Stories about Youth from March, 2007
South Asia: Marriage of Convenience, explosion of Hindi blogs, time for a regime change, women in the Middle East
The latest buzz from different South Asian blogs: Bangladesh: After a visit to an old age home in Kolkata Sadiq M. Alam of Inspirations and Creative Thoughts thinks just as children, old people are the most beautiful people on planet earth. Adhunika Blog is vocal against the marriage of convenience,...
Bangladesh: On the future
Unheard Voices on the hope felt for the future of the country when in Dhaka. “You give the people of Bangladesh some opportunity to prove themselves, some financial backing, a roof to work under; they will bring about great things, they will make impossible things look very easy.”
Tamil Blogosphere: Reflecting on Women and Gender
International Women's Day evoked quite a lot of posts in the Tamil Blogosphere. Living Smile Vidya is a transgender blogging from Madurai, South India. Through her posts she has been quite instrumental in making other bloggers understand the trials and tribulations transgenders face in India. Her personal recounts the troubles...
Morocco: Child Beggars – A Lucrative Business
Approximately 15% of beggars under the age of seven are hired workers and are paid between 50 and 100 dirhams per week to beg for their employers, writes Samir in The View From Fez.
Bahrain: Child Abuse in Schools
Bahrain-based blogger Haitham Sabbah links to a shocking video showing a fight between two students in a classroom, apparently arranged by a teacher! “I have no clue where was this video clip taken. It is a classroom in one of our schools around the Arab world. The teacher’s accent sounds...
Latvia: Imaginary Extremism
Marginalia writes about Latvian graffiti, the “annual scandal on March 16th” and the largely imaginary “extremism” in Daugavpils: “The idea that there could be a significant movement devoted to Russian-bashing in a rather harmoniously multicultural city where ethnic Latvians make up only about a fifth of the population and Russian...
Guinea-Conakry: standing up to a power-hungry President
The technological revolution that enables ordinary citizens to capture and upload video footage on the web has been slow to take root in West Africa. Up to now we haven’t featured any video content from this part of the world on the Human Rights Video Hub Pilot. So this week...
Morocco, Tunisia: Women to Give Nationality to Children Born to Foreign Fathers
TunisienDoctor writes [Fr]: “Finally another Arab country, Marocco, adopts a law that authorizes women to give their nationality to their children even when married to foreigners. Tunisian women have had this right for about 20 years.”
Cambodia: Blogger evangelists urge youngsters to share knowledge and experience
Since its inception in last year, blogging training aka Personal Information Technology Workshop has introduced basic use of IT skills to more than 2000 students from 10 Cambodia's universities. A personal information technology workshop in session. Image from Kalyan Keo‘s blog. After a few months of preparation, the workshop of...
Afghan Whispers:Alcohol,Women and Iranian connection
Afghan bloggers and non Afghan bloggers who write about Afghanistan have lot of stories to share: From alcohol to women and afghan immigrants problems. Alcohol Onne Parl tells us why alcohol disappeared from the market last autumn. The blogger says one can hear two versions why alcohol disappeared from the...
South Korea: school uniform
The price of uniform becomes a talking point in South Korea, Matt has a summary of the issue at stake.
Nepal: Adoption and trafficking
Deepak's Diary on the adoption racket in Nepal. “In a poverty-stricken country like Nepal, parents may well be ready to sale their kids. One: hoping for the well-being of their kids; that they will get quality education and thereby quality life in a Western country. Second: they may have been...
Hindi Blogoshere: Yahoo! plagiarises from blogs, and cops shake hands with goons!
Sorry for the late update again, I've been quite busy off late & hence the fortnightly roundup of the Hindi Blogosphere is a week late. But as they say, “better be late than never”!! ;) So without much ado, lets get going! Sanjay reported the news changes & the launch...
Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome
Today's post is on daily life in Iraq. Read moments in the life of an Iraqi blogger, find out the real difference between boys and girls, and learn of the importance of Mutanabbi street… but first my sincere condolences go out to Neurotic Wife whose aunt died recently. She mourned...
Russia: International Women's Day
March 8 happened to be the first really warm and sunny day in Moscow this year, and although crowds were out celebrating the International Women's Day, this didn't silence the Russian blogosphere at all.
Africa: Hope Raisers, “Da Bomb”, Swahili Hip Hop, & Zimfest
In the 4 weeks since my last post on Global Voices, there has been lots of activity covered by bloggers in the African music scene. Here is a roundup of just a small part of that activity. Music from Nairobi's slums at the 2007 World Social Forum Pambuzuka, an African...
Israel: Bedouin Open Season?
Israeli blogger Desert Peace links to a story about the killing of a Bedouin shepherdess. “It's open season on the Bedouin these days…. either their homes are demolished by the IDF .. or their children are shot for ‘trespassing’,” he writes.
Palestine: Israel Uses Children as Human Shields
Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah links keeps us updated with claims, testimonies and a photograph which shows that Israel has used Palestinian children as human shields in its attacks on a Palestinian town.
Poland: College Education
Our Man in Gdansk writes on how Polish college education works.
Bahrain: Support Orphans Call
Bahrain-based blogger Soul Search praises an orphan's sponsorship scheme, run by an Islamic society. “I encourage everybody to try it out, it is a wonderful scheme, very well organized, and you would be aiding in supporting the most vulnerable segment of society. The forgotten victims of wars or poverty and...
Bahrain: Bloggers Consider Starting Official Society
Bahrain bloggers restarted their monthly gatherings after a break of some months. This get-together was organised by Mahmood Al Yousif as usual, but with more structure than previous sessions: It was a good turnout in the end. We had 11 bloggers in there and a good amount of interest in...
