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La sécurité alimentaire : Nécessaire mais insuffisante?
La souveraineté alimentaire est nécessaire pour les enfants qui souffrent de la faim.(Source: FMSC Distribution Partner – Kenya) Le débat sur la souveraineté alimentaire est polarisé. Dans le monde...
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High Costs, Small Benefits – World Bank-Funded Dams
Floods due to constructions at Yacyreta dam Photo by: International Rivers “The World Bank funds large dam projects, but does little to help the displaced millions who are forced to relocate. The most...
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Coûts élevés, petits avantages : les barrages supportés par la Banque mondiale
Inondations du au constructions du barrages de Yacyreta. Photo par: International Rivers «La Banque mondiale finance des projets de grands barrages, mais fait peu pour aider les personnes qui sont...
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De la révolution à la crise : la réalité des femmes syriennes
Une jeune révolutionnaire syrienne fait des graffitis sur les murs de Damas « l’armée syrienne libre arrive » Depuis le début de la révolution syrienne et de la crise qui s’en suivit, les femmes...
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The World Bank disregards international human rights standards
The Chad-Cameroon pipeline, a World Bank project that critics say was more harmful than beneficial. Photo by Ken Doerr. The World Bank is planning to include a policy against discrimination in its new...
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Aid and debt follow natural disaster
Bust of Ferdinand Marcos, the dictator who embezzled $10 billion. International creditors still collect payments from the people of the Philippines because of their loans to his corrupt regime. After...
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“The worst of times”– asylum seekers in Australia
Refugee Action Protest in Melbourne. Photo Credit: John Englart. 2013 was the first time since World War II that the number of asylum seekers and displaced people in the world reached more than fifty...
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Update: Iran’s female political prisoners
In May 2010, The Upstream Journal ran an article about the imprisonment of women who had organized the “Million Signatures” campaign for women’s rights in Iran. Now we revisit the situation of those...
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Changing atitudes – the people with disabilities of Uganda
For the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3 2014 we have updated an Upstream Journal article published in 2005 on the rights of the disabled in Uganda. Most physically disabled...
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Derrière l’homophobie en Ouganda, l’évangélisme américain
Frank Mugisha, au centre, en compagnie de militants LGBTI, lors d’une parade de la fierté homosexuelle, en 2013. Le lundi 24 février 2014, le président ougandais Yoweri Museveni promulguait à Kampala...
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Romance and Patriarchy in the 21st Century: The Bride Abductions of Kazakhstan
Bride abduction. Photo by Gazbubu Babayarova Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has been actively pursuing the path of cultural revival on every level, from transforming the northern...
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Lumad people claim their language and identity despite extreme violence
At the ALCADEV school, “the youth learn alternative farming not only for individual growth but also for the development of their communities and for reinforcing collective pride and identity as...
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Uruguay – Truth, Justice, and Gender Inequality
May 20th, 2009 – Annual March of Silence to honour the victims of Uruguay’s last dictatorship. Photo: Flickr user Nae Fifty years ago, Beatriz Benzano was a member of Uruguay’s militant leftist...
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Le Cachemire, une destination de rêve?
De grandes étendues, d’immenses lacs et rivières, de très hautes montagnes, une faune et une flore uniques, un environnement préservé, un climat doux… L’immensité à portée de vue, un paysage qui fait...
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Affording Nairobi street children the rights they deserve
Glue sniffing is common among street children. Estimates of the number of street children in Kenya range from 30,000 to 250,000. Photo: Undugu Society When people walk through the city streets of...
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Derrière l’homophobie en Ouganda, l’évangélisme américain
Frank Mugisha, au centre, en compagnie de militants LGBTI, lors d’une parade de la fierté homosexuelle, en 2013. Le lundi 24 février 2014, le président ougandais Yoweri Museveni promulguait à Kampala...
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Romance and Patriarchy in the 21st Century: The Bride Abductions of Kazakhstan
Bride abduction. Photo by Gazbubu Babayarova Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has been actively pursuing the path of cultural revival on every level, from transforming the northern...
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Lumad people claim their language and identity despite extreme violence
At the ALCADEV school, “the youth learn alternative farming not only for individual growth but also for the development of their communities and for reinforcing collective pride and identity as...
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Uruguay – Truth, Justice, and Gender Inequality
May 20th, 2009 – Annual March of Silence to honour the victims of Uruguay’s last dictatorship. Photo: Flickr user Nae Fifty years ago, Beatriz Benzano was a member of Uruguay’s militant leftist...
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Le Cachemire, une destination de rêve?
De grandes étendues, d’immenses lacs et rivières, de très hautes montagnes, une faune et une flore uniques, un environnement préservé, un climat doux… L’immensité à portée de vue, un paysage qui fait...
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