Sunday, 29 November 2009

End violence against women: a step in the right direction

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The UK’s Home Office has launched earlier this month a three-month pilot scheme to grant women facing violence and who have insecure immigra...
Thursday, 19 November 2009

V-Day at Royal Albert Hall - Stop Sexual Violence in DRC

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Today, 19th November 2009, hundreds of men and women – activists, politicians from all parties, journalists, celebrities and religious leade...
Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Remembrance Day at St Pancras International

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Today the huge, bustling St Pancras station fell silent at 11am - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, marking the moment World ...
Sunday, 8 November 2009

Twenty years after the Fall of Berlin Wall – Wide dissatisfaction with Capitalism

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Apparently, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has not been the crushing victory for free-market capitalism that it seemed a...
Saturday, 31 October 2009

Sand story - Ukrainian artist conjures up war story in sand

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I have just watched the amazing sand animation by Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova for Ukraine’s Got Talent. She uses a giant light box, h...
Thursday, 22 October 2009

Iran - petition against the execution of five protesters

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The media’s attention has moved away from the aftermath of the post-election unrest in Iran, but hundreds of protesters remain in prison, s...
Monday, 12 October 2009

N0 waiting for Copenhagen – African children say, Act Now

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In the run-up to the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen in December, I wanted to look at the point of view of children in Africa....