by Elise Stephenson | Feb 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
While thinking about the topic of gender equality in each of the countries we visited, I found myself moving from the topic of ‘women in power’ (how many are in positions of leadership, are they respected, in what ways do they deal with power, etc.) to the...
by Elise Stephenson | Feb 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Part two of six of my musings from the one month Muslim World Study Tour with Griffith University to Malaysia, Turkey, Spain and Morocco. Here are my thoughts on religion and society… Religion is at the heart of many societies and occupied a particularly...
by Elise Stephenson | Jan 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
So I have been conspicuously silent for the past month as I have been on a whirlwind one month adventure and study tour of parts of the Muslim world. I undertook a study exchange with Associate Professor Halim Rane (the academic at Griffith with whom I am currently...