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2011 and the new human rights movement
Amnesty International’s A Year of Rebellion, A Year of Hope film (2012) For many people, the world was transfixed on only one place last year: the Arab springs of the Middle East and North Africa. The American based Time Magazine even went so far as to call ‘the protester’ their
Charles Dickens: the social justice campaigner
Charles Dickens was a masterful storyteller of social problems of his day who challenged Victorian aristocracy and elites to journey into workhouses and slums through his novels
International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
No ethnical defence can be made for preserving a cultural practice that damages women’s health and interferes with their sexuality Nahld Toubia MD (a physician from Sudan and clinical professor in the Centre for Sexual Pleasure and Health’s Population and Family Health department) Today, February 6th, is the UN International
What we’re reading: food waste; famines; The Sustainability Development Goals; the two Bills and Bono
Shocking statistic of the week: Consumers in rich countries dispose of 220 million metric tons of food waste every year, equal to the entire food output of sub-Saharan Africa. Director General of The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) takes issue with global trends of countries becoming increasingly reliant
Infographic: Ten ways to stop wasting water
Link to full size Every Drop Counts infographic (2011) When was the last time you counted every drop of water you use on an average day? The infographic workshop factory over at GOOD Magazine have done it again.
The sharp end of a global food system
Drought and famine are not extreme events. They are not anomalies. They are merely the sharp end of a global food system that is built on inequality, imbalances and – ultimately – fragility. And they are the regular upshot of a climate that is increasingly hostile and problematic for food
Johnny Mad Dog brings child soldiers to the big screen
I can’t leave my weapon. My weapon is my mother and father Johnny Mad Dog is a French/Liberian movie, based on the 2002 novel Johnny Chien Méchant from Congolese writer Emmanuel Dongala. The film follows the story of a group of boys aged from 10 to 15 years of age,
Solar Demi lights up homes in the Philippines with waste plastic bottles
A recent innovation in the Philippines has brought waste plastic bottles into the spotlight. American university students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in conjunction with the MyShelter Foundation have been involved in a sustainable lighting initiative that has spurned on Isang Litrong Liwanag or the A Litre of Light
Senegal music legend Youssou N’Dour announces a bid for the presidency
Presidential elections are scheduled in Senegal for February 26th next and world renowned Youssou N’Dour has confirmed his candidacy saying: ‘I’ve travelled the world and been seen by people all over the world and I think I have the ability to govern Senegal. I am the alternative.’ N’Dour has long
The One Percent-ers
Can you name the wealthiest person in the world, or how about five of the top twenty?