Tag: Society
Two weeks before the African Climate Summit, civil society wants an end to fossil fuels
Two weeks before the African Climate Summit, which will take place in Kenya from September 4 to 6, NGOs are trying to galvanize public opinion around the importance of supporting…
Mojgan Ilanlou, Iranian documentary filmmaker, recounts the struggle of women in a patriarchal society
Mojgan Ilanlou is one of the first Iranian filmmakers to come out without a veil at the start of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. She then shared photos of herself…
Viivi Lehikoinen went abroad and noticed what’s wrong in Finland – gives strong criticism of the position of professional athletes in society
It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. High school was over and finally Viivi Lehikoinen was able to put one hundred percent into the hurdles. But there was no development.…
A small stand during UIT, but big ideals: ‘Eventually establishing a communist society’
So big ideas, and you don’t just realize them. “We want our members to actively engage,” says Levin. “You can do that by participating in meetings and discussions and thus…
Cinema: Fyzal Boulifa recounts the margins of Moroccan society in “The damned do not cry”
After a long wandering, a mother and her 17-year-old son settle in Tangier hoping for a fresh start. After The Damned Don’t Cry, his second feature film, British director of…
Couple supports Alzheimer society through sunflower field
A Kent Bridge-area couple is hoping their sunflower field will continue to honor the memory of their loved one, as well support the Alzheimer Society. In 2021, Matthew and Gail…
Literature: Rwandan novelist Dominique Celis recounts post-genocide society
Thus men cry is the first novel by the Belgian-Rwandan Dominique Celis, published last year. An epistolary story, eminently sensitive and powerful, which puts the Rwandan tragedy back on the…
Riots: “The boarding schools of the Republic, a last outstretched hand to rebuild society”
While our society seemed immutable to us, the violence we have experienced reminded us with particular insolence of its fragility. Scorned. Burnt. Looted. The awakening was terrible for the whole…
Referendum on an Aboriginal “voice” in Australia: the “no” camp accused of polarizing society
Australia must vote next October in a referendum on the creation of a new council, enshrined in the Constitution, the Aboriginal “voice”, which will be called upon to issue opinions…
The Marie Blachère bakeries make their bread from the fractures of French society
In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon analyzes the Marie Blachère phenomenon with Agnès Laurent, senior reporter at L’Express. Listen to this episode and subscribe to La Loupe on…