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Nominations for OneWorld's People of 2009 Awards close on Monday 23 November. The award honours those making a difference in people's lives anywhere on the planet.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] Image: Waseem Mahmood, founder of the Yeh Hum Naheen Foundation: one of last year's nominees
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“Guyana suffers from a major problem - people think we are in Africa,” President Bharrat Jagdeo told a meeting on forests in London this week: he said he and the Ghanaian head of state sometimes received each other's mail!
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Ghana] [Guyana] Image: Guyana flag
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It's World Toilet Day – a day to celebrate the humble, yet vitally important, toilet and to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis.
more...Related topics/regions: [Water/sanitation] Image: Tinkle Time poster
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“Do we have to point out that the police are not supposed to take their orders from industrial conglomerates?”
more...+ Activists and journalists deported, detained and intimidated Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Forests] [Environmental activism] [Corporations] Image: The 11 foreign activists deported from Indonesia
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Six steps to save sanctuary.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Refugees] Image: Citizens for Sanctuary
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What a difference a day makes. I did bear witness, indeed, but to something altogether more inspiring ... to people power in its most direct form.
more...+ Message from Greenpeace's new international executive director From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Forests] Image: Sarah Burton applauds the local Indonesian communities for their efforts to protect their forests (©Ardiles Rante/Grenpeace)
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Looking for success stories? Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development is the book for you.
more...From: International Food Policy Research Institute Related topics/regions: [Food] [Agriculture] Image: Millions Fed
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As Primark’s new London store opened today, anti-poverty campaigners hung out the retailer’s “dirty washing” in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. .
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [United Kingdom] [Trade] [Corporations] [Poverty] [Labour] Image: War on Want campaigns and policy director Ruth Tanner (foreground) with other activists from the charity hanging Primark's "dirty washing" in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. (Photo: Carmen Klammer)
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"You couldn’t have clearer evidence of the racism towards Bushmen in Botswana than this incident."
more...Related topics/regions: [Botswana] [Race Politics] [Indigenous rights] Image: 'Botswana's persecution of the Bushmen has continued under President Khama' (© Survival)
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When Primark’s new London store opens on Thursday, anti-poverty campaigners will hang out the retailer's “dirty washing” in public with a claim that workers make the company's clothes for as little as 7p an hour.
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In a striking example of successful community-based advocacy, a survivor of Peru's "dirty war" against terrorism has won election as the first mayor of Putis, a village that suffered one of the country's worst-ever massacres.
more...Related topics/regions: [Peru] [Activism] [Human rights] Image: Gerardo Fernando Mendoza
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A catastrophe is unfolding in the Niger Delta. Entire communities are devastated. The land they have lived on for generations is poisoned. Behind this catastrophe is a UK company – Shell. But they’re hiding behind a smokescreen of denials and excuses. It’s time this stopped – it’s time Shell was called to account.
more...From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related topics/regions: [Nigeria] [Corporations] [Energy] |
Journalists from Azerbaijan, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia will be presented with International Press Freedom Awards this month.
more...Related topics/regions: [Azerbaijan] [Somalia] [Sri Lanka] [Tunisia] [Freedom of expression] |
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown jhas been asked to undertake an investigation into the death of Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi, the New York Times reporter killed during a British military operation that rescued reporter Stephen Farrell from Taliban captors.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Afghanistan] [Conflict] [Information & media] |
An MP calls on Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg to take part in a televised debate on climate change that all national TV stations must broadcast.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Politics] [Information & media] [Climate change] Image: 'Climate change is the most pressing issue humanity faces, but judging by opinion polls, and previous experience, it will not feature highly in the forthcoming general election'
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African environmentalists - Marc Ona Essangui , Wangari Maathai, Fatima Jibrell, Kofi Annan, Ken Saro-Wiwa
more...Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Environmental activism] Image: Marc Ona Essangui (Goldman Environmental Prize)
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Surprisingly, Ralph Nader says yes.
more...From: In These Times Related topics/regions: [United States] [Corporations] Image: Warren Buffett announcing his $30 billion pledge to the Gates foundation © Gates Foundation
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Today is the first global day marking the fight against "the world's leading killer of young children."
more...Related topics/regions: [Infant mortality] [Disease] [Children] Image: Safer care
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None of the top 10 Conservative bloggers believes that man-made global warming is an established fact; all 10 reject David Cameron's view that the issue should be an urgent priority if the party were in government.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Politics] [Climate change] Image: Climate change chart: scientific credibility
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