Föreläsning: Fokus Mellanöstern. Vad händer med ett land när alla flyr?
6 mars, 2019, Extern aktivitet, Kalendarium
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Månad: mars 2019
Filmvisning: Survivors
6 mars, 2019, Extern aktivitet, Kalendarium
Rohingya Refugees are being Tagged and Tracked
A Rohingya refugee boy has his fingerprints taken and stored in Bangladesh. Photo: Kevin Frayer.
Av: Iryna Sharypina och Tessa Stockburger
With the production and handling of sensitive data, humanitarian organisations could be risking the lives of the very people they’re mandated to protect. Yet, they might not even realize it until it is too late.
The Big Push for Blockchain comes from the Global South
A “Blockchains for Sustainable Development” debate during the World Investment Forum 2018. Photo: Violaine Mart, UNCTAD.
Av: Vittorio Capici och Wooseong Kim
The incorruptible digital system of economic transactions known as Blockchain has climbed up governmental priorities in the Global South. Today, blockchain technology strives to solve fundamental public issues.
Is “Sky Ambulances” the future in Health Care?
Rwanda is leading the way by being the first country to use drones on a national scale in health care. Now Ghana is following. Photo: World Bank Photo Collection, Flickr.
Av: Åsa Setterquist
Zipline, a US-based company, has been using drones to deliver medical supplies to health clinics and hospitals in remote areas in Rwanda since 2016. Now the project is to be implemented in Ghana.
Digital Activists Speaking Truth To Power
Zimbabweans from all walks of life in a solidarity march calling for president Robert Mugabe to step down in November 2017. Photo: Zimbabwean-Eyes, Flickr.
Av: FUF Lund
Shutting down the internet is one of the ways used by most governments across the African continent to silence opposing voices. However, citizens continue to use the internet to create awareness, organize and plan marches within and outside their countries. They have also come up with innovative ways of bypassing the shut-down.
Uncovering peatlands to combat climate change
The Congo basin. Photo: Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR
Av: Aida Esmailzadeh Davani, Erika Alm och Harmat Frigyes
What if 20 years’ worth of US fossil fuel emissions was released due to unsustainable land use? Exploiting the world’s largest tropical peatland, recently discovered in the Congo Basin, might turn this scenario into reality.
HBTQI-rörelsen på frammarsch i ett nytt Indien
Från Prideparaden den 2 februari 2019. På bilden syns medlemmar ur organisationen Hamsafar Trust som är med och organiserar Pride i Mumbai. Foto: Sofia Brännström och Isabell Carlsson
Av: Isabell Carlsson och Sofia Brännström
Tusentals personer deltog i årets Prideparad i Mumbai i Indien. I höstas blev det lagligt med samkönat sex – en stor seger för HBTQI-rörelsen. Men det finns mycket kvar att göra för att nå ett tolerant Indien, menar pridedeltagarna. Regnbågsflaggan fladdrar stolt i luften och pryder sminkade ansikten och plakat. Runt om paraden står poliser […]
5 mars, 2019, FUF-korrespondenterna
Does technology improve or imperil agriculture?
A demo plot for integrated farming established by Swaziland National Agricultural Marketing Board (NAMBOARD) in Manzini. Photo: Believe Nyakudjara, FAO in Southern Africa
Av: Carolina Yang
Innovation has been pinpointed as a crucial strategy to shift towards a sustainable food system in the EAT-Lancet Report released in January. Although agricultural innovation should not be limited to technology, it has without doubt had substantial impacts on our current food systems. Technology, however, is a double-edged sword, and should be properly evaluated prior to its application.