The Civil Society Newswire

• Our Land. Our Home. Our Future

  By Monique Barbut    Message of Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary, UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification, 17 JUNE 2017 Burkina Faso: 20 000 trees are planted to create living hedges. Credit: UNCCD BONN, Germany, Jun 14 2017 (IPS) - We all...(read more...)

• Women Small-Holder Farmers, Key Drivers for Sustainable Production

  By Sally Nyakanyanga       Through the Productive Assets Creation Programme (PAC), WFP in Zimbabwe supported 95,000 people in 2016 through the rehabilitation or creation of community assets, such as water harvesting systems. Photo courtesy of WFP. HARARE, Jun 5 2017 (IPS) - The shouts can be heard from...(read more...)

• The world society needs to express greater solidarity for refugees worldwide

  By: Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim, Chairman of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue 20 June 2017, Geneva – The world is heading into troubled waters as we are witnessing an unprecedented movement of people – refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons (IDPs) alike –...(read more...)

• Valuing Water for a Sustainable Future: Business Unusual

  By Paula Fray      Recurrent drought in Namibia, Southern Africa has undermined food security and farmers’ livelihoods. Credit: Campbell Easton/IPS JOHANNESBURG, May 30 2017 (IPS) - Valuing water is more than simply assigning costs to a scare resource – it is an essential step for transforming water governance to...(read more...)

• Crise política: Eleição direta ou indireta e a constituição

  Em um momento de grave crise institucional que abala o Poder Executivo, muitas são as teorias e especulações a respeito da possibilidade de vacância do cargo de Presidente da República. Mais ainda em um cenário de exceção, onde a vaga foi e está ocupada pelo Vice-Presidente, em decorrência do impeachment...(read more...)