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The Art of Speaking Truth To Power: Reflections on the C20 Summit
Just over a week ago I joined around 400 civil society representatives at the C20 Summit in Melbourne to draft a communique to present to G20 leaders for consideration in their deliberations during July and November. From the outset, tension hung in the air around the question as to whether participating […]
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Operation Cybercrime: The digital war on the U.S. healthcare industry
Part 2 of a 2-Part Series on Healthcare in the U.S. In the first part of this series, I introduced the growing problem of fraud in the United States healthcare system. From Medicaid scams to fraudulent prescriptions, often involving everyone from patient to physician and on up to businesses […]
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Africa’s Revolution: The Inaccuracy of Labels
This post was inspired by a session I listened to called “Revolution postponed: The Arab Spring and Africa” at the just concluded Global Media Forum hosted by Deutsche Welle. Who provides the worldwide acceptable definition of the word ‘Revolution’? Who owns the word? Is it Tunisia, because they pretty much […]
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Water – A dangerous drink in Myanmar
Every week, my flat mates and I purchase a 20 litres drinking water tank from the street vendors in our township in downtown Yangon. We pay 500 Kyats (about 40 Euro Cents) and get a sealed tank, which is a lot cheaper than bottled water (for which you almost pay […]
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Global Media Forum: Deutsche Welle connected us
My German trip started 4 days before the Global Media Forum opening ceremony, because Deutsche Welle invited me to a workshop on digital storytelling organized by the famous Grimme-Institute. I met our teachers Annette Schneider and Guido Kowalski in the hotel lobby. We had a talking at the dinner about […]