By Amnesty International
Responding to reports that journalist and human rights defender Kananelo Boloetse was abducted on 5 September from his home in Maseru, interrogated about his work, assaulted and threatened with death, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Vongai Chikwanda, said: “The reported abduction and brutal assault of Kananelo Boloetse is deeply alarming […] The post Lesotho: Authorities must investigate reported abduction and assault of journalist Kananelo Boloetse appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Children, parents, and teachers shelter underground during an air raid alert amid traditional back-to-school celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 1, 2026. © 2026 Francisco Seco/AP Photo As schools in Ukraine opened for the new academic year on September 1, repeated air raid alerts in Kyiv and elsewhere have disrupted classes and sent children into shelters, sometimes for hours.On September 3, Olya’s daughter managed to complete just one lesson – math –before alerts sent her fourth-grade class into a cramped underground shelter.“The shelter is not equipped…
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By Harriet Earle, Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, Sheffield Hallam University
Using needlework to construct personal stories and a tangible record of events in a form of comic strip has a long and storied history.
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By Louise Champoux-Paillé, Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
Anne-Marie Croteau, Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
The prestige and visibility that is often associated with women on boards of directors can ultimately hinder their advancement, rather than help it.
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By Jing Jia, Senior Lecturer, Business School, University of Newcastle
Richard Fisher, Associate Professor, Department of Accounting and Information Systems, University of Canterbury
Zhongtian Li, Senior Lecturer, Business School, University of Newcastle
Large NZ companies may soon be required to report on modern slavery risks. Nearly 17,000 Australian reports reveal what makes such laws work – and what doesn’t.
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By Jonathan Wilansky, PhD Student, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Canada produces an enormous amount of waste. In 2020, total solid waste across the country hit 36 million tonnes.
Most of this garbage, known in the industry as residual waste, ends up in landfills or incinerators. Aside from shrinking landfill space and the environmental toll of burning trash, this approach to waste management…
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By Julie Dobrow, Teaching Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University
Programs took different approaches to helping young viewers grapple with the horrors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks – lessons that still apply in today’s media environment.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Prime Minister of Hungary, Péter Magyar, giving a speech in the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, August 27, 2026. © 2026 Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via AP Photo Hungary’s government has extended until December 31 the “state of crisis caused by mass migration,” prolonging an emergency regime introduced in 2016 despite the absence of the conditions that could justify its continued use. Prime Minister Péter Magyar announced on September 4 that the government would extend the measure, which was due to expire on September 7. Magyar said the four-month…
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By Wayne van Zijl, Associate Professor and CLM Assistant Dean of Research, University of the Witwatersrand
Imagine being asked to prepare monthly reports that all demand their own classifications, measurement bases and templates.
This is the reality that nonprofit organisations (NPOs) face across the world.
In a recent paper, my co-authors and I present findings from interviews with 21 nonprofit stakeholders from South Africa, the UK, the US, Sweden and Uganda. The aim was to understand the reporting challenges they faced, and to consider possible solutions.
One NPO spends two weeks…
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By Ralph Hamann, Professor, University of Cape Town
Amelia Clarke, Professor of Sustainability Management, University of Waterloo
Domenico Dentoni, Professor of Business, Resilience, and Transformation, Montpellier Business School
Frank de Bakker, Professor of Business and Society, IÉSEG School of Management
Martina Linnenluecke, Professor at UTS Business School; Centre for Climate Risk and Resilience, University of Technology Sydney
Partnerships need to grapple with the tension between what to preserve and what to change rather than be paralysed by it.
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