14/07/2019
Is Peaceful Research Possible? On the Methodology of Peace Research
Human Wrongs Watch
By Prof. Johan Galtung – TRANSCEND Media Service*
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.- Introduction
The problem to be explored in this paper can be stated very briefly as follows: is peace research necessarily a peaceful activity? More precisely, is there a meaningful distinction between violent and nonviolent methodologies in peace research?
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14/07/2019
Reduce Once or Clean Forever?
Greenpeace Greece displays a “sea of plastic” from a brand audit they conducted at a secluded beach in Evoia, Greece. © Constantinos Stathias / Greenpeace
(Greenpeace International)* — While plastic pollution has won the public’s interest as one of the major threats we are facing, the responsibility of big companies that are addicted to single-use plastic has been kept largely as a side note.
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14/07/2019
How NGOs in Rich Countries Control Their Counterparts in Poor Countries… and Why They Refuse to Resolve It
Human Wrongs Watch
– Many NGOs around the world are fighting inequality between the rich and the poor, between the policies that make rich countries richer, and poor countries poorer.
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14/07/2019
Half of Somaliland Children Not in School – UNICEF
Human Wrongs Watch
13 July 2019 — Access to education in Somaliland is extremely limited, with more than 50 per cent of children in Somaliland out of school. In an effort to address the problem, the UN children’s fund, UNICEF, has partnered with the government, and the global fund Education Cannot Wait, to launch a programme designed to help children affected by ongoing crises in the country.
14/07/2019
Rohingya Refugee Children in Cox’s Bazar at Risk from Flooding and Landslides – Education for over 60,000 Children Disrupted
Human Wrongs Watch
Education for over 60,000 children in camps and host community is disrupted because of damage to learning centres
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UNICEF/UN0226412/Brown
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh/NEW YORK, 9 July 2019 (UNICEF)* – Thousands of children and families living in the Rohingya refugee camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar in south-eastern Bangladesh are at risk from flooding and landslides caused by heavy rainfall in the last few days.
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