Archive for November 3rd, 2018

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03/11/2018

Governments Have Failed to Protect the Antarctic – But This Isn’t Over

Human Wrongs Watch

By Malachi Chadwick*

They failed.

Penguins take shelter on an Iceberg, close to Trinity Island, in the Antarctic. © Paul Hilton /Greenpeace

Penguins take shelter on an iceberg near Trinity Island in the Antarctic. © Paul Hilton / Greenpeace

Although 22 governments supported the sanctuary, negotiators from Russia, China and Norway stopped it from going ahead.

The Russian and Chinese delegations even used delaying tactics to waste time and hold up the negotiations, rather than engaging with the scientific evidence for the sanctuary.

This failure leaves the incredible wildlife of the Antarctic exposed to pressures from overfishing, pollution and climate change.

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03/11/2018

Living in a Rich Country Does Not Guarantee Equal Access to Quality Education; Children in Less Wealthy Nations Often Perform Better at School – UNICEF

Human Wrongs Watch

FLORENCE/NEW YORK, 30 October 2018 (UNICEF)* – Living in a rich country does not guarantee equal access to quality education, according to Report Card 15 from UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti. Children in less wealthy countries often perform better at school despite fewer national resources, the report says.

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Photo from UNICEF

An Unfair Start: Inequality in Children’s Education in Rich Countries ranks 41 member countries of the European Union and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on the extent of educational inequalities at preschool, primary and secondary school levels.

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03/11/2018

#EleccionesBrasil: 5 Insecurities Behind the Victory of Jair Messias Bolsonaro

Human Wrongs Watch

By DemocraciaAbierta*

1 November 2018 — Economy, Politics, Violence, Identity, Information: 5 insecurities that could explain, in part, the incontestable triumph of Bolsonaro, whose extreme political positions plunge the country into a state of security shock. Español

Billboard for Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign. Almanaque Lusofonista & Creative Commons Attribution.

The election of the extreme-right candidate Bolsonaro to the presidency of Brazil consolidates the wave of right-wing governments that have been recently dominating the election cycle throughout the region: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras..They all opted for a right-wing political drift, away from the “pink tide” of the 2000’s.

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03/11/2018

Waste: The Hidden Treasure

26 October 2018 (UN Environment)* – For Matilda Payne, founder of My Extreme Deco, waste is the new gold. Her small Ghana-based enterprise has found a way to valorize waste in an unexpected and creative way: by transforming it into jewelry, furniture and décor. Today, Matilda’s business’ main asset is waste.
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Photo from UN Environment.

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SWITCH Africa Green, a joint European Union – UN Environment project, has been instrumental in helping Matilda establish her business and open new horizons for her to grow in the waste management industry.

“Before joining SWITCH Africa Green, My Extreme Deco was solely profit-oriented. My business is now impact-oriented and environmentally-friendly, as we reuse and recycle waste materials into valuable output,“ says Payne.

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03/11/2018

Saudi Arabia, China, among 14 Countries under UN Human Rights Spotlight – What You Need to Know

Human Wrongs Watch

2 November 2018 – The United Nation’s highest human rights body, the Human Rights Council (HRC), will start reviewing on Monday [5 October 2018] the track records of 14 countries, including Saudi Arabia and China. Here’s our UN News guide to how it works and why it matters. 

UN Photo/Elma Okic | Human Rights Council special session on “the deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem” on 18 May 2018, United Nations Office in Geneva.

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