Tag: activism
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Malala will make history as the youngest speaker at Mandela Annual Lecture
Youngest Nobel laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai will be delivering the 21st Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg, South Africa. The announcement was made by Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF) on social media on Monday. The NMF acting Chief Executive Verne Harris posted on X (formerly Twitter): “Scheduled for 5 December 2023, this lecture holds…
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‘Take the money and run’; Danish artist submits blank canvasses to museum
A Danish artist owes around 500,000 kroner (Rs14,408,870) to Kunsten museum in Aalborg after submitting two blank canvasses as part of a project called “Take the Money and Run”. Conceptual artist Jens Haaning presses upon the issues of power and inequality through his work and one of his projects was commissioned by by the Kunsten…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan breaks silence on Aurat March
Days after it was held, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has broken silence on Aurat March 2020, saying that a “culture clash” was developing in the country due to different education systems and it was most visible in the mixed reactions drawn by women marching on International Women’s Day to demand basic rights. “We will,…
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GCU Lahore denies ‘terminating’ political science teacher ‘for being too political’
Government College University (GCU) Lahore has denied “terminating” a contractual faculty member of the Department of Political Science, Zagum Abbas, “for being vocal about issues facing students, cultivating a culture of dialogue and encouraging his students to engage in political activities”. Zagum, in a Facebook post on Wednesday night, had said that his contract was…