It is one of the most serious problems in Arabic countries: Child-marriage. Heba, who herself was getting married in the age of 16, got children and divorced, points out in this article, how strongly women have to deal with significant problems in their further life. Read this article in Arabic and in English and spread it around, so that women will know about their right to decide on their own.
Steps To Terrorism: “From Criminality to Radicalism”
Most of the radical terrorists had been criminals before. They commited violence and spent years in prison. How could criminals be attracted by Isis? From Laila, Syria.
Freiwilligenarbeit in Thailand: Dieses Engagement braucht Unterstützung!
Nicht jeder, der sich zu einem Freiwilligendienst meldet, hat wirklich eine Idee davon, was sie oder ihn erwartet. Umso spannender, wenn man mit ehrenamtlicher Arbeit überhaupt gar nichts am Hut hat. Mit 18 Jahren reiste ich auf gut Glück zu meinem Freiwilligendienst nach Thailand. Darüber, wie aus dem Ungewohnten Alltag werden kann. Ein Erlebnisbericht.
Ted Talks: messages from seldomly heard voices
Oprah Winfrey was confronted with a discriminatory view, when being told to be not fitted for television. Walt Disney, at an early stage of his career, was rejected as cartoonist in numerous publishing houses. Abraham Lincoln lost his wife, had a nervous breakdown, failed in business and lost eight elections but went on to become President of the United States. How we can also managed the hercules task to perceive of failures as opportunities of rethinking, reflecting and widening our view.
Multilingualism in the European Union
The spread of the English language in the EU has many advantages as well as disadvantages. Nevertheless, being able to communicate and thereby understand each other also culturally is a great priviledge. This article further explains how language works as a powerful identity maker.
