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| Ecuador Revives Campaign for UN Tax Body Thalif DeenThe Republic of Ecuador, currently chair of the largest single coalition of developing countries at the United Nations, is reviving a longstanding campaign for the creation of an inter-governmental UN tax body and the elimination of tax havens and illicit financial flows. Practicing what it … MORE > > |
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Farmer Field Schools Help Women Lead on Climate Change Sally NyakanyangaDiscussions around climate change have largely ignored how men and women are affected by climate change differently, instead choosing to highlight the extreme and unpredictable weather patterns or decreases in agricultural productivity. Women constitute 56 percent of Ugandan farmers and provide … MORE > > |
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Riverbank Populations Displaced by Dams in Brazil Miss Old Way of Life Mario Osava“Now we have internet and TV. Before, we didn’t even have electricity, but it was better,” said Lourival de Barros, one of the people displaced by the hydropower plants which have mushroomed aorund Brazil, mainly since the 1970s. Barros was evicted from his home in Sento Sé towards the end of … MORE > > |
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‘For Trump, Media Is Public Enemy Number One’ IPS News Desk“Alarmed by the new administration’s repeated attacks on the media and blatant disregard for facts in the first three days of Donald Trump’s presidency,” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Trump and his team “to stop undermining the First Amendment and start defending it.” Donald … MORE > > |
