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Monetary donations are imperative for great causes across the world. Definitely, many government, private and non-government organizations and individuals donate money to great causes across the world. Billions of US dollars are donated to great causes across the world each year. But some countries including the United States and Myanmar donate money more than other
Mass shootings have become a growing concern in the world since they have turned out to be frequent events in many countries. Thousands of people die each year in the world because of mass shootings. According to multiple sources including the BBC, seventeen people died in the mass shootings last week in Serbia. Also, many events of mass shootings occur in many other countries including the United States, Russia, France, Germany and Canada. But mass shootings have risen in many countries in recent years, despite a global hue and cry. Importantly, mass shootings — carried out in schools, streets, shopping…
Substance abuse — rendered the use of a drug in harmful amounts for purposes other than those for which it is meant to be used — is a global problem. Many abuse substances including alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine in the world. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in 2020. Also, drug abuse is on the rise globally. Between 2010-2019, the number of people abusing drugs increased by 22 percent. But substance abuse is not limited to a specific country or a location. It is a problem…
There is a large number of homeless people in the world. According to multiple sources including the World Economic Forum, around 150 million people are currently homeless globally. Each year, thousands of people newly become homeless globally. Homeless people — defined as those individuals who do not have any fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence — lack educational, economic and other opportunities, along with the lack of housing opportunities, needed for their better living and realizing their potential, in many countries around the world. Even if the world is progressing in economic, social and other terms, both the existence and…
The relationship between Syria and Saudi Arabia, which deteriorated with Saudi’s support to rebels in the Syrian civil war, is going to be improved. Recently, Saudi officials have met with the Syrian President and Syrian officials have met with the Saudi King. According to multiple sources including the BBC, the two countries indicated the resumption of diplomatic ties and flights and agreed on the importance of resolving humanitarian issues, creating an environment to allow aid to reach all areas of Syria, establishing prerequisites for the return of Syrian refugees, stabilizing the situation throughout Syria’s territories and reaching a political settlement,…
Development — an ongoing process of making upward changes — in economic, social and other aspects is crucial for every country. Definitely, every country is developing in many aspects including economic and social aspects. In development, planned efforts, financial and human resources and decision-making are some vital aspects. But for making development plans and decisions, a unitarian and centralized approach is often used instead of a pluralistic approach, which indicates shared decision-making from the planning to the execution of development activities by reflecting differing views and the legitimate interests of everyone. Consequently, the prospect of development in economic, social and…
The violation of minority rights — both the individual and collective rights of minorities — is a global problem. Though minority rights are crucial for the economic, social, political and other sorts of wellbeing of minorities, national/ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, the rights of minorities, which take a variety of forms including the right to participate effectively in social, economic, cultural, religious and public life, are violated in many countries in the world. Notably, minority rights, which are based on the recognition that minorities are in a vulnerable situation in comparison to the majority population, do not constitute privileges but…
Education is important for everyone across the world. For this, education is given emphasis in every country. Consequently, access to education and the literacy rate have notably increased — along with a remarkable increase in the number of persons with higher education — across the world in recent decades. But millions of boys and girls are deprived of education and quality education, which indicates an education that focuses on the social, emotional, mental, physical and cognitive development of each student regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or location, across the world. Most of those who are deprived of education…
Conflicts are frequent in the world, although there are preventional and mitigational efforts. In addition to international conflicts including the Ukraine war, there are civil wars in several Middle East and African countries including Syria, Yemen and the Central African Republic. Armed conflicts led to millions of deaths, millions of displacements and many other negative consequences, not only to the warring parties but also to others, in the last several decades. Along with armed conflicts, there are repression and marginalization of one group by another or one person by another in political, economic, social, religious and cultural terms. Globally, many…
Prison conditions have been criticized in many countries for decades. Definitely, prison conditions have notably improved in recent decades across the world. While prisoners were regularly caged and chained often in places like cellars and closets and there was a lack of treatment and other facilities earlier, they can now stay unchained in prisons and are treated in a better way and given treatment facilities — along with many other improved facilities — in many countries. But prison conditions are still not up to the mark in many developed, developing and less developing countries. According to several sources, prisons in…
