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Date and time: 21 Apr, 15:30 - 16:30
Through inspirational stories we would like to invite you to an hour focused on the role that young people play in contributing to peaceful societies. This despite the fact that many young people - often due to where in the world, or in Sweden, they live - have personal experiences of violence in their local […]
Date and time: 17 Mar, 18:15
India is one of the most densely populated countries in the world with a staggering population of over 1.3 billion people. Access to safe and clean water as well as water to supply a massive agricultural sector is becoming increasingly problematic. Today, around 88 million people lack access to safe water. The water crisis is [...]
Date and time: 14 Jan, 17:00 - 18:00
That Covid-19 is now a global world crisis has not escaped anyone. But in the wake of the pandemic, not only is ill health increasing, but also the number of people living in poverty and hunger, and men's violence against women is increasing markedly worldwide. In all countries, health insurance and other social security systems are crucial to how individuals and societies cope with crises, as more and more governments have realized. This […]
Date and time: 10 Dec, 09:00 - 10:30
Climate change is one of the major challenges that needs to be tackled in this decade of action to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. Due to their close connection to the natural world and their reduced social-ecological resilience, Indigenous peoples are among the first to face the direct and indirect impacts of climate change. Yet […]
Date and time: 2 Dec, 09:00 - 10:00
How are children affected in countries that already struggle with conflicts, food security or poverty, by the pandemic when schools are closing? The corona pandemic has affected the entire world population, not least the children. In this seminar, we will discuss the situation of children in areas of conflicts and how they are being affected […]
Date and time: 3 Dec, 17:30 - 18:30
When Christmas is just around the corner, we often feel a little extra generous and generous. Employers buy goats for "poor African families" for their employees, movie clips with malnourished children make us cry, and from the speakers in our shopping malls, Band Aids song from -84 Do they know it's Christmas ?: "And there will not be snow in" Africa this Christmas time The greatest gift they'll get this year is life "It is clear that we, who have […]
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Date and time: 18 Nov, 18:00
What is happening in Lebanon? Lebanon is currently fighting political instability, a pandemic and an economic crisis, as well as dealing with the consequences of the big explosion in Beirut earlier this year. These circumstances have led to a humanitarian crisis, making the population suffer in multiple ways. We have invited Miriam Rasho, a SIDA […]
Date and time: 27 Oct, 09:00 - 10:00
The democratic space in the world is shrinking, several authoritarian regimes are becoming stronger and nationalist currents are visible both inside and outside the EU. Rainforests are being devastated in Brazil, the United States has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement and the climate is threatened by high carbon emissions and unsustainable production, which mainly affects countries with widespread poverty. The EU's role, cooperation and world order are discussed, but how does […]
Date and time: 29 Oct, 17:30
2016 was the warmest year ever measured and it is now suspected that 2020 may break the previous record. To achieve the Paris Agreement's goal of a maximum two degree temperature rise, drastic measures are required. The climate is a political issue that has received increasing attention but is also an issue that is difficult […]
Date and time: 14 Oct, 13:00 - 14:00
Aid targets and the role of development cooperation have been discussed extensively recently. At the same time, we see the importance of short- and long-term support worldwide as a result of Covid-19, the effects of climate change, declining democratic spaces and the inconceivable lack of gender equality. How is this and much more reflected in the 2021 development assistance budget? Welcome to a conversation with the Minister for International Development Cooperation Peter […]