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Henning Mankell: The Art of Listening

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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

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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

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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

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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

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This Week in Palestine
Book of the Month
Globalized Palestine The National Sell-Out of a Homeland 
By Khalil Nakhleh
The Red Sea Press, Inc., 2012; 286 pages 

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)

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

Opendemocracy 50:50 Newsletter

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please find below excerpts from the latest opendemocracy 50:50 newsletter

With kind regards,
Uli Spalthoff

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