Tag: women

RESOURCE: Almaz’s Story-Human Trafficking, Slave Labor

Human Imprint: This is a short, illustrated story based upon real events.  Topics: Modern slave labor, human trafficking, migrant workers Source: BBC News  

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NEWS: The Country Training People to Leave

A great article to discuss when teaching BRAINDRAIN. The country training people to leave By Stephen SackurBBC, Philippines The Philippines has one of the fastest growing economies in Asia – […]

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VIDEO via Frontline: India-The Missing Girls

Frontline Roughtcut Website In 2006, when my wife and I traveled to India to live and work, the one issue that kept grabbing our attention was northern India’s deep cultural […]

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NEWS via CNN Money: 11 cities where workers are disappearing

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Cincinnati, Cleveland and Dayton, Ohio The labor force has been shrinking in all of Ohio’s major cities other than its state capital, Columbus. Cleveland has lost 52,000 […]

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NEWS via PRI-The World: ‘Burka Avenger’ Cartoon Aimed at Empowering Pakistani Girls | @pritheworld

Topics: Gender empowerment, GEM, Gender Equity, Religion, Islam ———————– ‘Burka Avenger’ Cartoon Aimed at Empowering Pakistani Girls BY NINA PORZUCKI ⋅ JULY 26, 2013 ⋅ POST A COMMENT This past […]

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NEWS via CNN: Where have India’s females gone?

Via: CNN. Where have India’s females gone? By Carl Gierstorfer, Special to CNN September 11, 2013 — Updated 2101 GMT (0501 HKT) Editor’s note: Carl Gierstorfer is a journalist and filmmaker with a background […]

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