Spotlight Migration and COVID-19

Eine Frau läuft eine Straße entlang und schaut auf ihr Handy.

A feminist approach to urban planning is vital for the future of cities

28.10.2021 Gender Weltweit, Climate Change, Energy and Environment

Integrating feminist priorities into city planning is essential, not just for gender equity, but also for climate resilience and wider sustainability. The concept is not new on a global level, but it is becoming increasingly relevant to the urgent...
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In einer grünen Landschaft und neben einem Fluss steht eine Ölraffinerie.

COP26: Mexico's lack of climate commitments

27.10.2021 Climate Change, Energy and Environment

Mexico still depends on fossil fuels for its energy supply and has not yet significantly updated their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) since 2015. Their reasoning: the country is too poor.
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EIn Plakat mit der Aufschrift Climate Justice und einer Weltkugel darauf wird bei einem Klimastreik hochgehalten.

How can we make climate protection socially just?

27.10.2021 Climate Change, Energy and Environment Climate Change, Energy and Environment

A new FES study looks at how we can ensure that the national climate plans that are part of the Paris Agreement take the principles of a just transition into account.
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Ein komplett scharzer Frosch sitzt auf einem Blatt. Um ihn herum sind schwarze Flecken.

COP26: Ecuador's chance to save the Amazon

26.10.2021 Climate Change, Energy and Environment

Ecuador's new president, Guillermo Lasso, promised to take more responsibility for the environment. So far with little success, finds Doménica Montaño.
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Illustration von Zwei Männern in Anzügen schütteln sich die Hände. IHre Köpfe sind große Falsche Gebisse.

UNCITRAL fiddles while countries burn

20.10.2021 International Community and Civil Society Publikation, Interview, International Community and Civil Society

UNCITRAL is wasting time on the current reform process of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)
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Strategic Autonomy for a Social and Sovereign Europe

19.10.2021 International Trade Union Policy

Trade unions discuss a new European sovereignty model that protects industrial relations and the European social model.
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The International Community Must Protect the People of Afghanistan

22.09.2021 Displacement, Migration, Integration, Refugee Policy

Katharina Rose, Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Geneva Representative, talks about the discussions taking place at the UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva.
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Africa’s Employment Challenges: The Ever-Widening Gaps

09.09.2021 Publikation, News, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

The employment situation in sub-Saharan Africa is deteriorating, exacerbated by various developments, such as the climate crisis. In his new study, Professor Robert Kappel analyses and criticises traditional employment policy measures.
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Zwei Männer stehen vor einem Gebäude, auf dem eine USA-Flagge gehisst ist. Sie ahlten ein Plakat, auf dem "The Bill of Rights is under attack - Repeal the USA-Patriot Act" steht.

The Forever War

07.09.2021

At the time, they were presented as an exception and a temporary, urgently needed measure. Yet two decades after the September 11 attacks, restrictions on freedom remain in force around the world.
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Vor einem hellen Hintergrund steht eine gezeichnete Person auf einem Surfbrett und reitet auf einer stilisierten Welle.

Have we seen the writing on the wall? - A feminist action framework to reshape our digital destiny

03.09.2021 Gender Weltweit

Social movements need to respond to the ongoing restructuring of all sectors of the global economy by “Big Tech”. A feminist standpoint on the digital economy addresses both existing injustices and those enhanced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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