over commercial pressures. Close up, the ethical picture is a little muddier.
"Invest in women” is a well-worn mantra of international development, but we must ask the question – invest for whom?
We must say that this scenario is both similar to and different from those in other countries of the region where authoritarian regimes fell in 2011.
Around social thinkers from the South, who have not made it into the conventional sociological tradition, Connell proposes to build an alternative social science.
The question remains, even if Netanyahu can form a workable government, can he repair the damage he has done to Israeli society and to his own and the State of Israel’s image.
Change must start from within each individual. As quoted in the Quran, “Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves.”
Jean Seaton’s latest history of the BBC is mired by typos, inconsistencies and factual errors. Far from incidental, this is symptomatic of a broader carelessness that ultimately undermines her analysis.
While activists continue to engage in orthodox forms of protest, guerilla theatre groups are using new ways to get their message across.
