Danny Schechter, Journalist Defining Diplomat-Artist
From the UN to Wall Street, Danny Schechter and I worked together to make/reflect complex issues in multi-media format. Danny has been defined as an “investigative journalist” but he employed…
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Dementia is Target of UN
Maybe we have come to see it as inevitable: senior citizens slide away into mental darkness and death. Now though, after several decades of neglect among public policy makers and…
Returning to Eastern Bosnia
I recommend this true story of the lacking rights of returnees to Eastern Bosnia about an elderly woman living on her pension who survived a horrible genocidal war who may…
Who Owns the Color Green?
Although perhaps not popular as red or blue or even black, several different nationalities, cultures and religions lay claim to green; and on St. Patrick’s it is the color of…
Lack of Female Role Models in Family-Friendly Media?
In the film “Thelma & Louise” Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis did not portray role models, at least in the most conformist sense. Nonetheless, those characters differ in at least…
East African Albino Children Viciously Attacked & Targeted
Children facing education and social rejection, medical and psychological problems, and confinement to poverty are human rights concerns for albino children in East African countries including Tanzania, Malawi, and Burundi….
Women – Hands that Rock the Cradle & Breadbaskets for Families
Empowering rural women is a logical choice to achieving food and nutrition security according to UN food relief agencies: International Fund for Agricultural Development, UN Food & Agriculture Organization, and…
International Women’s Day & Gender Equality
The world celebrates International Women’s Day on 8 March each year. It is a day to commemorate women and also a day to reflect on gender equality, assess where we…
Can New UN Initiative Boost Technology, Science & Innovation in Least Developed Countries?
It has one of those bureaucratic sounding names, “Technology Bank and Science, Technology and Innovation Supporting Mechanism dedicated to the least developed countries (LDCs),” and consistent with such terminology, a…
Photography to Counter Hunger
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has sponsored a photography contest as means to counter global hunger. This year’s theme being “the family meal.” The United Nations is in theory…