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Using inequality to engineer growth

Source: Live Mint Income and wealth inequalities have thrown a dark shadow on the support and enthusiasm for the current approach to GDP growth Income and wealth inequalities have thrown a dark shadow on the […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Adoption of a Resolution Reviewing Al-Qaida Sanctions

Source: What’s in Blue Tomorrow (17 June), the Security Council is set to adopt a resolution proposed by the US reviewing the measures against individuals and entities affiliated with Al-Qaida. The resolution also modifies the […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Adoption of Resolution on 1988 Taliban Sanctions Regime

Source: What’s in Blue Tomorrow morning (17 June), the Security Council is scheduled to adopt a resolution making minor adjustments to the functioning of the 1988 Taliban sanctions regime. This adoption follows a review of […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Behind the Cover Story: Eliza Griswold on the Roots of Extremism, Boko Haram and the Weight of Public Opinion

Source: New York Times By RACHEL NOLAN JUNE 16 Eliza Griswold wrote the June 15 cover story about U.S. Special Operations forces in Africa. She is the author of “The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches From the Fault […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

A History of Awesome in One Room

Source: New York Times By WILLIAM GRIMES JUNE 12, 2014 Papyrus fragments of Sappho poems are part of the “Marks of Genius” show at the Morgan. Credit Emon Hassan for The New York Times THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM […]

Wednesday 18 June 2014

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo

Source: WLUML The present report focuses broadly on developments in the United Nations regarding violence against women, its causes and consequences, over approximately 20 years. The objective is to provide a snapshot view of these […]

Tuesday 17 June 2014

Women’s Charters and Declarations: Building Another World

The development of women’s charters, manifestos and declarations serve as a demand for change and improvement in the status and lives of women; they are an articulation of the need for gender justice.

Monday 16 June 2014

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 73 year VI

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 73 year VI

Sunday 15 June 2014

Hopes and fears: Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict

With the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict taking place in London, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini says ministers should take the advice of women who are working at the frontlines to end all sexual violence.

Friday 13 June 2014

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 72 year VI

Armanshahr Human Rights & Civil Society newsletter – issue 72 year VI

Monday 9 June 2014