"WAVE" No.76-77
February-March 2013

Editorial


Topic of the Issue

Interview: Yasmina Bekhouche, The World Economic Forum

Empowering women - "a more efficient use of a nation's human talent"
Evidence shows that gender equality enhances productivity and economic growth; however, there are still many countries where women struggle to hold management positions or even access the labour market and get a fair wage. On the occasion of the International Women's Day, WAVE magazine interviews one of the authors of The Global Gender Gap report... >>



Vicente Ferrer Foundation project
From women to women to boost India's development
Alivelamma never went to school. She had worked in the fields with her mother for a few rupees since she was 10-years-old and got married at 13. Now, at the age of 35, Alivelamma understands that education could have made her life much better. Millions of women in India face a similar situation. Run by the Spanish Vicente Ferrer Foundation, the "Women to women" project gives Indian women an opportunity to gain economic independence and so contribute to their country's development


International Women's Day 2013
From Socialist Phenomena To Political And Cultural Event
This date is widely recognised as International Women's Day (IWD), thou it is not celebrated in all countries around the globe. But, 8th of March stands now, more than ever, as a reminder of the accomplishments achieved by women and in women's rights, as well as the fights which still need to be fought and won

Politics

Pope Francis I, the first Latin American Pope
Habemus Papam
The Cardinals gathered in the conclave have finally succeeded, on the March 13, in choosing the new Pope of the Catholic world: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, from Argentina. He is, thus, the first Latin American Pope, as well as the first Jesuit to hold this high position and, the first one to choose the name of Francis... >>


Elections in the USA
Obama enters second mandate
In a private ceremony, on January 20, Barack Obama was sworn-in, for a second term, as the President of the United States of America. A public ceremony took place the following day, having as theme "Faith in America's Future". The future which awaits Obama is very much swirling, around issues that were on the table during the first mandate, like the economy, jobs, health reform, but also issues which gained him his second mandate like immigration, LGBT rights and gun control... >>

Society

Rape tragedy in New Delhi
Women in India raise their voice
On December 16th, 2012, a 23-year old woman and her male friend were brutally attacked on a bus going home after watching a movie. The woman was also gang-raped, hurt and left to die, together with her friend. She survived long enough to tell the police who were the rapists and to give the world a voice to fight for)... >>


International Student Week in Belgrade, ISWiB 2013
Hatching the Network!
This year, ISWiB will be held for the seventh time, from 14th to 21st of July, in the capital of Serbia. About 200 participants from the European universities will be able to choose one out of eight workshops, with additional chance to get to know Belgrade, as well as Serbian culture, tradition and nightlife through numerous events that the culture & entertainment program includes... >>


Personal view: Democratisation of Education
Too Good to Be True?
Elucidating changes the Internet has brought to various realms of our lives we started from "observable", "fabulous", "utopian" and came to currently mostly used description - revolutionary. The idea of free online education has "blown away" minds of ones facing skeptical frown of others. MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses engaged into discussion both sides at the recent Davos World Economic forum meeting in Switzerland... >>


Carnival in Colombia
Barranquilla behind the masks
Whatever the costume, the carnival will overwhelm the whole largest port city in Colombia, where the advantage of Caribbean, mix of cultures and nationalities have developed a strong carnival tradition. The whole carnival becomes a mask. Everyone becomes free, and the city transforms. Everyone comes together, and all become one ... >>

Economics

EU's budget for 2014-2020
Austerity and constrains for the next seven years
European leaders reached an agreement on the bloc's budget for the next seven years. The new spending plan commits to support those countries most affected by the economic crisis but includes cuts for the first time in the EU's history. The text still has to be approved by the European Parliament, whose members have already shown their opposition to the deal... >>


South Asia's coal power plants
So dirty, but so cheap
Governmental plans to exploit the largest coal reserves in Pakistan re-open the debate on the real costs of energy generation. Whilst scientists and environmentalists warn of the risks of investing in dirty energy sources, government justifies its support to coal industries on the grounds with possible generating employment and grow to the national economy... >>

Culture & Arts

Celebrations of the "Orwell Day"
George Orwell is watching you
Big brother is watching you - it's one of the most famous quotations from Orwell's books which can be truly named the main statement of his legendary novel 1984. Now we can sincerely say that instead Big brother there is another ideological being - the author of this book, who after leaving this planet 63 years ago is still watching us from the pages of his creations... >>


Kustendorf Festival 2013
Monica Bellucci charmed Serbian filmmakers
Besides the competition program, festival in Mokra Gora consisted of four other film programmes which comprised about thirty films, and two exhibitions were presented. During all six days of the festival the audience had an opportunity to enjoy midnight concerts of various music groups... >>


International Day of Internet Security
Theatre encourages thinking about online security
The increasing number of the Internet users and the growing popularity of social networks have been accompanied by a widespread concern about online security. There have been numerous cases of data theft, creating of an account under other person's name and profile hacking; however, when it comes to children, the situation is even more alarming. In their play Children on the Internet, the members of the Belgrade Study Centre showed how theatre can be used to draw public's attention to this issue... >>

Science & Tech

Aaron Swartz obituary
Swartz died, but the fight for open access must go on
The computer programmer and activist Aaron Swartz was 26 years old when he decided to commit suicide. Despite the low age, he was able to leave a huge digital legacy, and many people declared him a hero... >>


Facebook Graph Search
Your friends under the microscope
Recently, Facebook announced a feature called Graph Search. The new search allows users to easily find people, places and things, especially within the user's own social graph (friends and friends of friends)... >>

Sport

Australian Open 2013
The same winners in Melbourne
Novak Djokovic has won his third consecutive Aussie Open trophy, and fourth in total, so the World No.1 has joined the company of Andre Agassi and Roger Federer. Also, this was his sixth Grand Slam trophy... >>

Entertainment

Oscars 2013
Ben Affleck steals the spotlight
At the end of the ceremony, the biggest winners of the evening were Life of Pi (four awards), Argo (three), and the following four movies which took home two awards each: Les Miserables, Django Unchained, Lincoln and Skyfall... >>


63rd Annual Berlin International Film Festival
Child's Pose awarded the Golden Bear
This year's edition of the Berlinale lasted ten days (February 7-17) and honoured European filmmakers with its top prizes, the Golden and Silver Bears. The Golden Bear, which focuses on the best movie, was given to a Romanian film, Child's Pose (Pozitia Copilului), by director Calin Peter Netzer... >>

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