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Editors picks7
Stories5
pakistan child poverty
May 18th, 2019
Millions of Pakistanis grieve under elitist economic policies
by:Shadi Khan Saif
Pakistani citizens seem caught in a vicious cycle of economic policies cobbled under the shadows of often misperceived regional geostrategic ambitions.
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gender pay gap
June 14th, 2018
Gender Wealth Gap Costs the World $160 Trillion
topics:Humans, Economy
A new report from the World Bank Group shows that inequality is gendered – and the global economy is losing out.
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kabul books
January 15th, 2018
Insecure copyrights are a big issue for Afghan writers
topics:Humans, Arts
by:Shadi Khan Saif
Since 2008, copyright in Afghanistan has been governed by the law on the support the right of authors, composers, artists, researchers. What happened since?
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green economy
December 19th, 2017
One planet is all we need
by:Bob Koigi
"Those who fail to bet on a green economy will be living in a grey future.”
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farmer africa
October 17th, 2017
Placing the African youth at the heart of the food security debate
by:Bob Koigi
Agriculture is the only sector that holds the promise of creating millions of jobs and an unlimited world of possibilities for the youth in Africa.
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May 02nd, 2016
How Michael Jackson helped to pull Quechua out of the darkness
topics:Humans, Arts
by:Pablo Pérez Álvarez
Quechua is the most spoken Andean indigenous language. It was the lingua franca in the Inca Empire and it’s spoken by around 10 million people [...]
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displacement world bank
April 28th, 2015
World Bank puts economic growth over human rights
by:Murat Suner
The International Consortium for Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and The Huffington Post estimate that 3.4 million people have been physically or [...]
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ebola treatment centre
January 20th, 2015
Remember Ebola? Still on, but funds are out
by:Murat Suner
Up to January 16th, World Health Organisation (WHO) reported to BBC, 8,483 people had died from the disease in six countries; Liberia, Guinea, Sierra [...]
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MDG : eviction the Sengwer community from their ancestral lands in the Embobut Kenya
October 03rd, 2014
World Bank fails to protect indigenous people
by:Vanessa Ellingham
The World Bank has failed to protect one of Kenya's last indigenous hunter-gatherer people, according to a leaked report from the Bank obtained by [...]
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July 30th, 2014
Leaked World Bank report proposes relaxation of safeguards for people and environment
by:Vanessa Ellingham
Devastating plans for the World Bank to roll back some of the tougher conditions for lending funds to developing countries have been revealed in a [...]
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June 02nd, 2013
World Bank helps South Sudan on road to stability
topics:Humans
type:Allgemein
by:FairPlanet Editorial Team
Over the last decade, the story of the Sudanese region has been one wracked with ethnic tension, widespread conflict and mass casualties. The Dafur War which [...]
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April 19th, 2013
The New Deal: How to Build More Peaceful States
topics:Humans
type:Allgemein
by:Sara Jabril
Since the pledge made by all United Nations member states to meet the so-called Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, there has been an [...]
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Editors ́ Picks

brazil children right
17.Sep
Protecting kids in Brazil by dismantling the council for children’s rights?
byEllen Nemitz, Curitiba
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democracy
16.Sep
Is global democracy on trial?
byBob Koigi, Nairobi
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pakistan election
15.Sep
Elections are the way out of war in Afghanistan; not an option
byShadi Khan Saif, Kabul
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ocean plastic
September 17th, 2019
An ocean of plastic
topics:Nature
by:Federica Tedeschi
Plastic carrier bags use in the UK has fallen by 90% since the 5p charge was introduced, according to a report published in July.
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Zimbabwe lobola
September 12th, 2019
The case of the Zimbabwean lawyer who wants lobola (bride price) culture banned
topics:Humans
by:Cyril Zenda
A Zimbabwean lawyer and women rights activist, Dr Priccilar Vengesai, has started a campaign to bring an end to the payment of lobola (bride price).
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old techies
September 10th, 2019
Senior Planet, the tech-themed community centre that turns seniors into techies
topics:Technology
partner:Screen Shot
We live in an ageist society.
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deforestation
September 09th, 2019
Change.org petition pressures Canadian mining company to halt deforestation in Turkey
topics:Nature
by:Yair Oded
Canadian mining company threatens to destroy one of Turkey's most precious forests. A Change.org petition urges it to reverse its course.
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