April - 2015

Changing the World: One Story at a Time

Youth Citizen Journalists Tell Their Stories

THE HUB is an online magazine and blog that features feminist articles and films by citizen journalists. The publication is a longterm project conceived by Advice Project Media, and its mission is to help lift the voices of youth, women, and indigenous peoples from around the world by sharing their articles and films about gender, the environment, intersectionality, and climate change.

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Instruments of change, not tools of war

For 23 years, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) terrorized Northern Uganda with physical and psychological torture. Under the leadership of Joseph Kony, a self-proclaimed prophet, the LRA insurgency quickly became as much of a military force as it did a cult. Receiving significant aid from the Sudanese government (which was in conflict with the Ugandan government), the LRA took control of many northern regions of Uganda and used brutal tactics to terrorize civilians. Rape w

From geek to superhero

Before the early 1960s, Emirati women were given very few opportunities to work outside of the home. Since then, the commercial production of oil has increased the wealth of the United Arab Emirates and allowed for advanced industrialization to take root. Citizens are now offered free health care and they take advantage of a strong public education system. Although public schools and universities are segregated, and strict sharia laws often discriminate along gender lines,

Introducing the Real You

92/365 Breathe, by Martina K. Dear 13-Year-Old Saskia, Thirteen is a big year for you. You will have your first kiss, your parents will present you with the idea of moving to Australia (you will say no), you will spend another summer at a camp full of girls who make you feel bad about yourself and you will devote most of your time there struggling for their attention and acceptance. This is the year you will also begin to lie to your parents. You will lie in new ways, using i