…and it’s time for us to say farewell to this blog and to our readers. We hope our blog posts could be of inspiration and food for thoughts for you: we truly enjoyed writing on the topics we are studying, experimenting with the blog format and interacting with you in …
Iran is experiencing the biggest protests and demonstrations against the regime since 2009, fuelled by the death of 22-year old Iranian-Kurdish woman Masha Amini*1 on 16 September 2022, arrested by the morality police for “improperly” wearing the hijab. Masha Amini died while in police custody after three days of coma. …
In this short video, the Indian philosopher, environmentalist and political activist Vandana Shiva, questions the mainstream concept of development, in a simple yet powerful way: If you haven’t read Vandana Shiva’s book “Staying Alive”, I recommend that you to do it. It is a strong eye-opener on the enormous negative …
HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BRING SOCIAL CHANGE: THE SWEDISH INITIATIVE EQUALISTERS A very interesting social media- based initiative devoted to social change arose in Sweden in 2010. Its name was Rättviseförmedligen, Equalisters in English. It was a non-profit foundation and digital movement aiming to create a more democratic society by …
