Henning Mankell: The Art of Listening
Dear HumanDHS friends,
Linda Hartling makes us aware of this article:
The Art of Listening
By Henning Mankell
December 10, 2011
Maputo, Mozambique
I CAME to Africa with one purpose: I wanted to see the world outside the perspective… Continue reading
Working Long Hours May Double Depression Risk
Dear HumanDHS friends,
Linda Hartling makes us aware of this article:
January 30, 2012
Working overtime appears to be a risk factor for depression, new research shows.
In a prospective cohort study led by Marianna Virtanen, PhD, from the Finnish… Continue reading
Apple Factories Accused of Exploiting Chinese Workers
Dear HumanDHS friends,
Linda Hartling made us aware of this article from last April:
Poorly paid workers are said to work excessive hours and suffer humiliations in the drive to produce iPads and iPhones
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/30/apple-chinese-factory-workers-suicides-humiliation
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 30 April 2011… Continue reading
One Year of UN Women
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AMARC WIN SALUTES FIRST YEAR OF UN WOMEN
Follows press release of UN Women
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“1 Year of UN Women”
New York, 2nd February — At a press conference in New York today,… Continue reading
Film on “Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing Back the Social”
Now Online
Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing Back the Social is the first of six films in the series “Bringing the Social to Rio+20″. The film uses footage from recordings and interviews from the 2011 UNRISD conference, “Green Economy… Continue reading
Zimbabwe-based Professorship in Human Rights
Dear HumanDHS friends,
please find below a position announcement which was forwarded to us by Bernedette Muthien from the HumanDHS Gobal Core Team.
With kind regards,
Uli Spalthoff
Lee Beaumont’s Review of The End of Growth, by Richard Heinberg
http://www.wisdompage.com/reviews/index.php?action=productDetail&id=79
Leland R. Beaumont’s Comments
Summary: The IOU is now due
August 25th, 2011
This book has such important implications for the future I plan to give a copy of it to my financial adviser.
The book effectively uses representative… Continue reading
Khalil Nakhleh: Globalized Palestine The National Sell-Out of a Homeland
Forwarded from the epalestine mailing list:
Position Announcement: Peace and Development Advisor
from: http://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=28029
PROGRAMME SPECIALIST (PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT ADVISOR) |
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| Location : | Prishtina, Kosovo, UN Administered Territory |
| Application Deadline : | 16-Feb-12 |
| Type of Contract : | FTA International |
| Post Level : | P-4 |
| Languages Required : |
English |
| Starting Date : (date when the selected… Continue reading |
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Opendemocracy 50:50 Newsletter
Dear HumanDHS friends,
please find below excerpts from the latest opendemocracy 50:50 newsletter
With kind regards,
Uli Spalthoff