“I Just Want to Tell My Son I Love Him”
by Kavitha Surana July 2, 3:12 p.m. EDT Parents held in immigration detention without their kids say the phones barely work and they still don’t know when they will see their …
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Kenyan Innovation takes Plastic Bags Out of Forestry
By Verenardo Meeme A four-month-old Moringa tree (Moringa oleifera), an indigenous Kenyan specie, sprouting from Kinyanjuis farm. The tree is used to make tea and has medicinal value. Verenardo Meeme …
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For a 6-Year-Old Snared in the Immigration Maze, a Memorized Phone Number Proves a Lifeline
by Ginger Thompson June 21, 10:22 p.m. EDT As the U.S. attempts to reunite migrant families, children will bear the burden of helping to identify who and where their parents are. …
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Refugee Women use their Voices Through Digital Storytelling
Caroline Lenette, UNSW Egenie told her story for her father whom she describes as her friend and mentor. Author supplied Storytelling is innate to humans. For millennia, ever since cave …
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Asia-Pacific Analysis – Happiness and the Environment
By Crispin Maslog UN should declare environmental quality as a factor in UN Happiness Index ahead of Earth Day. Two Asia-Pacific countries — Australia and New Zealand — figure in …
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‘Triple talaq’ abolition is only the start of a larger campaign for gender justice in India
Zoya Hasan, Jawaharlal Nehru University The egregious practice that some Muslim men employ to divorce their wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely by uttering the word talaq (divorce) three …
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When Indian Women Negotiate with Local Authorities to Improve their Lives in a Slum
Siddharth Agarwal, Urban Health Resource Centre Women presenting their demands to the elected ward of their district. UHRC Shabnam Verma, Neeraj Verma, Kanupriya Kothiwal, Shrey Goel helped on the study …
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Mark Zuckerberg looks for an olive branch as Facebook enters face-off phase
Hemant Batra | Law & Policy Expert However, honest confession, it may be regarding an offense or wrongdoing, the guilty must be punished. This is what I understand, the premise …
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Foresters too Silent on Tech Advances
By Aisling Irwin Forest experts need to interact more with farming and mining businesses, agriculture and finance ministries in order to accelerate the use of scientific tools to restore global …
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Tributes Pour in for Stephen Hawking, the Famous Theoretical Physicist who Died at Age 76
Alan Duffy, Swinburne University of Technology; Alice Gorman, Flinders University; Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland; Lisa Harvey-Smith, CSIRO; Matthew Bailes, Swinburne University of Technology, and Steven Tingay, Curtin University …
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