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UN to support clandestine schools for girls in Afghanistan after Taliban ban
Since coming to power in Afghanistan two years ago, the Taliban have banned more than 1.1 million young girls from secondary and university education. By Leonardo Buitrago The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday announced its decision to support clandestine schools…
Cabinet reshuffle in Chilean government: “Education must be a portfolio priority”, says Mario Aguilar, Regional President of the Chilean Teachers’ College
There were several reactions today to the cabinet reshuffle that relegates the Democratic Revolution party to a single portfolio, increasing the influence of other Frente Amplio conglomerates and replacing – less than a month before the 50th anniversary of September…
Testimony of a Siloist at the University of Dhaka: how we consider the future of this doctrine in Bangladesh
People in general in Bangladesh only know two Argentinians very well: Diego Armando Maradona and Lionel Messi. And some educated people know Ramona Victoria Epiphany Rufina Ocampo (1890-1979), who was a writer and editor of the literary magazine Sur. She…
Berlin’s favorite demo for more humanity and tolerance starts for the 8th time
With lots of music and interesting actors, Zug der Liebe e.V. (Train of Love, registered association) will start a large-scale demonstration march through the city of Berlin on August 26 at 1 p.m. at Mauerpark. The motto: More love for…
Arzakh (Nagorno-Karabakh): Warnings of genocide go unheeded
The Associazione per i Popoli Minacciati (APM) ( Association for Threatened Peoples) reacted with dismay and anger to the news of the death of K. Hovhannisyan, 40, from Stepanakert in Arzakh. Arzakh Human Rights Ombudsman Gegham Stepanjan announced yesterday that…
World Health Organization Summit aims to unlock power of traditional medicine through science
Speaking at the event on Thursday [17 August 2023], WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus underscored the “enormous” contributions of traditional medicine to human health and its understanding of the “intimate links” between health and the environment. Tedros stressed the importance of the gathering for…
No-war network and west africans in front of nigeria’s embassy: dialogue, not weapons
A presidium for dialogue with Niger and against any military intervention in the country took place yesterday in Rome in front of the embassy of Nigeria, the president-in-office of Cedeao (Economic Organisation of West African States), which with respect to…
PEC Demands Justice for Bereaved Families of Murdered Pak Journos
Geneva, 16 August 2023: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) expresses its serious concern over the murder of two Pakistani journalists within a week and the global media safety and rights body (www.pressemblem.ch/pec-news.shtml) demands justice for the bereaved families of Jan Mohammed…
Veterans for Peace Convention
The theme of this year’s convention is Choose Peace: Stand Up! Speak Out! Registration Keynote Speakers Clare Daly (MEP) Irish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the Dublin constituency since July 2019. Jeffrey…
Jeff McCurry, Harambe’s friend
The excellent photographs that Jeff McCurry has taken of nature and its living beings are extraordinary and his existence is full of that wonderful contact with Mother Earth, showing us in all its splendour, the colourfulness of life. His sensitivity…
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