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Pratyusha Athota
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Why People Don’t Care About Climate Change
Bushfires, massive cyclones, floods that destroy communities. We’ve never seen weather this intense. Long held records for the highest...
Aneesa Saadat
- Jun 5
- 4 min
Kurdistan: a lost cause?
Being one of the largest ethnic groups in the world without a state, the Kurds have long been fighting for a nation to call their own....
UNSoc Publications
- Jun 22, 2022
- 2 min
Isolated, shunned, and criticised: the South Asian-Australian queer community
In 2017, the Marriage Law Postal Survey showed 61.6% of participants voted in favour of same-sex marriages. In spite of this, the South...
UNSoc Publications
- Apr 18, 2022
- 2 min
How the Conflict in Ukraine Increases Global Food Insecurity
The goal of Zero Hunger is at risk The Zero Hunger program launched by the UN in 2012 reflects five main targets - ensure access by all...
UNSoc Publications
- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
Why the Ukraine Crisis is Bigger Than Rising Fuel Prices
How does the Ukraine crisis affect you? It’s a question that may make you hesitate – Ukraine is so far away, grounded in geopolitics far...
Tanisha Choudhury
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Age Old Hindu-Muslim conflict erupts again, leading a chain of human rights violations
As the nations of India and Bangladesh have progressed throughout the decades since their respective historic independence, conflict and...
Mythri Raveendranathan
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Glasgow Climate Summit: What is it and why is it so crucial for Earth's future?
In recent weeks, the news cycle has been inundated with updates on the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference otherwise known...
Anusha Ojha
- Oct 11, 2021
- 4 min
The case of inequality and climate refugees
10 years ago, few people knew of the phrase “climate refugee”. Today, it’s a different story. Yet whilst the phrase is thrown around in...
Tanisha Choudhury
- Sep 27, 2021
- 2 min
Years’ Worth of Progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals Wiped out with One Pandemic
The Sustainable Development Goals consisting of seventeen initiatives were first introduced in 2015 by the United Nations as there was a...
Mythri Raveendranathan
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
The Shadow Pandemic: The 'Neglected' Frontier
Over the last two years, COVID-19 has plunged the world into a war - the likes of which have never been seen by modern society. Every...
UNSoc Publications
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
A new pandemic: the rise in technology addiction
The coronavirus isn’t the only pandemic hurtling across the world and wreaking havoc on people’s lives. A wave of severe obsession with...
Tanisha Choudhury
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
Another Olympiad, another set of human rights violations
When I think back to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, rather than flashes of athletes biting their newly polished medals, a juxtaposing...
Mythri Raveendranathan
- Jul 12, 2021
- 3 min
Heed the Call and Heal Country
‘Heal Country’. Heal the nation. Whilst NAIDOC Week has ended for 2021, the concerns at the heart of Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
Anusha Ojha
- Jun 28, 2021
- 3 min
An Ageing Population: How Prepared are we for a demographic shift?
It is no surprise that humans are living longer, thanks to numerous technological and medical advancements in the recent decades. Around...
Tanisha Choudhury
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
Pride Month: The Reality of Transgender Communities in South Asia
When twenty-nine year old Tashnuva Anan Shishir debuted as the first transgender news anchor on conservative Bangladeshi media, it would...
Mythri Raveendranathan
- May 31, 2021
- 3 min
A Duty to Care about Climate Change: Activism, Apathy and Action
Last week in a decision that has been hailed as 'historic' and a ‘global first’, the Federal Court of Australia found that environmental...
Mythri Raveendranathan
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
Disaster even in refuge: the Rohingya refugee camp fires
Whilst the violence of Myanmar’s military junta is no new phenomenon, the February coup d’etat, and other events, widely documented in...
Anusha Ojha
- Apr 19, 2021
- 3 min
Overconsumption: Uncovering the Dark Side of Economic Growth
Today, with just a tap of a finger, we can buy anything - anywhere and anytime. Adidas shoes on sale? Too good of a deal to pass up. An...
Tanisha Choudhury
- Apr 5, 2021
- 3 min
Yes to Boba Milk Tea, No to You: The Selectiveness of Asian Inclusion in the West
The West is known to be a melting pot of different cultural contributions and to no surprise, Asian contributions are no strangers. From...
Andrena Kandiah
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Is Australia multicultural? Or racist?
Australia is a multicultural country. A quintessential, timeless, eternal statement, echoed by the generations of Australians that have...
Keara De Silva
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
Is Childhood really the Happiest Time of Life?
Who wouldn’t want to be happy? Happiness is a universal life pursuit for many, but for some, it can be hard to maintain. On March 20th,...
Keara De Silva
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
How To Save a Life
Anxiety. Depression. Bipolar Disorder. So many more. Mental health was historically a social issue shrouded in stigma. Individuals with...
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