187 THE PURPOSE OF FREEDOM FROM WANT IS TO CREATE IT FOR OTHERS.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.…
186 INTERNATIONAL NGOs DEMAND MORE FUNDS FROM DONORS BUT, WITH THOSE FUNDS, THEY OFTEN DO NOT ADDRESS CRUCIAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS THOSE RELATED TO DEPLORABLE LOCAL HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS.
1. Because poverty is not only about income, but also about the lack of services, a deteriorating and unhealthy environment,…
185 WHEN WE STAND NAKED BEFORE THE UNVARNISHED MIRROR OF TRUTH, WHAT WE SEE IS WHAT WE REALLY ARE. OFTEN WHAT WE ARE IS WHAT WE CIVILIZE OURSELVES TO DISGUISE (OR WHAT WE CHOOSE NOT TO BE OUTSPOKEN ABOUT).
Variations on a theme by Salman Rushdie. Inspired, plagiarized and paraphrased from his novel “Fury”, Vintage Books, Random House, London,…
184 IN HUMAN RIGHTS WORK, WE CANNOT WAIT FOR POLITICAL WILL –WE NEED TO GENERATE IT! (P. Engberg)
Human Rights in the development discourse have reached a stage-of-no-return with the climate for the adoption and application of human…
183 CLARIFYING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IS AT THE CENTER OF THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN CLAIM HOLDERS AND DUTY BEARERS.
1. Since most scholarly articles on human rights (HR) fall, without making much of a sound either in the academic…
182 WE DO NOT NEED MORE PHILANTHROPY AND PATRIARCHY; WE NEED MORE EMPHASIS ON HUMAN RIGHTS.
Rich countries still think the West is the center of the world and that salvation must (patriarchically) come from that…
181 IN THE DEVELOPMENT DEBATE, THE PERCEPTION OF PEOPLE RENDERED POOR AS PEOPLE IN NEED RATHER THAN AS PEOPLE WITH LEGITIMATE RIGHTS PUTS THEM TOTALLY OUT OF STEP WITH THE RIGHTS-BASED FRAMEWORK.
Together with Dennis Kucinich, the ex-US presidential candidate, we see poverty as a weapon of mass destruction. 1. Is poverty…
180 SOCIAL PROGRESS HAS ALWAYS DEPENDED ON PUBLIC PRESSURE.
Since there needs to be a push for an international paradigm shift among top decision-makers/duty-bearers, do we really have a…
33. Swarmed by data
WE ARE SWARMED BY TOO MANY STATISTICS AND DATA THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, PROVIDE LITTLE VALUABLE ACTIONABLE…
34. Fundamental Public Health Nutrition
April blog Claudio Schuftan Here above is my hero Rudolf Virchow. He was a social visionary who in the late…