Living without a voice (Human Rights)
by Kat Birch, Philippines
The Philippine National Office of Statistics (NSO) estimated their population at over 84 million in 2005 and the number of people living with a disability (PWD) as somewhere in the region of...

The 2005 G8 Summit Echoed the Need for Participatory Development Approaches in Africa (Poverty)
by Antony Felix O. Simbowo
The 2005 G8 Summit took place in Gleneagles, Scotland with the main agenda to lower the debt Africa owes the developed world as well as double ‘aid’ to the African nations. However, the main...

Democracy and Good Governance (Peace & Conflict)
by TITILAYO OLADEMEHIN-BAMIGBOYE, Nigeria
Democracy is defined as government of the people, by the people, for the people. This means the person who sits at the helm in any organisation or establishment is taken from among the people as...

Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women (Poverty)
by Isata Mansaray, Sierra Leone
By Isata Mansaray 17 Years old - 2nd Prize- TIG Sierra Leone Essay Contest Do you think the MDGs will be achieved and what will be the role of youths in their achievement? MDG Goal #3:...

How the Millennium Goals can be achieved and what the role of youths in their achievement will be? (Poverty)
by Christopher James, Sierra Leone
By Christopher James 17 Years old - 1st Prize- TIG Sierra Leone Essay Contest- Question: Do you think the MDGs will be achieved and what will be the role of youths in their achievement? I...

Do you think the MDGs will be achieved and what will be the role of youths in their achievement? (Poverty)
by Ishmael Dumbaya, Sierra Leone
Ishmael Dumbaya- 3rd prize- TIG Sierra Leone Essay Contest In September 2000, world leaders include the President of Sierra Leone, Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, in a summit on the declaration of the...

Who are we? (Human Rights)
by Hira Nabi, Pakistan
The evening was heavy with moisture. I could feel the humidity pressing in on me. Septembers in Lahore are hot, and relentless. Incidentally, I was born in September. It is assumed that I should be...

Homelessness. Poverty. Hunger. (Poverty)
by Daniel Brophy
Can you see this image? A garbage can, two children on top of it,one is having his diaper changed and the other is having his shoe tied, giving his mother a difficult time, grabbing her hair and...

Cameroonian Youth and the MDGs (Child & Youth Rights)
by AJI JAMES, Cameroon
-- Presented by AJI James* at the Cameroon Youth Leadership Forum, under the theme Youth Leadership and Sustainable Development, Yaounde Conference Centre, February 6-9 2006. (This paper draws...

Context and Cartoon Riots: When Little Things Sting Old Wounds (Culture)
by Haatem
I do not see the so-called "cartoon riots" of the past few weeks as being about Muslims taking issue with Europeans' right to freedom of speech. People in predominantly Muslim countries have been...