It is estimated that sex trafficking earns nearly nearly 100 billion dollars per year, according to Human Rights First, an organization focused on the ills and prevention of human rights abuses. The recent arrest and subsequent suicide of American business man and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein shed brought more attention to the scourge of human trafficking…
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From Naija with Love: A Book Review
During my time in Lagos, Nigeria I had a chance to read a biography that gave me a window into colonial life in Nigeria. The book, A Train Ride to Zaria by Bankole Ososanwo was set in Lagos and it helped me to understand the history of the state as well as the names of…
Globalization and Labor: Gigs Grow As Stability Falters
In 2017, there were nearly 600 million entrepreneurs recorded, according to figures from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). There are an estimated 27 million in the United States alone, 0.05 percent of that giant worldwide figure. While the signs of growing entrepreneurship seem encouraging, are they indicative of a much larger issue throughout the world? …
Women Entrepreneurship Key to Continued Growth in Sri Lanka
Sir Lanka initiated a major women’s initiative September 26, 2016 to address the need to grow and support women entrepreneurship. The scheme recognizes that women entrepreneurship is an area that could use major support in Asia. The scheme acknowledges that while the region has seen explosive growth in the areas of ICT, business and trade,…
African Girl Power: African Women Partnerships in the Diaspora
In the USA alone, African American women’s business is the fastest growing sector in entrepreneurship. While this growth doesn’t speak much to capitalization or longevity, undoubtedly, African American women are going into business at an astonishing rate. This may also be due to the fact that African American women are the most educated population in…
Media Through the Looking Glass
As an American and a communications professional, I tend to have an in depth view of how media affects people. Marketing, advertising, branding and media thrive off of the impact that repeated images and concepts have on the individual psyche. Communications professionals understand this and use it to the advantage of their clients. The average…
A Woman’s World: Perception & Media
Imagine that your own daughter is sitting down to read or watch. How would you want her life to play out, if she by some chance found herself in the same situation?
Born A Woman: Dignity Defined
Women need to be acknowledged for the plight they’ve faced throughout the world. Ask any man if he’d like to trade historic places with women from whatever locale he hails and I’m not sure many would agree.
Lela Winston 