Amma Odamea Amoako Editor Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Linkedin In January, I was watching Aljazeera and the canker Corona virus was on the table for discussion; Then came the breaking news “CHINA BUILDS A 1000-BED CAPACITY HOSPITAL IN 6 DAYS”. Yes, in less than a week. I asked myself, “How many days does it take us […]
Carol Hammond Editor Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Linkedin-in Lived Experiences of Mothers Returning to Work After a Child-Rearing Hiatus Research by Brenda Marceline Yahraes, 2017 The demographics for this study: The women’s time out of the workforce ranged from 5 to 20 years. The average number of years at home was 9. The average age the […]
Abeyie B. Schmutz Editor Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Linkedin Our fight against human trafficking is feeble. Do we recognise that the victims are human beings with a right to life, a right to education, a right to free movement? Have human trafficking statistics become mere annual statistics? Have precious human lives been reduced to numbers in […]
Adjoa Amoafo Editor Co-edited by: Heloise Giraudon Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Linkedin Human Trafficking – How Widespread is This Issue? In 2016 alone, 40 million people were victims of forced labour, human trafficking and modern day slavery. (International Labour Organization, 2016) Human trafficking is an internationally organized crime, involving the transportation, transfer, or sales of persons […]
Not only limited to developing countries, 1 in 5 children living in poverty live in the world’s ‘developed’ countries.