More women pause before rushing into marriage. Historically, the institution represented women's only path for financial security, but social and economic pressures have subsided in advanced economies. Research studies along with cultural and demographic trends support decisions to delay...
Singular happiness: Single American women enjoy an evening out, while one in seven Japanese women remain single
NEW YORK: Evidence concerning the state of marriage strongly suggests that women should give serious thought before making the momentous...
If current demographic trends continue, the ranks of religious believers in the world could rise through 2050, reports a Pew Research Report. Islam would show the fastest rate of growth, and the unaffiliated would decline in proportion to other religious categories. Riaz Hassan, director of the...
Statistical threat: India's Muslim population is projected to increase 76 percent by 2050, adding to tensions between Hindu militant groups like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Muslims
SINGAPORE: In the next three and half decades, the demography of...
Global leaders are failing youth, and 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg addressed 60 world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit about the need for urgent action on climate change, warning “we’ll be watching you.” Her assessment was concise, blunt and searing: “People are suffering. People are...
While many are aware of the "triangular" slave trade among Europe, Africa and the Americas in the 18th century, few people realize that Asian-European trade was also instrumental in sustaining the exchange of human slaves. For example, French ships carrying European goods to Asia returned...
19th-century lithograph of a French ship transporting slaves to the colonies in the Caribbean (Source: Digital Media Lab, University of Virginia Library)
NEW HAVEN: The role that international trade has played in developing a globally integrated...
Homelessness is a mark of failure for communities in providing basic security. Based on national reports, about 2 percent of the world’s population may be homeless. Another 20 percent lacks adequate housing, reports demographer Joseph Chamie. Such statistics come with a caveat. Obtaining accurate...
Under the open sky: Increasing numbers of people are homeless, in both wealthy and poor cities, from Russia to India
NOTE: This article was updated on 21 January 2020 to include the specific cautionary note from the OECD on using the data for...
Storm winds have pushed a thick, 5,000-mile long dust cloud from the Sahara Desert to the United State, deteriorating air quality even as the region struggles with the Covid-19 pandemic. “Although plumes of Sahara Desert dust are routinely ejected from Africa’s west coast during June, the ongoing...
Jan Pronk, the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative to Darfur, has the responsibility of reporting to the Security Council on Aug 30 about the progress, if any, that the Sudanese government is making in its crisis-ridden Darfur region. If Pronk’s report is favorable, then no punitive...
The UN Secretary-General's Special Representative to Darfur Jan Pronk has the monumental responsibility of reporting to the UN Security Council on 30 August on the progress towards peace in the Darfur region of Sudan, a...
A feminist movement is expanding globally with collective actions like #MeToo and #TimesUp, yet predictably runs into challenges in conservative authoritarian regimes. In Turkey, the women’s rights movement has roots in the 19th century, and legal reforms were achieved in the early part of this...
Feminist threat: Turkish police disperse a march marking International Women's Day, left, and the Turkish government funds its own non-government organization – a GONGO – to support traditional roles for women
NEW HAVEN: As a new form of feminism...
