The 10 Most Notable Environmental Justice Campaigns from Around the World
Reading the mainstream media we can easily get the impression that only middle class people are concerned about oil spills and illegal logging and mining, and that it only happens in industrialised countries. However, around the world tribal people are campaigning against these offences too, especially since it is often happening on their land.
Gross National Happiness of Bhutan and its False Promises
Some foreign observers claim that GNH provides ideological cover for repressive and racist policies. Love it or hate it, one thing is clear, the pursuit of GNH does not appear to be helping the people of Bhutan rise to a higher standard of living.
Teaching Failed States to Function
by Aparna Patankar
In recent years, international relations experts have debated the question of nation building - the process of constructing a functioning state that...
“The 10 Women Who Inspire Me Always”
In the hope to also inspire GSDM readers, I would like to highlight ten amazing women from all over the globe who have been ongoing sources of inspiration to myself, Nourishing the Planet, and others.
Can War Be Good for Development?
By EDVIN ARNBY MACHATA
We see it on the news almost everyday—people starving, people fleeing and, more often than not, this suffering and destruction is...
12 Initiatives Taking Positive Steps Towards a Healthier, Fairer and More Sustainable Food and...
By Ioulia Fenton and Adam Nelson, Institute of Advanced Development Studies (INESAD) La Paz, Bolivia
The world’s global food and agriculture system is not working....
The 7 Misconceptions About Refugees & Refugee Camps
By Irungu Peter
People often tend to think that refugees are fully fed by the WFP, clothed by the UNHCR and other humanitarian agencies. This is far from the reality on the ground.
“Poverty Brings Hutus and Tutsis Together in Rwanda”
A meticulous government planning is the major factor for change, says Alexis Rusine, General Secretary, Congress for Labor and Brotherhood in Rwanda, who has been working in different parts...
In Front of Finnish Parliament: A Fight Against Death, Deportation and Compassion Fatigue
By Manoj Bhusal & Saila Ohranen
As sovereign states, countries are free to decide whom to welcome inside their territories, but if global responsibility is a part of the puzzle, many countries in Europe will have to do a serious soul-searching to recover from what we might call now a pervasive compassion fatigue.
Doctor in Your Pocket – the New Era of Mobile Health!
In recent years, the field of mobile health, or mHealth, has exploded. The power of cell phones and other mobile devices is being harnessed to improve health delivery systems worldwide. For instance, in Malawi, community health workers (CHWs) have been using text messages to improve drug adherence among HIV positive patients. And in India, a potentially disastrous cholera outbreak was avoided during a religious festival in 2001with the help of mobile tools.
