The Key to Ending Impunity Lies in the Political Will to Properly Investigate Femicides
Grounded in a context of mafias, militarization and impunity sanctioned by some States in Latin America, femicides are increasing in number and brutality. As we commemorate the annual Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign from November 25thto December 10th [1A], AWID spoke to Ana Carcedo from Centro Feminista de Informaci?n y Acci?n (Cefemina) in Costa Rica about this reality.
Communities in desperate need of support after Typhoon Bopha
The situation after Typhoon Bopha is much worse than we first anticipated.
Thousands of children caught up and cut off from help in the aftermath of Typhoon Bopha
At least three hundred people have been killed, many of them children. Figures of the damages and casualties have been increasing little by little, and it is expected to keep rising in the coming hours. Hundreds more have been reported missing, and we expect many children to be on that list. Children are smaller and lighter, and as a result, more likely to be swept away by flash floods and strong winds.
Forestry research needs to cross scientific boundaries to make REDD+ 'work'
A clear trend can be seen at the UN climate change conference, involving agriculture and rural development in the REDD+ debate.
Reproductive rights key to closing Latam gender pay gap
Latin America's poverty rate falls sharply, but gender pay gap is slow to narrow
Securing borders and futures against the threat of TB
The Global Fund is the largest global donor to TB programs, providing 82 percent of international funding to fight the disease
A disquieting lack of urgency
What's happening inside the climate talks stands in stark contrast to what's happening outside
Clean, green Rwanda striking contrast to DRC
Rwanda has banned plastic bags, an unsightly feature of the landscape elsewhere in Africa, writes Ed Stoddard
Bangkok human rights film festival shines light on Myanmar
Films about sensitive aspects of Burmese society that could not have been made before the recent reforms dominated a human rights film festival in Thailand this week
Let's aim for a 'pathway to prosperity' at Doha
With no time left to laboriously negotiate cuts, how about cooperating to build a better way of living instead?