How Jordan Faces its Environmental Challenges
The climate crisis is leaving its marks in many parts of the world, and we are already facing many challenges related to it. Harsh winters,
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Reviving Al Hima: Combating Desertification in Jordan through Traditional Rangeland Management
Drylands – arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas – cover 46.2 % of the global land and are home to 3 billion people. They result
There is no Planet B
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”, Native American Proverb The picture above dates back to the
The damaging impact of blind trust in pictures?
It has long been hailed that “a picture is worth a thousand words” and in February this year, there was no finer example of this
Yet another Call for Justice: Context in a Picture
The image: Muhammed El-Kurd at the UN General Assembly, United Nations Photo, 29 Nov 2021. A young man holds a speech. At first sight, this
When Photos Can Make a Change…
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera”, Dorothea Lange, Los Angeles Times (13 Aug. 1978) Photographs today make up
Inside the water emergency in Jordan
As established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2010, water and sanitation are fundamental rights for every human being. This means that every human
Social conformity versus freedom
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”, John F. Kennedy Recent research in applied psychology have established that making people aware
An introduction to Social Conformity
Our social interactions shape us in ways that we cannot even imagine. As humans, it comes naturally relying on other people when we must express
Water Wars
Water is not a given, and neither is peace. Since without water, what are we? “It runs through our veins, bodies, water faucets, and rivers.
Youth in Jordan
“Every day is full of challenges and full of hope”: Young women in Jordan share their struggles. Jordanian society is young. Around 36% of the
Being young in 2022: what are the challenges and how not to lose hope
Although youth is a wonderful stage in our life, being young has always had its challenges. Youth means growing up, learning, experiencing a lot of
A picture is worth a thousand words but means nothing with incorrect context
“A picture is worth a thousand words”, a clliché term, but one that holds weight. However, without words to explain who, what, why or when,
Article 4: Security Considerations and Intent to Commit Apartheid
The Ongoing Realities of Aparthied in the 21st Century: A summary of Amnesty International’s report “Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime
Article 3: Inhuman(e) Acts against Palestinians
The Ongoing Realities of Aparthied in the 21st Century: A summary of Amnesty International’s report “Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime
Article 2: The Situation of Palestinians Living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
The Ongoing Realities of Aparthied in the 21st Century: A summary of Amnesty International’s report “Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime
Article 1: An introduction to Apartheid in International Law
The Ongoing Realities of Apartheid in the 21st Century: A summary of Amnesty International’s report “Israel’s Apartheid against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime
Conforming, Internalizing, Looking Away: Social Conformity and Its Effects
Social Conformity is a type of social influence that alters the belief or behavior of an individual in order to fit into a group. It
The Experiments of Social Conformity
In the early 1960s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram began what would become one of social psychology’s most famed and chilling experiments. Milgram began his
Keeping up with media… media bias
Keeping up with the media is crucial if we want to be informed about the world around us. The web has become our primary source
Shaping the publics’ opinions
“All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. We can vulgarise that society, we can brutalise it, or we
Fast fashion
“Fast fashion is a design, manufacturing, and marketing method focused on rapidly producing high volumes of clothing” It has been on the rise in recent
Intersectionality: language issue
“Language not only creates the contours of identity, it also may set up the conditions for other kinds of inclusion and exclusion, belonging and not
Applying intersectionality
It really starts with the top leadership, making sure that folks know all the way down that intersectionality is a top priority. Cornell Verdeja-Woodson In this
Intersectionality and representation in the modern narrative
Until society represents everyone, the question will always be “Where do I belong? Do I belong?” Aisha Thomas, Why Representation Really Matters, TEDxBristol, 2019. The
Intersectionality, so what?
Intersectionality describes our overlapping identities and the ways that those overlapping identities connect systems of oppression. The term was coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw
Crenshaw: the origin of intersectionality
Some say that if your feminism isn’t intersectional, it isn’t feminism at all. Others say that intersectionality as a concept has muddied the waters of
Towards an intersectional approach
Discrimination is not an isolated phenomenon, but several types of discrimination can happen at the same time, intertwining with each other and creating unique realities
Approaching and applying intersectionality
Intersectionality is an analytical tool that recognises that systemic inequalities are configured from the superposition of different social factors such as gender, ethnicity and social
The Roots of Intersectionality
Intersectionality has been a common theme in feminist theory, writing, and activism for the last several years. It has even become something of a buzzword.