Tag: <span>Gender equality</span>

Vandana Shiva’s thought-provoking definition of development

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 …

Equalisters

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 …