U.N. General Assembly Looks at the Rights of Women and Children
Last week hundreds of world leaders converged in New York City for the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly; on the agenda were hot topics such as Syria, Israel and Iran. However, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the rights of women and children have also been on the agenda. Governments and aid organizations alike made [...]
Decline ‘Friend’ Request: Social Media Meets 21st Century Statecraft in Latin America
A Senate report released in October 2011 urging the US government to expand the use of social media as a foreign policy tool in Latin America offers another warning for activists seduced by the idea of technology and social media as an indispensable tool for social change. In this past year as the world witnessed [...]
How does Google report Afrikaners + Boers + Genocide?
Is the world aware of the tragic genocide targetting the 3,5-million-strong Afrikaner Boer minority in South Africa? If one measures international awareness by the number of daily Google-hits from specific words such as Afrikaner Homeless and Afrikaner Poverty, the answer is a resounding yes… There’s no doubt that the internet-awareness campaigns launched by the Afrikaner [...]
Surveys from America’s greenest brands suggest that redemption is possible
Companies can renew consumer’s perception of their brands by adopting sustainable practices. Two surveys polling consumer attitudes reveal that consumer identification of America’s greenest brands can evolve alongside businesses practices. For five years WPP agencies Cohn & Wolfe, Landor Associates, and Penn Schoen Berland (PSB), as well as independent strategy consulting firm Esty Environmental Partners [...]
