02/12/2018
2 December 2018 (OXFAM)* — One in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime. Whilst there is no single cause for such violence, some of the strongest and most consistent factors are harmful social norms that contribute to gender inequality.
Violence against women and girls is rooted in the widely accepted social norms that too often contribute to gender inequality, including male entitlement, domination and control over the bodies of women. Photo: William Vest-Lillesøe/Oxfam
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02/12/2018
Humanity is going through a destructive phase of unbridled concentration of wealth and decisional power; its results have been widely identified and denounced. Even though spaces for resistance and transformation desires germinate, it still remains to be seen how large majorities organize to establish new courses and ways of functioning.
Contemporary trajectory is social and environmentally unsustainable; the economies must be subordinated to the general wellbeing and protection of the environment, giving way to political processes that lead in peace, equity, transparency and justice.
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02/12/2018
“My story begins with my grandparents’ journey from Colombia to Chicago in 1966.
My grandfather had a well-paying job in Colombia, but decided to leave his comfortable life there to give his children more opportunities in the United States.
My family stayed in the U.S. for a decade before returning to Colombia, where the climate was more forgiving and a broad network of family and friends awaited them.
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02/12/2018
27 November 2018 (Wall Street International)* — Admit it: you love getting the likes. The comments. The notifications. We all do. But what are these social media apps doing to us, our families, and the next generation? While there are benefits to social media, such as staying in touch with long-distance friends and family, the negative consequences of social media are more than worth our consideration. Have you ever seen a group of teenagers hanging out together, all on their phones? What about a group of college students taking the same staged laughing selfie a million times over?
Parents scrolling through Instagram instead of interacting with their kids at the park, or giving their kids a phone in order to calm a temper tantrum? Chances are, you’ve seen situations like these almost daily and we’ve all been an active participant in similar circumstances, whether or not we’d like to admit it.
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02/12/2018
29 November 2018 (WMO)* — The long-term warming trend has continued in 2018, with the average global temperature set to be the fourth highest on record. The 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, with the top four in the past four years, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Image from WMO.
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