Women in Africa

 

In honor of women in Africa having to deal with an array of adverse life conditions, here are some links to different organizations dealing with African womens' issues and rights:

http://www.unwomen.org/ca/where-we-are/africa

http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu37we/uu37we0t.htm

http://www.womenforwomeninafrica.org.au/

http://en.unesco.org/womeninafrica/

http://www.our-africa.org/women

http://www.unhcr.org/pages/4a02d7fd6.html

Feeding the World

So here are a variety of links on different aspects surrounding the topic of feeding the growing world population. Check 'em out! 

http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/196220/icode/

http://www.fao.org/home/en/

http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/blog/how-do-we-feed-our-growing-population

http://www.croptrust.org/content/feeding-growing-world-despite-climate-change

http://earthopensource.org/index.php/7-feeding-the-world/7-1-myth-gm-crops-are-needed-to-feed-the-world-s-growing-population

http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/wsfs/docs/Issues_papers/HLEF2050_Global_Agriculture.pdf

Nets to prevent malaria

In celebration of World Malaria Day, here are a few links for more information on the fight against malaria.

http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/gmap/

http://www.who.int/topics/malaria/en/

Clean & Green

A good statistic to hear, but what is the rest of the clean and renewable energy situation currently like? Here are a few links to find out more information on the topic from The Climate Reality Project, United Nations Environment Program, and United Nations Development Program. Go clean and green guys!! 

http://climaterealityproject.org/

http://www.unep.org/

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/ourwork/environmentandenergy/focus_areas/sustainable-energy.html

Rich and Poor

A Thought for the Day. And, as usual, a few NGOs on the issue:

http://www.one.org/de/

http://www.care.org/

Twenty Years Later

In honor of the remembrance of 20 years since the beginning of the Rwandan Genocide, here are many links on various memorial pieces, events, looks back, etc, again, all from a German perspective (sorry!)

http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/international/auslandnachrichten/die-letzten-opfer-1.18277685

http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/schweiz/ein-musterpartner-der-zum-genozid-staat-wurde-1.18278011

http://info.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/blog/20-jahre-dem-genozid-ein-blick-auf-ruanda

http://www.genocide-alert.de/genozid-in-ruanda-zwanzig-jahre-danach/#.U0GiplfYFeR

http://www.genocide-alert.de/genozid-in-ruanda-zwanzig-jahre-danach/podiumsdiskussionsreihe-von-genocide-alert-2014/#.U0GigFfYFeR

Sweet Poison - African Development Aide

So here is a new/updated documentary that just came out from Arte examining development aide to Africa. I honestly have not yet had the chance to view it, but I heard it could be worth watching, so take a look for yourselves, and watching it is on the top of my (constantly long) to-do list:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMORFqC_edA

Number of Executions Worldwide on the Rise

So here's an interesting article on the rate of executions still performed throughout the world, which is trending on the up at the moment. Sorry it's in German, but you can use a translator program, or just look at the map to get an idea, or better yet, learn the language! ;P

http://www.nzz.ch/aktuell/international/auslandnachrichten/zahl-der-hinrichtungen-weltweit-angestiegen-1.18271213

Here is also a link to Amnesty International after you've read the article mentioned above to look at what this group is doing for Human Rights:

http://www.amnesty.org/