The early 1970s marked the mainstreaming of women’s empowerment in Guyana, with protection and gender equality coming next, followed by the establishment of the Women’s Affair Bureau in 1981. Since then, efforts are constantly made to keep Guyanese women safe. In ten years, female participation in the labor force increased from 48.2 percent in 2003 to […]
The small, landlocked country of Laos is one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia. Home to 6.6 million people, Laos is also a fast-growing emerging market that registered 7 percent GDP growth in 2016. The Laotian government is embarking on ambitious development projects to build up new infrastructure and energy sources in the least […]
Women’s empowerment in China has been building since the advent of Chinese feminism. The liberty of women propagated in China during the May Fourth Movement Era since 1919. In contrast to the development of three-stage western feminism, women’s empowerment in China was initially promoted and advocated by a few famous gentlemen of early Marxism such […]
Papua New Guinea is a vast, resource-rich country stretched across multiple islands in the western Pacific. Home to 8 million people, Papua New Guinea remains one of the poorest countries in the region, despite its rapidly growing economy. Long dependent on the export of rare minerals, Papua New Guinea is building large infrastructure projects across […]
Botswana is celebrated as a stable democracy in the African region and has experienced steady economic growth for a middle-income country. However, its population also struggles with damaging droughts and one of the highest rates of HIV in the world. Since Botswana is considered a middle-income country, the amount of humanitarian aid to Botswana has […]
Cote d’Ivoire is a sovereign nation in West Africa that originally was a serious coffee and cocoa producer, but in the 1980s went through an economic crisis. After that, the main export is agriculture, and has remained so well into the 21st century. Here are 5 development projects in Cote d’Ivoire that will vastly improve […]
In 2016, Kenya became the country with the greatest number of large infrastructure projects in East Africa, accounting for 25.6 percent of the eleven projects implemented. Below are four projects for infrastructure in Kenya that will help improve the transport, real estate, shipping and ports and energy and power sectors. Mombasa-Nairobi Railway The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard […]
Over the last two decades, Serbia has rarely been mentioned in the news without controversy. Civil wars and independence movements have marred the reputation of this Balkan nation, giving rise to the need for humanitarian aid to Serbia for many of those years. Now, Serbia looks to leave that past behind and move peacefully and […]
Liberia experienced 14 years of civil war between the years 1989 to 2003, which totaled in more than 250,000 casualties. After 2003, the country spent several years undergoing reconstruction and since then, progress has been made in achieving women’s empowerment in Liberia. In 2006, Liberia became the first country in Africa to democratically elect a […]
In a country as resourceful as Saudi Arabia and where there is an abundance of wealth, oil and money, it is simply hard to believe that an area known for its riches faces economic disadvantages with millions of its residents. Poverty Poverty in Saudi Arabia is a hidden problem that many Saudis hesitate to recognize. […]
