Justice

The response to these crises needs to be in the form of collaboration and hope sustained over time, an active expression where together we must - somehow - make a difference.

The Arsenal Consulting, an internationally renowned digital forensic firm in its recent report states that digital evidence used to arrest senior human rights defender Father Stan Swamy in the Bhima-Koregaon case was planted on his computer’s hard drive. This report follows previous reports which documented digital evidence planting on the devices of co-defendants Rona Wilson and Surendra Gadling.

The distinct difficulties that Venezuelans have faced throughout the leadership of the past two decades directly contributes to the decreased of quality of life. The main way in which these leaders have contributed to this poverty is through the corruption within the government, leading to the mismanagement of many important aspects of a well-functioning country.

In this era of digital development, it’s not easy to minimize the status quo phenomenon of patriarchal culture in the Indonesian society, especially in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). The patriarchal culture in that province places women as second class and causes many unresolved injustices in the society. One of the various examples of injustice due to patriarchy that needs to be highlighted in this Province is the case of sexual harassment and human trafficking of women and children.

International Women's Day is an annual celebration to acknowledge women’s social, political, economical and cultural achievements. On 8th March 2022, this year’s celebration promotes the theme of “Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow.” This theme carries a lot of hope and optimism for a just and inclusive world for all gender types. However, when we look at multi-dimensional problems related to gender inequality that happen worldwide, we might question our self: is that vision attainable?

There is no such thing as "the woman". There are real women of flesh and blood...from diverse socioeconomic locations, some with fewer opportunities than others; women who struggle every day to survive and those of us who struggle every day to conquer equal opportunities, making alliances with others to build a better society.

At a time when people are trying to stay alive amidst a persistent covid-19 pandemic for a little more than two years, the theme of Achieving social justice through formal employment for the World Day of Social Justice on 20th February seems to be a fanciful utopian dream from the ivory tower of the sleeping global giant, United Nations.