9 October 2010

Stories from 9 October 2010

Cuba: What happened with Twitter?

Ellery Roberts Biddle comments on the reaction of some bloggers [ES] to the technical difficulties that impeded sending Twitter messages via SMS in Cuba: “This raises an uncomfortable question about...

9 October 2010

India: Women In Call Centers

Manka Banda at AAUW Dialog reviews Reena Patel's recent book which discusses among other things about the challenges and opportunities female employees in India’s call centers encounter in their everyday...

9 October 2010

Bangladesh: Increase In Cost Of Living

An Ordinary Citizen wonders whether the Bangladesh government should “take necessary steps to keep the inflation controlled and to reduce the cost of living” to avoid loss of faith among...

9 October 2010

India: Chennai’s Moral Police

Sharanya Manivannan at Ultra Violet shares some experiences involving Chennai's police who exercise moral policing on women.

9 October 2010

Kyrgyzstan: Cast your votes!

The October 10 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan are likely to be the freest and fairest in the country's young history. As such, they offer a perfect opportunity to test the...

9 October 2010

China: Liu Xiaobo the intellectual

On 8 October 2010, Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is a renowned literary critic, political essayist and activist based in Beijing. Trained in literature and philosophy...

9 October 2010

Liberia: Liberia's Rape Court

Jina writes about Liberia's “Rape Court”: “The court, which will turn two in Februrary, was a direct response to what many people we met called a rape “epidemic” in Liberia....

9 October 2010

Africa: On Traditional Healers

A light-hearted film with an important message about the relationship between modern medicine and traditional medicine: ‘When a Kenyan man discovers he is HIV positive, he turns to a traditional...

9 October 2010