“Women Take the Floor” candidly illustrates the blurred line between issues of feminist idealism, feminist pragmatism, and a restlessness to finally transcend the weight of the struggle. It doesn’t offer any easy answers, but rather illuminates a constant tension between various realities, possibilities and fantasies.
Through anecdotal evidence and an assessment of contemporary climate, this column will explore the political and moral complexity of leadership, ultimately arguing that interrogating its very foundations is the first step toward realizing its truest potential.
Belgium currently exists as a microcosm of the multicultural cooperative effort that is modern Europe. Like the broader EU, it faces the same rising tides of nationalism and populism. Will Belgium survive?
Opposition came from within the government itself, especially through political competition at the municipal level and institutional blockage at the national level.
The climate moonshots of this past week will only be feasible if the public sector’s primary decision-makers have the literacy to think about the underlying problems relatively scientifically — understanding the long-term impact, recognizing the value of technological innovation to solve specific problems, and mobilizing to enable the systems-wide approach necessary to prepare and respond for any issue of such a magnitude.
In August of last year, the Beirut Port explosion evinced the tragedy of Lebanon’s demise — yet another misfortune in a country already felled by rampant corruption, institutional paralysis, and gross financial malfeasance.
