The Forgotten Victims of Gender-Based Violence
The Rohingya Crisis continues to make headlines, as more and more evidence of shocking human rights violations comes to light. Gender-based violence has been...
Foreign Aid FAQs – #5 “Foreign aid fuels overpopulation”
Concerns about overpopulation, or the ‘population explosion’ as it’s sometimes called, are widespread at the moment. The logic surrounding these concerns is understandable –...
Forget sweatshops; what can factories do for women?
Paula Williamson evaluates the opportunities that factories in Bangladesh provide for women. She argues that factories are providing women opportunities. However, there are still...
The Paradox of Corruption: Can there be ‘good’ corruption? Part 2 (Country Studies)
The importance of healthy institutions is a center piece of successful development policies. Everyday citizens are effected by corruption because it takes money from...
Positive and destructive activism, the two faces of politicized youth in Bangladesh
Civil society and governments all over the world are pondering over how to engage youth as positive agents of change. The energy of youth can be...
Street children: diverse problems and solutions
The issue of street children in developing countries is one that is usually met with feelings of sympathy and even pity as one struggles to...
Rana Plaza disaster: how can we move forward?
Following our interview with Muhammad Yunus, DiA blogger Louisa Jones asks what consumers can do to make the fashion industry more ethical in the...
The garment industry in Bangladesh: an interview with Muhammad Yunus
Less than two months ago, the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people. Since then, discussions about the ethics...
The garment industry in Bangladesh – from a woman’s perspective
. Most of us are aware when we shop in Primark or H&M that the cheap clothes are made thanks to workers in developing...