The #MeToo Movement : Investigating the Lasting International …
Jan 31, 2024 · The Origins of the #MeToo Movement. To stand up against perpetrators of sexual violence, activist Tarana Burke, a survivor of sexual assault, coined the term “me too” in 2006. Burke initially focused on women of color, using the term to emphasize empowerment through empathy. On October 5, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano exposed film producer ...
HIR Academic Writing Contest - Harvard International Review
May 31, 2024 · Who We Are The Harvard International Review is a quarterly magazine offering insight on international affairs from the perspectives of scholars, leaders, and policymakers. Since our founding in 1979, we've set out to bridge the worlds of academia and policy through outstanding writing and editorial selection. The quality of our
The Sri Lankan Civil War and Its History, Revisited in 2020
Aug 31, 2020 · On June 9, 2020, Sri Lankans occupied the streets outside the US Embassy in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, holding signs condemning the racism, police brutality, and other maladies plaguing the United States. Sri Lanka’s social issues also came to light at this protest. The country, after all, has its history of ethnic strife and is ...
The Lithium Triangle: Where Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia Meet
Jan 15, 2020 · The lightest of metals may be causing the largest of impacts. Lithium, which powers our phones, laptops, and electric cars, is essential to our battery-driven world. The demand for lithium has rapidly increased, as the global market’s annual consumption has risen by 8.9 percent annually. This demand will only intensify as hybrid and electric vehicles, energy storage systems, and portable ...
The Death and Revival of Indigenous Languages
Jan 19, 2022 · The Death and Revival of Indigenous Languages. Every two weeks, an Indigenous language dies. Some of the languages that have already disappeared were Inuit languages, spoken in the far reaches of the Arctic. Others had evolved in the leafy greenery of coastal Australia. While they differ in setting, culture, and phonetics, one aspect that most ...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s "War on drugs"
Jun 9, 2017 · There are no police records of his killing. Welcome to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs.’. The details of the killings of those four people provide grisly context for the hard data of the more than 7,000 suspected drug users and drug dealers killed by police and “unidentified gunmen” since Duterte took office on ...
Esports Part 1: What are Esports? - Harvard International Review
Apr 24, 2020 · Esports Part 1: What are Esports? This is part 1 of a 4 part series on Esports. Most people recognize the names Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Tom Brady, figures often seen as the faces of their respective sports. Names like Lee “Faker” Sang-Hyeok, Luka “Perkz” Perković, and Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang may not have quite the same ...
Public Health and Overpopulation: The United Nations Takes Action
Jun 20, 2022 · The global population is currently rising at a steady rate. The number of humans existing on Earth has never been as high as it is now. In 1800, Earth had approximately 1 billion inhabitants, which rose to 2.3 billion in 1940, then 3.7 billion in 1970, and approximately 7.5 billion today. In the last five decades, Earth has experienced an ...
Cambodia’s Triumph and Tragedy: The UN’s Greatest Experiment …
Feb 13, 2023 · In 1991 Cambodia was a mess. Cambodia had spent centuries being stripped by a kleptocratic and Byzantine monarchy and then treated as an appendage to Vietnam by a disinterested French colonial system. But what little there was in 1970 was comprehensively destroyed over the next two decades. Nixon’s bombers, internal coups and power struggles, the genocidal insanity of the Khmer Rouge, and a ...
Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United States …
Dec 28, 2020 · Building the (Fire) Wall: Internet Censorship in the United States and China. In a time of ever-increasing wealth of information on the internet, China has become notorious for having the most stringent internet censorship policies and surveillance systems in the world. Search engines and social media platforms that are ubiquitous in the United ...