In this unprecedented time, substantial inequalities in the use of the internet are depriving the young and the elderly of their fundamental rights to education, access to information and participation. As the Coronavirus relocates most… [Read more]
India’s Citizenship Amendment Act – Part III: Legalisation of Constitutional Violations
This is the third of a three-part series about India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). In this article, we talk about the controversies surrounding the constitutionality of the CAA. The 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act constitutionally legalised… [Read more]
How Digital Giants Play Europe’s Tax Game: Why the European Union Needs a Unified Approach for Taxing the Digital Economy
Born-digitals, like Facebook and Google, are fooling Europe’s policymakers at their own game, as loopholes in the outdated European labyrinth of taxation have turned the hunters into the hunted. The century-old EU rules in place… [Read more]
The Palestine I Saw: A Reflection on What I Personally Witnessed in Israeli-occupied Palestine – Part I
The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of The Governance Post editors or the Hertie School. This first part of a two-part series about the Israeli… [Read more]
Supervision or Suppression? How Content Moderation Can Uphold Racism
Content moderation protects our freedom of expression on the internet from morphing into anything dangerously sinister…or does it? Evan Yoshimoto (MPP 2021) exposes the racial undertones of online content moderation and its role in suppressing… [Read more]
The Ballot Box for the Progressive
Healthcare reform is now the ticket of the November presidential elections. While US progressives can agree on universal health insurance, they vehemently disagree on its rhetoric. Why do they invalidate their own desires? Here’s how… [Read more]
Humanity for Sale: Europe’s Deadly Migration Policy
By sealing off its borders and inhumanely detaining migrants at secret locations through extrajudicial means, Europe has compromised its values and adherence to international law. Is this the EU’s last chance to respond with compassion… [Read more]
Transnational Sister Solidarity? How Covid-19 Sheds Light on the Invisible 99%
Covid-19 has indiscriminately shed light on the most vulnerable, undervalued, and underpaid of our society: migrant women working in the care sector. A new regime of inequality is observed at home, one between women –… [Read more]
The Making of a European Welfare State: A Vision for Investment to Overcome The Gendered Insider-Outsider Divide in Switzerland
For a country with high wages and an equally hefty price tag on living, the social divide in Swiss employment is a strong signal for policymakers globally that long-term investment in gender equality is essential… [Read more]
A Force to be Reckoned With: The Aurat Marchers of Pakistan
Aurat March – Urdu for ‘Women’s March’ – is an annual demonstration held on March 8th in the Pakistani cities of Lahore, Karachi, and Islamabad. Women, non-binary people, the LGBTQIA+ community, and cis male allies… [Read more]