Women
Equal Representation? The Debate Over Gender Quotas (Part 2)
"Quotas present one way to include more women in government, but by no means function as the end-all-be-all solution."
Jaya Nayar
Jaya is a senior editor and staff writer for the HIR. She is interested in environmental issues and international law. She is getting a joint concentration in Government and Philosophy.
Interviews
Youth Issues at the UN: an Interview with Jayathma Wickramanayake, the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
Jayathma Wickramanayake is the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth and is the youngest senior official in the UN. Nayar interviewed Wickramanayake on October 20, 2021.
Human Rights
Abortion as a Human Right: The Fight for Reproductive Rights in Argentina and Poland
"Historical trends suggest that countries that legalize abortion for demographic reasons have laws that are easy to overturn with changes in governmental power. In contrast, countries that legalize abortion as a result of protests may have laws that are much more difficult to overturn"
Energy & Environment
Anti-Nuclear Energy Activism in South Africa: Interview with Makoma Lekalakala
"At times, you find that other campaigns are much more highlighted than the others. But at the end of the day, it's all struggles for justice that we all yearn for."
Women
Equal Representation? The Debate Over Gender Quotas (Part 1)
This article is the first in a two-part series examining the impact of gender quotas. The second article will discuss the impact of quotas in Sweden and India.
Science & Technology
Elevating Ethereum: Interview with Vitalik Buterin (Part 2)
In Part 2, Buterin discusses regulation by the US Congress and SEC, DAOs, and governance in a decentralized world.
Science & Technology
Explaining Ethereum: Interview with Vitalik Buterin (Part 1)
In Part 1, Buterin discusses whether cryptocurrencies will replace fiat currencies, the potential impact of decentralized finance, whether or not crypto will decrease inequality, and his favorite NFTs.
China
Not So “Green” Technology: The Complicated Legacy of Rare Earth Mining
"As much as technology is hailed as the panacea of the future, most of these innovations have a dirty underside: production of these new technologies requires companies to dig up what are referred to as rare earth elements (REEs)."
Cybersecurity
The Fashions of Russian Conflict
"Russia’s trend toward cyber war carries dire implications for the security of the international community as it becomes harder to distinguish which attacks justify war, and which do not present a serious enough threat to do so."
Agriculture
Aerial Fumigation in Colombia: The Bad and The Ugly
Under pressure from the Trump administration, Colombia’s new president Iván Duque has vowed to restart fumigation. But among people who have actually experienced fumigation in their communities, the verdict is unanimous: it’s destructive.