Perfume is not enough: The shocking shift in Iranian beauty standards
Despite a conservative culture, plastic surgery and eating disorders are all the rage in Iran. Is Western culture to blame?
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29 Mar
Don’t call them victims, these youth are slum changemakers
The polio-fighting, clean water advocating, girls’ rights empowered youth of “The Revolutionary Optimists” shatters everything we thought we knew about creating change.
22 Mar
Women, water and what it means to ‘have it all’
For millions of women and girls in poor countries, collecting water for their families each day is not just a chore—it’s a symbol of gender oppression.
13 Feb
Slum Rising explores innovations in tomorrow’s megacities
One sixth of the world’s population lives in slums, but there’s a lot more going on there than poverty. You can support Slum Rising, a new series by The Seattle Globalist uncovering what’s really going on in the world’s slums, today on Kickstarter.
19 Dec
Does the PATH to safer sex run through Seattle?
Condom. Did you just picture an erect penis? Me too. That’s because female condoms aren’t as popular as their male counterparts. Frustrated with the limp response to past designs, Seattle-based global health non-profit PATH has designed a new female condom with input from couples in developing countries. They say they’re determined to raise the female condom’s [...]
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