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Gender relations and women’s vulnerability to climate change

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The study analyzes the way in which an adaptation measure carried out in the Mexican state of Tabasco has contributed to modifying gender relations. In the relocation program analyzed, implemented in response to severe flooding in 2007, the housing units built were granted to women.

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Moushumi Biswas on April 30, 2012

A future for international climate politics

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Political leaders are busy fighting the global financial crisis. But the lack of public interest and disengagement of relevant actors in the UN climate negotiations (UNFCCC) has – in light of the rise of the G-20 as the new and powerful global governance forum – the potential to conceal what is really at stake. Climate change gnaws at the very foundation of our societies, as it upsets the existing fragile social balance between the haves and have-nots. The poorest people, who bear little to no more...

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D C on January 12, 2012

Syria's Revolution: Society, Power, Ideology

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It is almost a year ago that Syrian citizens, inspired by the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, courageously took to the streets in protest against the decades-long denial of their basic rights by the Assad regime. But Syria as a topic for research has long been marginalized in cultural, social, and political studies. This publication written by authors from the region wants to give new perspectives on Syria.

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Moushumi Biswas on February 20, 2012

The Ninth Parliamentary Elections in Iran

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Looking at the upcoming parliamentary election in Iran, the sociologist Dr. Hosein Ghazian analyses the challenges of this election in the light of recent political developments in Iran.

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Moushumi Biswas on February 27, 2012

Women’s Perceptions of the Afghan National Police

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The security needs of Afghan men and women differ. Whereas men bear the brunt of the direct impacts of conflict, women disproportionately suffer from the indirect effects such as increased levels of domestic violence, decreased access to health care and poverty. Due to this difference in security needs, gender must be taken into account when evaluating the relationship between citizens and the Afghan National Police (ANP).

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Moushumi Biswas on February 07, 2012

The Future We Want - A Feminist Perspective

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The Future We Want – the motto chosen by the UN in the run-up to the June 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) – is certainly forward-looking. Rio+20 is supposed to define routes towards a safer, fairer, greener, and cleaner world. But the blueprints for a green economy are devoid of gender perspectives. Christa Wichterich’s essay takes a closer look on the relations between feminism and ecology.

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Moushumi Biswas on March 27, 2012

Women in the Arab Spring: New and distinct forms of political participation

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During the Arab uprisings, an unprecedented number of women took to the streets, paving the way for a more important role in politics. However, in the transitional period that follows, they now have to fight against their exclusion from the political arena. This fight will blur the conflict lines between the „traditional-religious“ and the „urban-modern-non-religious“ blocs.

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Moushumi Biswas on December 27, 2011

Less hunger through more ecology: Feeding the world with organic farming

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Although the world's population has reached seven billion people, there is sufficient food in the world to feed the global population. Still about 1 billion are undernourished. How can we feed the world? And what role do environmental issues in agriculture play?

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Moushumi Biswas on November 15, 2011

No Romance: Mobilising Climate Finance for Africa

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While Africa has contributed the least to historic greenhouse gas emissions globally, it stands to be the hardest hit by the effects of climate change. Africa will require substantial financial resources in order to adapt to the unavoidable consequences of climate change. At this year’s Climate Change Conference in Durban, climate finance is expected to feature prominently.

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Moushumi Biswas on November 23, 2011

Baltic Sea: Developing a Regional Cooperation for Renewables in the Electricity Sector

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This paper take a closer look at a region that could be a pioneer for regional cooperation in the EU: the Baltic Sea Region. As the first region with a European Union regional cooperation initiative and with a long-lasting tradition of cooperation, this region could play an essential role in showing the EU the way forward by sharing their large potential of diverse renewable energy sources.

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Moushumi Biswas on July 05, 2011

Control and Censorship of Online Media in Thailand

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In the three years since its enforcement, the Thai Computer Crime Act has led to 117 court orders to block access to 74,686 Internet URLs. This situational report concludes, that "no one can deny that the Thai people’s right to freedom of expression and opinion in the online world is in crisis."

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Moushumi Biswas on January 23, 2011

Donor Playground Cambodia?: What aid and development in Cambodia confirms and what it may imply

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This paper is confrontational and challenges many deep assumptions in mainstream development. It argues that from the early 1990s in many ways Cambodia became a ‘donor playground’, a term that some may find troubling, if not actually offensive. It supports this argument by reference to various arguments in development studies, to a specific case study of intervention in Cambodia, and to an examination of important parts of the relevant donor ‘knowledge production’. For us, these show that this more...

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Kumarian Press on March 08, 2011

Marginal Oil - What is driving oil companies dirtier and deeper?

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This paper is a document that describes the drivers behind marginal oil investments and gives an overview of existing and potential projects across the globe. It contains important analysis that should be public knowledge and will productively feed the ongoing debate, from Cancun to Durban to Rio and beyond.

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Moushumi Biswas on May 25, 2011

Political Analysis and Commentary : Food Security in Africa

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This publication intend to let experts from Southern Africa express their views about current political issues in their region. Last publications: Food Security in Africa .Nigeria’s food security situation is characterised by the threat of hunger and poverty, which confronts the 69 percent of the population that lives on less than Naira 100 (US$ 0.7) per day.2 Smallholder farmers account for 80 percent of all farm holdings, but crop yields are far below potentials.This is due to more...

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Moushumi Biswas on May 05, 2011

Women who go, women who stay: reactions to climate change

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This study investigates the different ways in which women and men are affected by the impacts from climate change, and possible differences in the resulting migration strategies. An empirical study was conducted in the southern part of the Mexican state of Chiapas, an area severely affected by phenomena associated with climate change, primarily increased hurricanes and tropical storms, and changes in rainfall patterns, causing landslides, flooding and changes in the dry and rainy seasons.

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Moushumi Biswas on April 03, 2011

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