Footbinding – the practice of binding the feet of women and girls existed in China for around 1,000 years. While footbinding is still understood by many as a cultural standard of beauty undertaken purely for aesthetic purposes, there are other interesting theories
The UN proclaimed the 3rd of May as International World Press Freedom Day. This day should be a reminder of how important access to information and the free press is. With modern technologies like the internet and an overflow of information, we
“Jazz – you either hate it or you love it.” A sentence many of us have probably heard before as we first came in contact with the genre. Whether that’s true or not, once you have made a connection with this unconventional,
Amazonian forest, Australian vegetated coasts, Californian hills, Canadian forested areas, and African green spaces – to mention a few – are highly susceptible to wildfires due to the high global temperatures that are rising yearly. This is not a phenomenon of the
I happened to stumble on a Reddit thread a few weeks ago where an anonymous poster stated: “If I have an appointment scheduled, I literally can’t do ANYTHING productive in the time before it”, and I have not related to ANYTHING more
For the entire month of March, TEDxVienna ran the #womensmarch campaign, highlighting women in leadership in connection to the United Nations International Women’s Day. On March 27, TEDxVienna curator Alina Nikolaou hosted our first-ever Instagram Live with the incredibly inspiring Kavya Kopparapu,
As we approach the end of Women’s History Month, UN Women has highlighted a particular topic on International Women’s Day 2021 and throughout this month: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world. No longer than a week ago,
Valuing water – the topic of this year’s United Nations Water Day – inspires us to think about many different aspects of our relationship to water. What does water mean to us in our culture and our daily lives? How do we
The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on all of us, and the measures that governments have taken to prevent the spread of the coronavirus are a worldwide concern. However, the pandemic and its implications have revealed several gender discrepancies and injustices, which
Animal products are undeniably one of the greatest generators of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. The production factors and the gases released from the livestock contribute tremendously to climate change. In this ongoing battle against global warming, people have even taken it
