Overall, Malta occupies a joint 15th place on the EU Social Justice Index. When the same Index focuses on equitable education, Malta features in the last place (28th) of the same Index in granting equal access to education. There is no social justice without equity in education.
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Society & Politics
Catch Them Young
The KSU elections campaign showcased the lack of transparency and accountability. Is it any wonder that the politicians of tomorrow will not uphold these principles once they are entrusted with the public funds?
Environment
True Value of Land
The question is not whether we will run out of physical land (although in a country as small as Malta this is physically possible), but rather what kind of society do we want to be. Do we want to depend on imports? Do we want to do away with agriculture altogether?
Education & Opportunity
University – the Ivory Tower is Part of Society, not Removed from It
Universities and especially the humanities, whose use for job markets and economic growth tends to be called into question, are often asked to justify their existence and their use of tax payers’ money for seemingly non-useful endeavours. How about turning the argument around?
Sexuality & Gender
The ‘other’ side of the kitchen Politics Enter the Kitchen
The image of domestic kitchen serves as an electoral asset and reinforces heterosexual gender roles at once.
Panem et Circenses
Avengers: Infinity War, or Are We Thanos? On the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and How it Reflects the Cultural Zeitgeist
Love it or loathe it, there’s no denying the so called Marvel Cinematic Universe is a dominant cultural force in the early years of the 21st century. But do such films truly reflect the values of the society so willing to consume them? Peer into their latest installment, Infinity War, and the answer might just […]
#Technology Matters
Social Empowerment in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Data collected from users feeds algorithms that are shaping our perceptions about the world and the way we engage with the information by selecting what we can see, read and listen on the web, most of the time with a hidden agenda.
Heart + Mind = Harmony
My Passport
Poem by Stephen Cachia.
The Good, The Bad and The Funny
New Plans for Sliema Tower Revealed
A new power is rising. Its victory is at hand.
