May 05 Watch Distress over kidnapped girls fuels protest against Nigerian government By PBS News Hour The abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Nigeria has provoked strong feelings of distrust and anxiety about the disorganization and vulnerability of the government. Jeffrey Brown talks to Carl LeVan of American University and Mojubaolu Okome of… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Nigerians show outrage over militant's threat to sell abducted schoolgirls with little government opposition By PBS News Hour Hundreds of protesters in Lagos, Nigeria, demanded its government ramp-up the search for the more than 250 girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school and are still missing. Nigeria’s first lady has accused protest leaders of fabricating the crisis. Continue watching
May 02 Watch Nigerians dissatisfied with government response to Boko Haram's mass abduction of girls By PBS News Hour In Nigeria, one of Africa’s most prosperous nations, a wave of violence has cast a shadow over plans for an upcoming world economic forum. A bomb blast Thursday killed 19 people in the capital and more than 275 schoolgirls abducted… Continue watching
Jan 23 Female participation decreases at World Economic Forum By News Desk AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI What happens when you invite some of the world's top leaders to a meeting but tell them to extend the invite to female counterparts? Nothing, according to The Guardian… Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch Where do American women stand in gender equality? In an extended interview Kathleen Gerson sheds light on the findings of a new report. Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch Where do American women stand in gender equality? The World Economic Forum published a report recently that says the United States finishes far from the top of a list when it comes to gender equality. American women finished 23rd on the list of 136 countries. Kathleen Gerson, a… Continue watching
Jan 27 Finding an Economic, Environmental Win-Win in Davos DAVOS, Switzerland -- One of the topics that's come to the fore at the World Economic Forum over the last decade of meetings is global climate change. A conference bringing thousands of people from across the planet to a little… Continue reading
Jan 27 Big Ideas in Davos Thirty heads of state and government and 2500 business and academic elite hammer out ways to fend off new storm clouds hanging over the global economy at the World Economic Forum. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images. DAVOS, Switzerland -- If… Continue reading
Jan 24 Notes From Davos, Day Two: UK Reconsiders Relationship With EU A view of the city of Davos, Switzerland, venue of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Jan. 21, 2013. Photo by Pascal Lauener/REUTERS. I've just come in off the hushed streets, a light snow is falling in the crisp… Continue reading