Nikolaj Nielsen – EUobserver.com ,Brussels (*) Women across Europe don’t tend to vote as much in European elections, compared with men, posing questions on the growing gender gap in both politics and representation in the European Parliament. Data, based on… Continue Reading
Human Wrongs Watch (1) – By Human Rights Watch (2) Yangon – The Myanmar and Chinese governments have failed to stem the trafficking of ethnic Kachin women and girls as “brides” to families in China, Human Rights Watch said in… Continue Reading
Laura Kuenssberg – Political editor, BBC What now? Theresa May has been granted a little breathing space. The EU has allowed a few more days to try to get her deal through the House of Commons. But it’s not the… Continue Reading
Alexander Damiano Ricci* , for VoxEurop Within this unique public consultation organised by Civico Europa, millions of European citizens have proposed their solutions for reinventing Europe and voted on others to express their priorities. The environment and democracy are on… Continue Reading
By Maïa de La Baume and Lili Bayer – Politico Opponents see suspension by conservatives as ‘political trick.’ Europe’s most powerful political family imposed a timeout on its troublesome son but stopped short of kicking him out. The European People’s… Continue Reading
Suzanne Moore – The Guardian The New Zealand prime minister has reacted to the Christchurch shootings with steel, compassion and absolute clarity. And she has given us a vision of a better world Out of the horror inflicted by those… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* Rome, March 2019 – If we ever needed a proof, to see how the political system has become self referent, and unable to update itself, the last student march, in more than 1.000 towns, is a very… Continue Reading
By Jen Kirby* – VOX Media The Brazilian president made the case for his nickname “Trump of the Tropics” Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and US President Donald Trump stood side by side in the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday,… Continue Reading
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UNITED NATIONS, Mar 19 2019 (IPS) – Modern slavery and human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries and one of the biggest human rights crises today, United Nations and government officials said. During an… Continue Reading
Cristina Sampaio – Movimento europeo in Italia (Rome) As the 23-26 May European elections are coming closer, the European Movement in Italy and the Academic Agora Europe network have listed “ten priorities for a united, democratic and supportive Europe, as… Continue Reading
By Ignacio Torres* – PRESSENZA – International News Agency Santiago, Chile – Redacción Chile . The terrorist attack perpetrated by white supremacists in New Zealand has had as an even more brutal feature with the live streaming by one of the killers… Continue Reading
Editorial – The Observer Children are right to call politicians to account over a global crisis The Observer view on the school climate strikes: For those who care passionately about our planet’s future, these are dispiriting times. Fossil fuel emissions,… Continue Reading
Brianna Fruean and others –The Guardian As young people walk out of classrooms for a global climate strike, a panel of campaigners share their reasons for action I am from the Central Taiwan Plains Indigenous People. As the indigenous people… Continue Reading
By Frank Bruni*, Opinion Columnist – The New York Times A new college admissions scandal is just the latest proof of a grossly uneven playing field One of the funniest stories I ever heard about the college admissions madness came… Continue Reading
By Roberto Savio* March 2019, Rome – There is a huge debate on anti-Semitism. I think we need to make a systematic analysis that makes the problem simple and clear. Obviously, the subject is very complex and produces so many… Continue Reading
Intellectuals- to take the lead in social mobilization and ensure that all required changes are implemented before it is too late. Agreement Proposal for Academic, Scientific, Artistic and Literary Communities -in short, for “Each unique human being capable of creating,… Continue Reading
By Prabhat Patnaik* – The Telegraph, India Donald Trump’s desperate attempt to reduce unemployment in the US is not a matter of mere idiosyncrasy The decision of the American president, Donald Trump, to remove several of India’s exports to the… Continue Reading
By Ambassador Idriss Jazairy and Roberto Savio (*) Joint Opinion Editorial For over 70 years, the UN system has been perceived as the guardian of peace and development in the world. However, multilateralism today is undeniably under strain. The effectiveness… Continue Reading
*Press release disseminated by the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue 12 March 2019, GENEVA – Multilateralism must be people-driven. The current rise of populism around the world is inextricably linked to a feeling of being excluded and… Continue Reading
By George Friedman* – Geopolitical Futures The countries that aligned to help protect Assad may be reconsidering their allegiances Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel and Russia had agreed to cooperate on withdrawing foreign forces from… Continue Reading
