Human Rights Category Archives: Human Rights
Role of Social Media in Stopping Violence against Women and Girls Good evening, my name is Wale Idris Ajibade. I am the executive director of African Views Organization. Really, how do you stop violence against Women? Clearly by putting women … Continue reading
I went to bed at 3 am last night, which was early for me. I had to drive Karin-my beloved spouse to the JFK airport from Hoboken, New Jersey at 7:30 in morning. Karin is going to South Africa for … Continue reading
Share Print article Email article Comments (3) You might remember Joyce Banda from when she was sworn in as Malawi’s first female head of state in April, and now from when she’s announced she’s planning on … Continue reading
Four months after the contested re-election of President Kabila, and two months after the last MONUSCO briefing of February 7, 2012, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was again the topic of a Security Council meeting last Friday. This … Continue reading
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff said recently that “Not only is it possible to grow and to include, protect, and conserve at the same time, but also truly sustainable development requires that we do so.” I entirely agree. We need … Continue reading
The Fuel Subsidy Maze: PPPRA, CBN, MOF, OAGF, NNPC and all the Alphabetic Soup Start from 1/1N and work your way through to 10/13N Diagram adapted from a textual description by Office of Accountant General OAGF (Nation, April 23, 2012; … Continue reading
Edward Bernays believed that society could not be trusted to make rational and informed decisions on their own, and that guiding public opinion was essential within a democratic society. Bernays founded the Council on Public Relations and his 1928 book, … Continue reading
Click here to see photos of the evolution of the LRA. Thanks to an incredibly effective social media effort, #StopKony is trending on Twitter today. The campaign coincides with a new awareness-raising documentary by the group Invisible Children. Former FP … Continue reading
MAR 21 2012, 7:15 AM ET 859 If we are going to interfere in the lives of others, a little due diligence is a minimum requirement. Left, Invisible Children’s Jason Russell. Right, a protest leader in Lagos, Nigeria / … Continue reading
In this interview, Jürg Eglin, Head of the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Niamey, Niger—which covers both Mali and Niger—discusses the implications of the conflict and recent military coup on humanitarian aid work … Continue reading
In an op-ed piece on March 14th, New York Times contributor Nicholas Kristof weighed in on the virtual feeding frenzy that has resulted from Invisible Children’s "Kony2012" video. Kristof attempted to take a neutral stance on the video, but was … Continue reading
1. Who is Joseph Kony and what is the Lord’s Resistance Army? Joseph Kony is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan rebel group that originated in 1987 in northern Uganda among ethnic Acholi communities. The Acholi … Continue reading
In this interview, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), discusses the violence in Syria and his organization’s role in high-level meetings, one of which resulted in drafting Kofi Annan as a special envoy for the … Continue reading
Last year, while discussing ways in which women build bridges of peace, the directors of the Women for Women’s programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda lit upon the idea of women coming together on a bridge … Continue reading
Mixed-race citizens remain uneasy about black rule IF BARACK OBAMA lived in South Africa, he might be called a coloured. Under apartheid, the government decided to which of four racial categories a South African belonged—black, coloured, Indian/Asian or … Continue reading
Afro Brazilians are much worse off than they should be. But what is the best way to remedy that? Jan 28th 2012 | RIO DE JANEIRO | from the print edition The shadow of the past IN APRIL 2010, … Continue reading
Why World Radio Day? “In a world changing quickly, we must make the most of radio’s ability to connect people and societies, to share knowledge and information and to strengthen understanding. This World Radio Day is a moment to recognize … Continue reading
POINTE NOIRE, 25 January 2012 (IRIN) – Forced child labour remains rampant in Central Africa, where poverty fuels the trafficking of children from poorer countries to oil-rich states such as Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and the Republic of Congo, according to … Continue reading
A FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS Dear Friends and colleagues The questions remain: How do Nigerian fuel subsidies work, what are their purposes, and who benefits? Nigerians and sympathizers took to the streets in DC, London, New York, … Continue reading
Vantage Point Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels State of Emergency in African America: Time to Heal Our Families and Communities Toward State of the African World Conference III Dedicated to the Memory of Dr. Ronald Walters [For publication … Continue reading
Netizens around the world today commemorate the first anniversary of the Arab revolution, sparked by the self-immolation of fruit and vegetable vendorMohammed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. What started as a one-man protest for dignity ignited the Arab world … Continue reading
