The human rights framework provides a normative base for poverty reduction, while democracy organizes political and social life to this end. (Sida) 1. Ratification of UN Covenants and Conventions (has…
Activists do not need to be original thinkers as much as they need to be original listeners. They are not only witnesses, but doers, particularly social mobilizers. 1. As a…
-Politics often is the art of knowing how to choose between two equally bad, unpopular measures. (R. Aron) -In politics, the power of the purse is the most undemocratic power…
– If the people will lead, the leaders will follow. (Mahatma Gandhi) – Changes in human rights are hardly ever achieved in a simple straightforward way –they bring about interior…
1. Am I tired of going to such conferences? Sort of. 2. It is just that, in them, we hear about so many things that need doing and have so…
Let’s call a spade a spade: Globalization is a project of the North to globalize its corporate power. The market fundamentalism at its base is not only a system of…
We cannot continue with a popular education that is mostly reactive. 1. Popular education is a central part of the agenda of the human rights (HR) movement and must be…
1. These days, the market is presented to us as capable of resolving all problems –even of protecting human rights; but the latter, basically through the façade of corporate social…
We may be intelligent, but do we have the experience? If we do, it depends whether we learn-from and apply our experience! (F. Stern) Those who cannot remember the past…
Effective action requires not just an enthusiasm, but calls for a close rapport with the disgruntled so as to get them organized. (A. Robbins) 1. You may often have asked…