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Past Their Pride: Romania’s Retired (Still Working) Women
Written by Dragos C. Costache
A few days ago I went to Stockholm’s excellent Moderna Museet to see a photography exhibition on Swedish workers’ marches and demonstrations against fascism and for the usual labour demands: better wages, increased job security and so forth. One photo showed people wanting the right to a peaceful retirement. I […]
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Inclusive Growth? Let’s first evaluate!
Written by Kapell
Can we achieve inclusive growth? Of course we can. How can we achieve it? Well, that’s complicated…and nobody really knows for sure. When aiming for equal distribution of wealth across society, heedless of the adage that the road to success is paved with many failures, most governmental agencies and civil […]
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TTIP concerns us all!
Written by Daniel Roth
The TAFTA/TTIP Timeline The idea of a transatlantic free-trade zone is nothing new; at least it’s not as new as many people might think since it can be traced back to the founding of NATO. And while NATO is a purely military alliance, the notion of an Economic NATO is […]
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Learning about poverty and progress
Written by Juliana Rincon
Roughly ten years ago I was in a rural community in the south of Costa Rica as the team leader of a group of 14 volunteers who came from different first world countries. The idea was that they would have a chance to work with grass-roots organizations and travel to […]
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Violence and Poverty, how Brisbane women survive
Written by Lauren bell
As a woman living in Australia, I am very much aware of how lucky I am in comparison to women in other countries. I have great access to education, I have freedom from war but I am still worried about a little known problem affecting women in my country: domestic […]
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2nd Latin American Digital Media and Journalism Forum in Mexico
Written by Jacinta Escudos
The 2nd Latin American Digital Media and Journalism Forum is taking place this week in Mexico D.F. Different guests from the region will join a discussion on the tools needed for digital media, the new challenges to be accomplished by journalists in digital times and how to build a constructive […]
