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Can you?
You say all our people are the same and Equal. So let me ask men: Can you? So let me as women: Can you? Can you walk home at night, without the shine of daylight? Can you leave your drink at the bar, without waking up with a scar? Are you told your body distracts, because of "biological facts"? Is the size of your cleavage an excuse, an apparent "reason" for abuse? Have you been cat called, by men, old and bald? Are you told you're arrogant, 'cause you believe you're relevant? Have you felt disgusted in you body, because of the comments of somebody? This is why we need feminism, to fight with...
Why you should choose zero waste gifts?
During Christmas and New year people are actively seeking gifts for family, friends or co-workers. Unfortunately, this beautiful and exciting season is associated with a rapid increase of waste such as labels, wrapping papers, gift cards, in fact, millions of gift cards are thrown away and they end up in nature or on the landfills. It's no secret that recycling those waste takes several decades and causes damage to our environment. Often it is hard to even realize how much waste we generate during the holiday season. Fortunately, each of us can contribute to changing this sad reality for the...
Discrimination followed by COVID-19
As the confirmed cases of COVID-19 are growing in Europe and USA, the fear of the virus is also growing every moment. But as the fear of the virus grows, discrimination against Asians and minorities also grows. Only because the virus started to spread in Wuhan, China, many Asians must live every moment with a label that says 'Moving Virus'. Sometimes they are subjected to violence, disgust and fear, or they receive offensive glances from people when they are moving around in the street in Europe or America. I'm Asian, and also my whole family is Asian, I want to stop the discrimination that...
No Discrimination
Covid-19 is not an excuse for being racist and xenophobic. It does not mean that just because I am an Asian, I have the virus. This is a world pandemic and we all have to fight it together. Discriminating is not a way out of this mess. Narrow eyes, fair skin does not tell you that person has the coronavirus. UNITY IS STRENGTH. If we unite, we can figure a way out rather than just being racist. The coronavirus is not justified by race, religion or which country you belong to, skin color and which language you speak. so, LET’S UNITE TOGETHER and figure a way out!! Kaninica, Chennai- India See...
COVID-19 and an Overshadowed Earth Day
This year's Earth Day will be starkly different from all the ones I have spent at school. As I am stuck staring at the pale white-yellow walls of my room that confine me, I find myself itching to do more. Struggling to speak out, try to make an impact- in a world that is deteriorating in so many ways. As one problem overshadows the previous, we forget some of the other projects, passions and movements we have been working on for so long. Living life under the coronavirus has become the new normal, especially living in Singapore- a country that’s been hit especially hard. It’s only taken a...
Is Aid Really the Right Approach to Combat Poverty?
A Burkini is not a Burka
The Power Of Womanhood
Malala Yousafzai said, "We realise the importance of our voices voices only when we are silenced." We have been silenced for centuries and during these years of silence, we eventually realised the importance of our voices. Speak up. Make sure your voice is heard even when certain evil forces are attempting to silence you with all their power because believe me, words cut deeper than swords. Let's collectively fight for the rights that we have been denied for years. Here is how you can make a difference: when your friend tells that her significant other abuses her, speak up for her. When a...
Lebanese Water Wars
West! Value your Values!
Why Pride is ALWAYS Necessary
The LGBTQ+ community has always had to fight through hardships to gain acceptance from the rest of the world. From discrimination to the illegalization of same-sex marriage, they’ve gone through many difficulties. I’ve heard some say that Pride month is too much, that the LGBTQ+ community doesn’t need it and that it shouldn’t matter. This kind of thinking is actually pretty insensitive and ignorant. In reality, the LGBTQ+ community’s battles are still not over. Even though it may seem to be more accepted in the United States, there still are acts of discrimination going on in other countries...
Grey-headed globetrotters on the road
A Note to the One After
Environmental warning of COVID-19
COVID-19 is a respiratory syndrome that has caused many damage to economic or human casualties etc. So people refrained from social activities through social distinctions or self-quarantine. However, due to the environmental changes that resulted from this, I think COVID-19 is warning about an environmental to mankind. It shone brightly with blue fluorescent light along the coastline of Acapulco Beach, Mexico. The local tourism agency said the luminescence was the result of biochemical reactions caused by the bioluminescent plankton flocked that came to the beach. Marine biologist Dr. Enrique...
We met again!
Five months have passed since the Syrian war memory, the war that forced us to do things we don't want to do. This year, I wrote a blog five months ago about the story of my life and how my childhood was living since the beginning of the war and until now under name: "How war changed me." I also mentioned - in this blog - my story with my first friend in my life, we were five years old when we first met and we stayed together until the war started and forced us to leave each other. Since 2011 I have not received any news about her, I only hear from time to time that she is alive. Recently, I...
What about children’s rights in this COVID-19 crisis?
We recently celebrated the Day of the African Child on June 16 and being a child parliamentarian, I see this as a big day for all of Africa’s children and more so for the children of Djibouti. Since I am their voice in Parliament I can say we are dismayed by the situation we are going through because of COVID-19, which is worse still for most children who do not have birth certificates We welcome the salutary measures decreed by the political and health authorities to protect us from this misfortune of COVID-19. Nevertheless, the African child in general, and the Djiboutian in particular, find...
How war changed me
2011. I was 11-years-old when the war started in my country Syria. I was too young to understand what was actually happening. Before the war started I had many dreams. I wanted to be a doctor, be with my friends forever, or grow older at the same place where I lived. But suddenly, I found myself without dreams, friends and dolls. I woke up one morning and everywhere was full of hatred, I have seen many horrific scenes that are still stuck in my brain. 2012. I had to change the place where I live to start a new life again, but I became despaired, secluded, more shy and more nervous. 2013. I was...
A vision for my generation
Why child protection cannot be forgotten during COVID-19
In just a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 outbreak has already had drastic consequences for children across Djibouti. Their access to education, food, and health services has been dramatically affected all over the country. The impact has been so marked, that the UN Secretary General has urged governments and donors to offset the immediate effects of the COVID-19 crisis on children. In discussions of the pandemic to date, child labour (i.e. forms of work that are harmful to children) has played only a marginal role. Yet, as I describe in this blog, child labour will be an important coping...