09/03/2019
Johan Galtung
In 1883 P. J. Reuter, head of the news agency carrying his name, wrote the following memorandum:
To: Agents and Correspondents
From: P. J. Reuter
Date: 1883
Re: Please cover the following:
“…fires, explosions, floods, inundations, railway accidents, destructive storms, earthquakes, shipwrecks attended with loss of life, accidents to war vessels and to mail steamers, street riots of a grave character, disturbances arising from strikes, duels between and suicides of persons of note, social or political, and murders of a sensational or atrocious character.” (*)
Sounds familiar? Yes, it is called “news”.
It is all about action, nothing about structures generating them.
It is about persons high up, “of note, social or political”.
(People low down generate street riots and strike disturbances.)
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09/03/2019
9 March 2019 (UN Environment)* — From the fight against plastic pollution to the quest for more sustainable lifestyles, young innovators in Latin America are coming up with bold, groundbreaking ideas that could transform the way we live, and pave the way for a more sustainable planet.
Biofase straws made of avocado bone. Photo by Biofase | Photo from UN Environment.
Check out these four innovations “made in” Latin America, and the enthusiastic young leaders behind them.
A treasure inside avocados
Scott Munguía produces bioplastics from avocado seeds. This young Mexican chemical engineer discovered in 2011 that the avocado seed contains a biopolymer similar to the one present in corn, which is used to produce bioplastic.
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09/03/2019
By Firas Al-Khateeb in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh*
Women refugees take up key roles as bloc leaders, teachers and even road workers in Bangladesh, where they have sought refuge. | Español | Français | عربي
Rohingya refugees Tansima and Amira pictured at Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh, where they are elected bloc representatives © UNHCR/Roger Arnold
8 March 2019 (UNHCR)* — In a packed meeting room at the Camp-in-Charge’s office, Rohingya refugee Tansima* raises her hand to speak up for her community.
“We need more street lights,” says Tansima, 28, who is an elected deputy bloc leader at the world’s largest refugee settlement, which is home to 620,000 people, more than half of them women or girls.
“It will make it easier to access latrines and shops will be able to stay open after dark,” she adds.
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09/03/2019
Women’s job opportunities have barely improved since the early 1990s, UN labour experts said on Thursday [7 March 2019], warning that female workers are still penalized for having children and looking after them.
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UN Women/Joe Saade | Sandy Lyen is a 20-something artisan woodworker and entrepreneur from Beirut, Lebanon. Like many young, educated Lebanese women today, Sandy is creating new and innovative opportunities for self-employment by tapping into Lebanon’s growing market for locally-made artisanal goods.
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Released on the eve of International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March, the International Labour Organization (
ILO) report found that 1.3 billion women were in work in 2018, compared with two billion men – a less than two per cent improvement in the last 27 years.
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09/03/2019
By Francois Soulard*
Space is the field of man’s strength, time is that of his weakness. – Spinoza.
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Buenos Aires, March 2019 (Other News)* — These are times of retreat and confusion in South America.
A new geopolitical cycle can be seen in the domino effect that now has Venezuela in the eye of the emotional storm, after Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua, Ecuador and, to a lesser degree, Honduras, Guatemala and Peru have been through (and in some cases are still going through) a period of political crisis and upheaval.
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