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Global Partners in Education Journal – Special Edition  December 2022, Vol. 10, No. 2 
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Introduction to the 7th Global Issues Conference Special Edition 

Anna Łobodzińska, Global Understanding Instructor and Guest Editor 

Carpathian State College, Krosno, Poland 

7th Global Issues Conference took place in April 2022 and as usual students at GPE 
member institutions could share their research with international audience during 
thematic sessions.  Global Issues Conference takes place online and this year the 
session included: 

• Education 

• Environment 

• Food Security and Supply Chain 

• Gender 

• Globalisation and International Politics  

• Intercultural Interactions 

• Media and Business 

• Physical and Mental Health 

Global Issues Conference (GIC) is organized by East Carolina University, USA and 
Carpathian State College, Poland on behalf of Global Partners in Education. 
Presenters come from 14 partner institutions in 11 countries.  

After the conference, the Organizing Committee selects some presentations to be 
published in Global Partners in Education Journal. This year fifteen presentations 
were selected and the final eleven met all the requirements and are published and 
presented to wider audience. 

From the field of Education: 

1. “Freedom of Expression of Judges in their Academic Research” by Valentina 
Díaz Pizarro from Universidad Mayor, Chile 

This academic research focuses on how to keep the balance between the freedom of 
expression and judicial independence and reflects on the situation in Chile. 

2. “English Language Curriculum in North Macedonia” by Bisera Dalcheska 
Taleska and Marjana Vaneva from University American College Skopje, North 
Macedonia 

This paper presents a detailed analysis of research conducted by the authors in order 
to find the factors that are essential in learning a foreign language. There are 
diagrams and charts showing their findings as well as some recommendations for the 
future. 

Environmental issues were presented through: 



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3. “The Humanities' Role in Solving Climate Change Through Fictional 
Narratives” by Nasreddine EL Guezar from Mohammed I University, Morocco 

The author shows us how much impact and influence scientific writing may have on 
readers’ attitude towards the environment.  We can learn that even humanities can 
contribute to the environmental discussion and ecocriticism can be used to interpret 
literary text in reference to environmental issues. 

Food Security and Supply Chain session included the presentation on: 

4. “Tackling the Insufficient Food Supply in the Sufficient Chinese Hot-Pot Chain 
Restaurant Industry - A Summer Project” by Mohan Huo, Jie Peng, Ke Wu, 
Linxuan Zhang, and Yiao Liu from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China 

This paper shows us ways of improving the food supply chain in order to support 
business development. The research was done to find ways in cost reduction and 
labour and at the same time keeping the quality standards.  

In the session entitled Gender there was the following presentation: 

5. “Moroccan Women on the Market: Working Towards United Nations’ 
Sustainable Development Goals” by Douae Serraf from Mohamed I University, 
Morocco 

We are introduced to the situation of Moroccan women who want to enter the 
marketplace and are faced with a number of issues and ways of discrimination. There 
are many examples that show us what the situation is and how it has been changing 
due to some regulations, such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the 
global project implemented by United Nations in 2015. 

Those who attended the session about Globalisation and International Politics 
could hear the presentation: 

6. “Love thy Neighbors: Countering the Growing Impatience in International 
Politics - Ukraine-Russia Conflict” by Sadaf Qadir and Zainab Iqbal from 
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan 

The paper shows that each conflict has global impact and cannot be treated as local. 
We are a global community and we live the consequences of events. The paper 
starts with historical insight trying to identify the causes of Ukraine-Russia conflict as 
well as show the impact it generally has around the world with focus on Pakistan. 

During the session on Intercultural Interactions one could listen to the following 
presentations: 

7. “The Yagua People of Peru” by Teadora Stefanovska and Iskra Andreeska 
from University American College Skopje, North Macedonia 

The project focuses on the culture of the Yagua People and challenges they face. 
Their aim is to raise awareness of various problems in cross-cultural contacts.  



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8. “Singing: The Human Connection” by Marguerite Hemedinger from East 
Carolina University, USA 

This article was inspired by the author’s personal experience and shows us 
similarities and differences in the attitude towards teaching and learning singing in 
five different countries. 

One of the presentations during Media and Business session was: 

9. “Cultural Appropriation and Cancel Culture: A Global Survey” by Chiamaka 
Ezedimbu from Igbinedion University, Nigeria 

This paper deals with a difficult issue of misinterpretation of cultural appropriation. It 
tries to show that it might cause inappropriate situations, especially when it comes to 
virtual exchanges. 

And the session about Physical and Mental Health included: 

10. “Hospital Waste Management and the Associated Hazards” by Saoussen 
Benemara, Nourelhouda Benhamed and Benameur Nehar from Université 
Aboubekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Algeria 

One of the main concerns of the 21st century is management of waste, including 
medical waste. This paper aims to make current diagnosis, analyse the causes and 
suggest solutions. 

11. “Increasing Trend of Suicide Among Youth: A Social and Psychological 
Problem” by Dua Somro, Hala Saadat Ullah Khan, Salwa Nadeem, Hamna 
Javed, and Ms. Zainab Iqbal from Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan 

According to this paper, suicide is the main cause of death in all parts of the world 
and should be given special attention and global initiatives should be taken to 
prevent suicide. 

Our annual meeting during The Global Issues Conference once again gave many 
people a chance to present their research to international audiences. The wide 
variety of topics makes it possible for each attendee to find their field of interest and 
discuss some issues with people who are fascinated by the same topic. 

The Global Partners in Education Journal is where some of the papers are published 
to allow even bigger audiences take a closer look at the chosen problems.   

We would like to thank all those that were present during the conference as well as 
those who decided to publish their articles. It would not have been possible without 
invaluable help of our reviewers who also proofread the articles: 

Carpathian State College, Poland 

Władysław Chłopicki 

Katarzyna Dziemian 

Agnieszka Habrat 



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Jack Lala 

Teresa Poprawa 

Anna Rewiś-Łętkowska 

Ewa Rusek 

Alicja Witalisz 

Bogdan Wolski 

Joanna Ziobro-Strzępek 

 

East Carolina University, USA 

Ben Robbins 

Melanie Baker Robbins 

 

 


