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APR 28, 2016 • Podcast
Political and Cultural Challenges to Gender Parity in Japan
In the Global Gender Gap Report, Japan usually ranks around 100 out of 140 countries, says Mari Miura, a specialist on gender in Japan. The main reasons ...
APR 28, 2016 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: "The Third World War Will be About Water"
Rajendra Singh, known as the "water man of India," believes that critically depleted aquifers around the world can be revived with community effort.
APR 26, 2016 • Podcast
Feminism: The New "F-word" in Japan?
Senior Fellow Devin Stewart speaks with Natsumi Ikoma, the Center for Gender Studies director, International Christian University, Japan, about the state of feminism in Japanese ...
APR 25, 2016 • Podcast
Islamism: What It Means for the Middle East and the World
Until the mid-19th century, Islam was the sole basis of both political legitimacy and social identity across the Middle East. Islamists--a term that doesn't ...
APR 22, 2016 • Podcast
New Paradigms for Refugee Camps and for Humanitarian Aid Itself
Kilian Kleinschmidt describes how he, together with the refugees themselves, transformed the Zaatari refugee camp from what the media called a "hellhole of humanitarian aid" ...