Involving Youth in the Sustainable Development Goals: the ECOSOC Youth Forum
From the 2nd to the 3rd of February, the ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Youth Forum brought together UN Member States, UN agencies, youth delegates, representatives of youth organisations and other young people in the UN Headquarters in New York City. The sessions focused on youth engagement in the transition from MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) to SDGs […]
HUMANISFESTO: THE BIOMIMETIC SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Learning from the Nature in the Banaue Rice Terraces of the Philippines. Versión castellana Solidarity is a trans-dimensional phenomenon that goes beyond the ontological essence of human nature. In fact, when we analyze the connections between the microcosm and the macrocosm, we perceive that human beingsare not involved in chaos and arbitrariness, but belongs to […]
Por la primera vez una red colombiana de defensa de los derechos de las mujeres recibe la más alta distinción sobre refugiados en el mundo
El ganador de la edición de 2014 del Premio Nansen para los Refugiados de ACNUR – Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados – es el grupo colombiano de defensa de los derechos de las mujeres “Red Mariposas de Alas Nuevas Construyendo Futuro”, cuyos miembros arriesgan sus vidas para ayudar a las supervivientes del […]
Carta a las y los jóvenes de México. Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Me dirijo a todos mis amigos y a todas mis amigas de México. Si me permiten, me dirijo en especial a ustedes los jóvenes y las jóvenes de México. Una conmoción atraviesa todo el mundo por el horror de la masacre de los jóvenes de la Escuela Normal de Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, y en particular […]
The Deterioration of Human Rights in Iran continues: Interview with Shabnam Assadollahi
Shabnam Assadollahi is a veteran human rights advocate who has worked extensively helping newcomers and refugees resettle in Canada. She has distinguished herself as a broadcaster, writer and public speaker. While her primary and heartfelt interest focuses on the Iranian community and events that affect both women and minority communities in the land of her birth […]
Sexual Violence in Mogadishu: ‘Ending Impunity is Far from Reality on the Ground’
Ifrah Ahmed Communication Advisor, Minister of Women and Human Rights, Somali Federal Government. Human rights defender working to fight Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) the practice, worked before in Ireland and currently in Somalia. Ifrah, also works as a social workers with various NGOs and hopes to make a difference for women and girls of Somalia. […]
NATIONAL ECONOMIC PLANNING IN THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM
Fernando Alcoforado Member of the Bahia Academy of Education (Brazil). Engineer and Doctor of Territorial Planning and Regional Development from the University of Barcelona (Spain). e-mail: falcoforado@uol.com.br . Abstract This article aims to present: 1) the differences between national economic planning in system of market economy and national planning in economy system planned by […]
Solidarity: Out of Guilt or Desire for Change?
Travis Green Independent Researcher interested in Peacebuilding, Conflict Studies and International Development. trav.s.green@gmail.com . Abstract: This is a reflection on the concept of solidarity. In particular it looks at three cases and problematizes how solidarity is expressed in regards to each situation It links these thoughts with several definitions of solidarity that follow the case studies. […]
Solidarity – The Need for Survival and Existence
Rashmi Chandran Naturalist & Creative Artist. Founder & Director at Natural Health and Environmental Research. Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. e-mail: rashmichandran@gmail.com; web: http://rashmichandran.wordpress.com . Abstract: The purpose of solidarity is to build our movement, and to embody our mutual care and concern for justice. Solidarity works best when we respect each other’s differing needs and life circumstances, understand that there […]
La solidaridad: una visión social e histórica
Alejandro Sánchez Ródenas Graduado en Historia en la Universidad de Alicante. Mestrando en Máster para Profesor de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato, Formación Profesional y Enseñanzas de Idiomas en la Universidad de Salamanca. Email: alex_piru13@hotmail.com . Adrián Matea Zoroa Graduado en Trabajo Social en la Universidad de Alicante. Mestrando en Máster de Servicios Públicos y […]
