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COP20: Australia tightens belt on environmental spending

Australia’s federal government has slashed funding to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) by AU$4 million ahead of UN climate talks in Lima. Australia’s environment minister, Greg Hunt, said that other issues took precedenc...

by Sydney Pead

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Violence Against Women on the Sidewalk

“You’ve got great legs, baby!” a 43-year-old man told Brittney, a 15-year-old girl, as she waited for the subway on her way to school in New York City, New York. Disgusted, she said, “Excuse me, you probably have a daug...

by Natasha Lipman

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COP18: Doha, a process win that won’t solve climate change

Developing countries fear that the latest climate change agreement could be just another empty promise. Climate change negotiations have concluded in Doha, Qatar as the ‘Doha Gateway’ was passed within minutes and with much...

by Linh Do

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Pak Votes 2013: Pakistan’s Online Battle Against Political Violence

Elections in Pakistan are a tense affair. Nearly every time elections have been held in the past, parties hurled accusations of rigging and misconduct at each other, and violence erupted across the country. Until now, an averag...

by Pak Votes

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Changemaker of the Week: Valens Ntamushobora & the Women of Rwanda

Starting with an idea and mobilising his own skills though a youth leadership and innovation program, the Sprout e-course, Valens created the Lusa Program initiative (LP). The Lusa Program provides Rwandan women with access to ...

by Jessica Trevis

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The Other Special Relationship

There are few countries strong enough to make a cameo in the national debates, let alone acquire their own platform. Of these countries, we are at war with one, potentially with another, and are economically engaged with the la...

by Laura Casey

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50Days4Gaza: What actually happened over the 50 days of conflict?

On 8 July 2014, Israel launched Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip – a military operation to put a halt to rocket fire from Hamas. The war continued for 50 days and claimed the lives of 2,251 Palestinians –...

by Priyanka Mogul

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50Days4Gaza: Narrating Palestine’s loss through personal experience and comedy

It is estimated that Israel’s’ Operation Protective Edge that was launched in July 2014 and lasted for 50 days has resulted in the displacement of over 106,000 Palestinians. When reading statistics about refugees and displa...

by Anjuli Borgonha

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COP20: Lima, the heat is on

With the world’s eyes on next year’s climate change conference in Paris, many are looking to Lima for action. Earlier this week the 20th round of the annual UN climate change conference (COP20) has begun in Lima, Perú and...

by Andrew J

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COP20: Australia tightens belt on environmental spending

Violence Against Women on the Sidewalk

COP18: Doha, a process win that won’t solve climate change

Pak Votes 2013: Pakistan’s Online Battle Against Political Violence

Changemaker of the Week: Valens Ntamushobora & the Women of Rwanda

The Other Special Relationship

50Days4Gaza: What actually happened over the 50 days of conflict?

50Days4Gaza: Narrating Palestine’s loss through personal experience and comedy

COP20: Lima, the heat is on

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