EVENT: Enablers and Barriers to Girls’ Education in Nigeria
Join our recently returned fellow Onyinye Edeh (Nigeria, 2016-2018) for a lecture on Monday, October 1, 2018, 12-1:15pm, at George Washington University.
Macron’s historic decision to recognize Algerian War atrocities
But will it lead to a real reckoning with the colonial past?
The Nation: Karina Piser on Macron’s acknowledgement of Algerian War torture
France takes an important step for reckoning with its violent legacy and colonial history.
EVENT: Global Perspectives of Women & Gender Issues
Join our recently returned fellow Onyinye Edeh (Nigeria, 2016-2018) for a panel discussion on September 18, 5-7 pm, at George Mason University.
The New Republic: Karina Piser on France’s ‘new anti-Semitism’
A focus on Muslim antipathy toward Jews is letting the rest of the country off the hook.
The Nation: Karina Piser on breaking France’s race taboo
A new generation of activists is trying to change the way France conceives of race.
Thriving cults are harming young people in Nigeria
Four years after the Chibok kidnapping, little has been done to to protect Nigerians from a militant group that is upending life for millions.
In China, country people in a land of drastic change
Rural Chinese are adapting to transformation unlike anything seen before. These are some of their stories.