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Month: November 2018

The place of culture in development aid

What do music, literature and film mean for global development? Is there anything that should be financed by Swedish development assistance and included in the goal of poverty reduction? Listen to the FUF podcast by Elin Fredriksson. Participants: Emma Emitslöf from the organization Selam, Dina Afkhampour from the festival CinemAfrica, Annika Strömberg who is the sanctuary coordinator in Uppsala and the sanctuary authors Naeimeh Doostdar and Bisrat.

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November 22, 2018, FUF pods

Debaters are calling for emergency humanitarian aid in Yemen and Myanmar

Refugee camp in western Burma

The Rohingya who are on the run in Burma are in great need of humanitarian aid. Photo: DFID Burma (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Of: Joanna Jimenez

This week's debate draws attention to two current conflicts that call for urgent international humanitarian support - the war in Yemen and the persecution of Rohingya in Myanmar. In addition, Swedish aid to Tanzania and several threats to women's rights are discussed.

November 21, 2018, Current debate

Reasonable standard of living - poverty reduction for real

Some women wash clothes in a river and a child bathes.

We should talk about achieving a fair standard of living for all rather than fighting poverty, the debaters write.

Of: Gunilla Palm and Gunnel Axelsson Nycander

Should the goal of international development work continue to be to reduce poverty? Perhaps it is time to see instead a fair standard of living for all as the goal of development work that is firmly rooted in human rights. That is the opinion of Gunnel Axelsson Nycander and Gunilla Palm at the Church of Sweden.

November 20, 2018, Debate