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Indian Women – Corporate Divas or Ordinary Janes
Written by Anuja Upadhyay
Do bright colors, festivities, spicy food, heat, dirt, poverty, or spiritual retreats ring any bells when you think of India? And what about Indian women? Exotic is perhaps the first stereotype that springs to mind. Well, the Indian woman is certainly more than that! In a country rife with unemployment, […]
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OccupyNigeria – The End or The Beginning?
Written by MissUwaje
The month of January is coming to and end. It’s the year 2012 and Nigerians are slowly going back to every day life, or so it seems. On the 1st of January, shortly after the announcement of the subsidy removal, which catapulted Nigerians into a state of shock, anger and […]
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El agua no es nuestra
Written by Lucia Querejazu
Abstract: In the year 2000 the first Water War was held in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The government had just signed a contract with Aguas del Tunari, a company of the Bechtel Corporation, to administrate the water supply of the city of Cochabamba and its close surroundings. However, since the company started […]
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Big World, Big Challenges – Can a Big Network help?
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FutureChallenges has been invited by the organizers of the Social Media Week in Hamburg. We are happy to present a session on the influence that social media can have in generating awareness and policy solutions to future challenges. Big World, Big Challenges – Can a Big Network help? Hosted by: […]
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From endangered to engendered development path: employment and gender in Sub-Saharan Africa
Written by athloneez
Female employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: what are the challenges? Female labour force participation rate, or the percentage of women active in the labour market, is often relied on when assessing the access to labour markets for females in comparison to males. Looking at this metric we find, possibly somewhat […]
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Health Care Jobs for Nepal’s Unemployed
Written by Bhumika Ghimire
According to the CIA World Factbook unemployment in Nepal stands at 46% (2008 est.), up from 42% (2004 est.). Some recent estimates put it at around 40% – a staggering statistic to comprehend- almost half the working age population is unemployed. Nepal’s job crisis is largely due to a near continuous […]
