The Covid-19 pandemic has put significant challenges to issues of political stability in democracies worldwide. Despite considerable efforts from some European countries, there are substantial concerns about rising gender inequality paired with a decline in… [Read more]
At 23.3 percent, India has the lowest female labour force participation rate in South Asia and among BRICS countries. The gig economy, as experts and researchers have claimed, offers an opportunity for female workers to… [Read more]
“Disasters amplify the inequalities of the world we live in” , says Mami Mizutori, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Covid-19 pandemic has clawed back at decades of… [Read more]
Bilingual or dual language programmes have been trending in the United States for the last couple of decades, as more families begin to see the benefits of being adept in two widely spoken languages. But… [Read more]
In late-2020, a request for the temporary suspension of COVID-19 patents was submitted to the WTO. Today, some countries are still resisting the waiver. Milad Tabesch and Robert Schirmer examine the narratives exacerbating the global… [Read more]
How tax policy could incentivise social volunteering without crowding out altruism It’s morning and she fades awake. She gazes blearily through the gloom at her bedroom, a thin film of dust in the spots she… [Read more]
In March 2020, war-time medical personnel were roped in to assist hospitals in the world’s wealthiest city, New York. Confronted with do-not-resuscitate policies, rationing and elective surgeries, they termed the situation as requiring ‘countermeasures’. Although… [Read more]
Chinese vaccine diplomacy in Africa is being seen as an opportunist geopolitical move to strengthen its Belt and Road Initiative. What can we expect from this new form of soft power? Vaccines in exchange for… [Read more]
Fluorescent empty shelves, stocked only with anxiety, were the initial COVID-19 pandemic reality-check for many. Consumers and businesses were blindsided; their normal lives and operations shattered. The world immediately felt the fallout of disrupted supply chains, many of which have not yet recovered. So… [Read more]
This piece is part of a novel collaboration between The Governance Post and The Paris Globalist, the international affairs magazine by students at Sciences Po in Paris, France. Following the death of George Floyd in May 2020,… [Read more]