At the Bangrim Primary School in Gangjin in northern South Korea, older women are catching up on their primary education and at the same time helping to fill empty classes. Many schools in rural areas have had to close as fewer children are being born and families often move to the cities. With less than one child per woman, South Korea has one of the lowest birth rates in the world.
The ostrich, a native of South Africa, has long played an important role in the nation's economy.
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Learning lessons on the open seas: In the Makoko slum in the Nigerian capital Lagos around 100 children attend a floating school.
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How can we share out responsibility for damaging our climate? Introducing the notion of “risk sharing”.
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No other African country has as many people behind bars as South Africa. An indictment, argues our author, and good reason to ask whether the prison system is in keeping with our times.
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In her book, “The Future is History”, author Masha Gessen shows us an oppressive vision of Russia, a country that has been unable to reclaim its soul after the end of the Soviet Union. Her semi-factual novel, based on various interviews and reports, tells the personal tales of three generations and at the same time acts as a pyscho-social analysis of the Soviet legacy.
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The Professor of political science on education, discrimination and identity.
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