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#MeToo campaign’s silence breakers, who spoke out against sexual violence, are Time Person of the Year 2017

#MeToo campaign’s silence breakers, who spoke out against sexual violence, are Time Person of the Year 2017

The Time Person of the Year 2017 title goes to the online #MeToo movement that has encouraged millions to share their stories of sexual violence. The magazine highlights the stories of exceptional “silence breakers”.

Gender
Trump to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, sending a shock to the Middle East peace process

Trump to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, sending a shock to the Middle East peace process

Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem, considered holy by three religions, as Israel’s capital has met with a widespread backlash from the rest of the world. Why it’s so controversial.

Politics
Trump reduces the size of two national monuments. By hundreds of thousands of hectares

Trump reduces the size of two national monuments. By hundreds of thousands of hectares

When it comes to environment protection US President’s political line is by now rather clear. After all, for a climate change denier and a person who decided to withdraw the United States from the Paris Accord, the conservation of nature is most likely the least of his concerns. In fact, Donald Trump has decided to

Indigenous Peoples
Visible Distance / Second Sight, when billboards become panoram-ads

Visible Distance / Second Sight, when billboards become panoram-ads

Visible Distance / Second Sight is an innovative project by artist Jennifer Bolande to cover publicity billboards with pictures of the panoramas they hide, in California.

Arts & Culture
The global gender gap, the 2017 report shows that disparity has increased for the first time in a decade

The global gender gap, the 2017 report shows that disparity has increased for the first time in a decade

The global gender gap or index has widened, the 2017 World Economic Forum report shows. In view of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we analyse how these phenomena are sadly related.

Gender
Distracted walking, looking at a phone when crossing the road can cost you a fine in Honolulu

Distracted walking, looking at a phone when crossing the road can cost you a fine in Honolulu

Honolulu has become the largest US city to make looking at phones illegal while crossing the road. The safety issue linked to handheld devices is gaining importance as accidents increase.

Oceans
Silent meditation retreats. Benefits, techniques and methods to seek more silence in our lives

Silent meditation retreats. Benefits, techniques and methods to seek more silence in our lives

We talk to the owners of silent meditation retreat The Hermitage about the methods for and benefits of awakening to a more peaceful reality by going beyond the mind, in silence and meditation.

Health
Santiago Maldonado, the missing Argentine activist has been found dead

Santiago Maldonado, the missing Argentine activist has been found dead

Argentinian activist Santiago Maldonado, who disappeared during a protest in favour of indigenous rights, has been found dead. With congressional elections ahead, the case has shaken the country to its core.

Activism
Byron Jerónimo. How a small-scale Guatemalan farmer is building a future thanks to coffee

Byron Jerónimo. How a small-scale Guatemalan farmer is building a future thanks to coffee

La Fao ha aiutato i piccoli produttori di caffè del Guatemala a far fronte ad una patologia che aveva colpito le loro piante.

Society
Columbus Day is under attack in the United States for celebrating violent colonisation

Columbus Day is under attack in the United States for celebrating violent colonisation

Congress and then-president of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Columbus Day as a federal holiday to be celebrated in October into law in 1937, although it was commemorated beforehand too. Since then, the observance of this date has varied a lot in different parts of the country, ranging from large-scale parades to complete non-observance. From being

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