THE CULTURE BEAT : Things we desire can stop us from enjoying freedom

In sociology 101 I remember encountering the whole idea of intersex/hermaphroditism in human beings. That was just an aspect in the spectrum of topics related to gender and sexuality in our societies that has fascinated me since that day.

A group of young men in New York conducted a social experiment on how giving the society is in the face of an honest beggar that states what he needs the money for versus a beggar that is with a sick child.

Citizens of the region are set to benefit a great deal through facilities offered by the One Stop Border Posts (OSBPs) in the EAC Partner States. Already where the facilities are running bilaterally, there is facilitation of free movement of persons and the enhancement of trade between the Partner States, an EALA report adopted by the House states. In the regard, regional legislators are calling for the fast-tracking of all remaining works of the OSBPs to allow its implementation for...

Stories of abuse and rape are so common that a lot of women still find abuse from a partner to be a normal thing. However, women empowerment has had a huge role not just in support of abused women but in making sure that their stories are heard and that justice is served.

The word “family” means different things to different people. The initial definition of family only catered for the conventional idea of families: mother, father and children.

>It has been rumoured that suicide rates increase during the festive season. At least that’s what someone on Facebook (and lots of internet speculators) said.

I recently read a tweet of someone lamenting about the high cost of education.

In 2013, the World Bank Group announced two goals that would guide its development work worldwide. The first is the eradication of chronic poverty. More formally, it is the target of bringing the number of extremely poor people, defined as those living on less than 1.25 ppp-adjusted dollars a day, to less than 3pc of the world population by 2030.

What would you do if you ever witnessed domestic violence? You could be at a mall shopping when you see a man abusing a woman or a woman abusing a man.