The civil society has been playing crucial roles beside the state and the private sectors as the facilitators, conveners, innovators as well as service providers, and advocates in resolving social challenges as well as governance issues. In the fast changing context as the economic and geopolitical focus is shifting away from Europe and North America,…
Author: Stephen Durbin
Sharing platform for Vietnamese Development Studies and Practices
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan once said, “Knowledge is power. Information brings freedom. Education is the key to all progress, every society and every family
What can a menstrual cup do?
A report by the Guardian wrote about the methods that girls and women manage their periods, which include banana leaves, cow dung, animal skin, cotton, quilts, or self-made tampons for the poor children in sub-Saharan Africa (The Guardian, 2019). “Period poverty” is a lack of access to sanitation products during menstruation; lack of access to…