The severe floods in Beledweyne, Somalia, have affected up to 500 people. Photo: Tobin Jones / AMISOM
Of: Nagaad Kadir Abdimaxmud
There are numerous civil wars, revolutions and natural disasters around the world. Many of these events have received media attention. What happens to the disasters that go unnoticed? Are those people left to their own fate? It is often said that media reporting is affected by the CNN effect. Nicklas Håkansson who researches political communication and journalism at the University of Gothenburg […]
Read more »
December 5, 2019, Chronicle
Since President Alexander Lukashenko came to power in 1994, no elections in the country have been considered free and fair by the outside world, writes Goran Miletic. Photo: Russian Presidential Office (CC BY 4.0)
Of: Goran Miletic
The Belarusian parliamentary elections two weeks ago confirmed what many of us already knew - the country has a very long way to go in terms of democracy. This year's election results - where no one from the opposition was elected to parliament - give the outside world further reasons to monitor developments in the country ahead of next year's presidential election. The general human rights situation in Belarus (formerly Belarus) […]
Read more »
December 3, 2019, Guest chronicle
The Swedish Embassy in Northern Macedonia is showing an exhibition on Swedish feminist foreign policy. Photo: UN Women (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Of: Omran Nedal Khasawneh
Historically, Sweden has been the first in the world in many policy areas. Among other things, by adopting a coherent policy for fair and global development (PGU) in 2003. And not least by being ahead of all other countries with its feminist foreign policy. A policy that turned five in October. Sweden's feminist foreign policy rests on […]
Read more »
November 26, 2019, Chronicle
Guyana is the country in the world with the most suicide cases in relation to its population. Photo: John and Elaine Chesterton, Flickr.
Of: Nagaad Kadir Abdimaxmud
Every year, 800 people worldwide choose to commit suicide. Guyana is the country that tops the lists when it comes to the proportion of suicide cases in relation to population. According to statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO), 000 out of 30 people commit suicide in Guyana. Globally, the proportion who commit suicide is significantly lower. On average, 100 […] commit
Read more »
November 19, 2019, Chronicle
It is easy to feel guilty when the workers who produced our food receive extremely low wages. But guilt does not solve any problems, writes Vsevolod Lukashenok. Photo: Bernadette Wurzinger, Pixabay
Of: Vsevolod Lukashenok
In mid-October, the global aid organization Oxfam launched a campaign for decent working conditions in the food industry. The campaign had a simple and clear structure - to serve a three-course meal for only 2 kroner. The price corresponds to the sum that the workers who have grown and picked the raw materials receive for the food served. "The world's most unfair restaurant" was Oxfam's slogan […]
Read more »
November 11, 2019, Chronicle
Many of the workers who produce our food earn so little that they themselves cannot afford to eat. In addition, many suffer from diseases after spraying crops without protective equipment. Rice plantations are sprayed here.
Of: Elin Williams
Have you bought coffee, rice or crushed tomatoes in the last week? Maybe avocado, tea or bananas? Me too. You do, of course. We live in a time where many of us attach great importance to what we eat. We know how to eat healthy, climate-smart and good. How to make a healthy brunch or […]
Read more »
November 8, 2019, Guest chronicle
Women demonstrate for equality and the right to free abortion in Los Angeles, USA. Photo: Larissa Puro
Of: Molly Jerlstrom
All political issues follow the times. One issue that has definitely done so is the right to free abortion - sometimes controversial, sometimes forgotten and taken for granted. The scope of the issue in the debate varies greatly, especially in the high-income countries where free abortion is part of the legislation. Once the issue of abortion is put on the agenda, […]
Read more »
October 23, 2019, Chronicle
It is not easy to choose nice clothes. A large-scale production looks pretty much the same regardless of what ethical certification the garment has, says the guest columnist with long experience in the industry.
Of: Johan Stellansson
I do not think I thought for many seconds about what clothes I bought - or especially where I bought them - during the first 38 years of my life. Mainly because I was not interested, I had so much else to worry about. But I later understood that the ethical choice for the consumer […]
Read more »
October 18, 2019, Guest chronicle
Women and girls are often seen as instruments for creating everything from economic development to a better climate. Guest columnist Julia Schalk thinks that we should stop putting all the world's problems on the shoulders of women and girls. Photo: Connor Ashleigh / AusAID (CC BY 2.0)
Of: Julia Schalk
There is nothing women and girls, as collectives and individuals, should not be able to do. Do we want economic development? Invest in women, they distribute income more long-term (children's education). Reduced carbon emissions? Give women contraception so they give birth to fewer children (reduced population growth). Peace? Include women in peace negotiations. Fewer teenage pregnancies? Sex education for girls so they learn […]
Read more »
October 11, 2019, Guest chronicle