By Laura Misener, Professor & Director, School of Kinesiology, Western University
Treena Orchard, Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
Sexual and gender-based violence in sport validate misogyny and reinforce sexual entitlement and inadequate accountability. This was evident in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial.
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By Lisa Boucher, Assistant Professor, Gender & Social Justice, Trent University
The Hockey Canada verdict shows how we talk about sexual violence matters and can have a profound impact on those who survive sexual assault.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Alfred Yékatom, left, and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, right, taken on Nov. 23, 2018 and Jan. 25, 2019 respectively when they appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. © Piroschka van de Wouw/ Koen Van Well/AP Photo (Geneva) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) conviction of two anti-balaka militia leaders for serious crimes in the Central African Republic is an important step toward justice in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. On July 24, 2025, ICC judges convicted Alfred Yékatom on charges involving…
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By Carl Death, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, University of Manchester
In his new book, Carl Death weighs up climate policies in African countries with each country’s stories and films about climate change.
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By Gibson Ncube, Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
Zimbabwe-born, Canada-based Chido Muchemwa’s debut short story collection, Who Will Bury You?, was published late in 2024 and immediately attracted the right kind of attention.
Here was an unexpected range of themes: queer identity, dislocation in the diaspora, the lingering complexities of family and cultural belonging. The 12 stories, set between Zimbabwe and Canada,…
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By Chuka Onwumechili, Professor of Communications, Howard University
Whatever the outcome of the Women’s African Cup of Nations (Wafcon) final on Saturday in which Nigeria faces Morocco, the days of the west African nation’s sole dominance of women’s football in Africa has ended.
Nigeria’s return to the pinnacle of the important Africa-wide tournament should not be read as a continuation of the country’s dominance on the field. Yes, Nigeria has now
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By Todd Pezzuti, Associate Professor, Business School, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
From Lagos to Cape Town, Santiago to Seoul, people want to be cool. “Cool” is a word we hear everywhere – in music, in fashion, on social media. We use it to describe certain types of people.
But what exactly makes someone cool? Is it just about being popular or trendy? Or is there something deeper going on?
In a recent study I conducted with other marketing professors, we set out to answer a simple but surprisingly unexplored question. What are the personality traits and values that…
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By Marcel Vondermassen, Scientific Coordinator and Deputy Executive Manager of the IZEW, University of Tübingen
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, recently signed a decree to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning the use of anti-personnel landmines. This move follows the example of Finland, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania, who all quit the treaty in recent…
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By Petra Alderman, Manager of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science
There has been a dramatic escalation in a long-running border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. On July 23, five Thai soldiers from a border patrol unit in Ubon Ratchathani province were seriously injured after stepping on a land mine – a second such incident in a week.
This prompted…
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By Simon Mabon, Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
In the past two months, more than 1,000 people seeking food have been killed, according to the UN Human Rights Office. While the figure has been disputed by Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation which was set up to distribute aid, 28 nations this week condemned the “horrifying” killing of Gazans trying to get food.
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