Sámiland. Photo: Alexander Cahlenstein, Flickr
Av: Brita Bamert
Sámieatnan duoddariid, dáid sámi mánáid ruovttu galbma geađge guorba guovlu sámi mánáid ruoktu Sámiland’s wide expanses home to Sámi children cold barren rocky realm home of Sámi children These are the first lines of the Sámi Artist Sofia Jannok’s song, in the English translation named Wide Open Tundra of the Sámiland. The Sámi people represent the indigenous population […]
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4 juni, 2018, Article, English, FUF Lund, Magazine
UN Women and partners led a global “Orange the World” campaign to end violence against women and girls last year, which sparked activist movements around the world, like this group composed of civil society, UN and general public members in Rabbat, Morocco, to speak up about violence against women. Photo: Younes El Moumine/UN Women
Av: Lou Darriet
Women throughout history have faced sexual violence in conflict environments, but the recent allegations against humanitarian workers’ sexual misconduct might be the beginning of a shift towards fighting gender-based violence worldwide more proactively. Development and humanitarian actors worldwide are stepping up to ensure the safety and security of women and girls in conflict and post […]
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14 april, 2018, Article, English, FUF Lund, Magazine
Conditions for women in Latin America are improving. A portrait of a woman with her child in the Peruvian Andes. Photo: PxHere
Av: Jonathan Wirths
A study in Latin America found that, given equal conditions, female household heads experience better living conditions than their male counterparts. The number of female-headed households has increased rapidly over the last decades as more and more people diverge from traditional relationship and livelihood arrangements. What does this mean for development actors and how is […]
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22 mars, 2018, Article, English, FUF Lund, Magazine
Members of Rural Women’s Farmers Association of Ghana preparing a field for sowing near Lawra. Photo: Global Justice Now, Flickr
Av: Johanna Caminati Engström
On a global scale, women produce more than half of all the food that is grown, but they are still the majority of those undernourished. The food sovereignty movement challenges the economic polarization within the food system and tries to address the causes of disempowerment that lead to hunger from a feminist perspective. Yes, it’s […]
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15 mars, 2018, Article, English, FUF Lund, Magazine
Foto: Caroline Gluck, EU ECHO
Av: Klara Eitrem Holmgren & Louise Gripenberg
The large numbers of displaced populations we see today have been responded to with overall regressive measures. Matthew Scott, an international lawyer specializing in migration, talked to us about the possibilities and challenges of displacement in the context of disasters and climate change that lie ahead. Matthew Scott is an international lawyer at the Raoul […]
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4 mars, 2018, Article, English, FUF Lund, Magazine
EU-standards aim at ensuring an eco-friendly biofuel production. But are social and ecological impacts taken into account sufficiently? Photo: alh1, Flickr
Av: Elin Fredriksson
Biofuels seem to be an important step in the combat against climate change, as they represent a renewable and less polluting alternative to fossil fuels. However, its agricultural production provokes controversial discussions. Several international organisations seek to raise awareness about the social and ecological impacts of the rising biofuel demand. One of the EU’s political […]
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1 mars, 2018, Article, English, FUF Lund, Magazine
What are low-income countries obligations in combating climate change? Foto: Khuroshvili Ilya, Flickr
Av: Dimen Hoshiar och Mathilda Englund
Climate change is global in its nature, yet nations argue who ought to undertake the responsibility of solving the issue of global warming. International negotiations resulted in the Kyoto Protocol, which exempted low income countries from any obligations. Frank Baber, from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, proposes a human rights approach in order to find a […]
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27 februari, 2018, Article, English, FUF Lund, Magazine
