Below are all articles written by Elin Fredriksson.
Of: Elin Fredriksson
What do music, literature, art 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.
November 22, 2018, Report
Of: Elin Fredriksson
26th of April, we had the pleasure to listen to Maja Sager, PhD and associate senior lecturer at the Department of Gender Studies in Lund, in a FUF-seminar in Lund. She talked about feminist perspectives on migration, which is her research focus. The key question of the seminar was: Why is it important to analyze […]
Access to clean, protected and gender-separated toilets would encourage girls to go to school, also when they are menstruating. Fatehpur Sikri, India. Photo: Flickr, Ignas Kukenys
Of: Elin Fredriksson
When the train from Delhi sets off to the north of India, it passes by long fields on the outskirts of the capital. In the early morning, the passengers of the train can observe how dozens of men and women walk around in the field and eventually bend down to defecate. It is the daily […]
EU standards aim at ensuring an eco-friendly biofuel production. But are social and ecological impacts taken into account sufficiently? Photo: alh1, Flickr
Of: Elin Fredriksson
Biofuels seem to be an important step in the fight against climate change, as they represent a renewable and less polluting alternative to fossil fuels. However, its agricultural production provokes controversial discussions. Several international organizations seek to raise awareness about the social and ecological impacts of the rising biofuel demand. One of the EU political […]