The movement of feminism in Malaysia as in similar developing countries or in the West has the same goal for women globally - to establish equality in terms of the economic, education, politics, or social spheres of life. However, many Malaysian women are not comfortable in labelling themselves feminists due to the connotation and concept of feminism that is considered alien and contains Western elements. Some parties condemn feminism as…

On the 24th of December 2014 the Astana Times reported that the Kazakh Government Civil Society are discussing a new bill which would introduce public funding of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's). A meeting took place on the 18th of December 2014 attended by numerous government departments and over 40 NGO agents reviewed "strengthening the dialogue between the authorities and civil society organisations on human dimension issues and promoting civil society initiatives…

For over 10 days now, Kashmir has been at the mercy of the Jhelum River which has submerged many parts of the city leading to a catastrophic situation. With over thousands killed and a million displaced, the floods have brought life to a standstill in the city. The calamity was in the making for over 5 years as the Flood Control Department had warned the government of an impending flood…

Today's Europe that seems united on the surface in the form of the European Union, carries in its roots the worst of vices, including nationalism, love for materialism, a corrupt thinking based on narrow interests and a horrible past of bloody wars that killed millions of its own people. European countries harmed each other severely through continuous wars in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries in general and in the Twentieth…