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5 Broken Cameras is a first-hand account of non-violent protests in Bil'in, a West Bank village affected by the Israeli West Bank barrier. The documentary wa...
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The Opinions -- essentially, NON-BINDING -- cover some of the key and fundamental issues of Internet Governance today, including: Promoting Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) as a long term solution to advance connectivityFostering an enabling environment for the greater growth and development of broadband connectivitySupporting Capacity Building for the deployment of IPv6Supporting IPv6 Adoption and Transition from IPv4Supporting Multi-stakeholderism in Internet GovernanceSupporting operationalizing the Enhanced Cooperation ProcessDelete the scoop?
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The Guardian INFOGRAPHIC: Slow progress on UN development targets EurActiv The United Nations' eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), adopted in 2000, are edging closer to their 2015 completion target date.
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PolicyMic Millennium Development Goals: World Bank President Jin Yong Kim Says Our ...
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Austerity is Dismantling the European Dream - In this column, Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and publisher of Other News, writes that austerity is eliminating the social safety net that has... Delete the scoop?
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Although it is only in its initial planning stages, we do know that CSW58′s priority theme will be “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for women and girls. Delete the scoop?
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"As a medium for social change, posters record our struggles for peace, social justice, environmental defense, and liberation from oppression." (Art for Advocacy: 13 Posters for Sustainable Social Change http://t.co/9HjMCpDAbd... Delete the scoop?
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As New York City’s long-awaited bicycle-share program approaches its start date, riders are signing up for lessons about how it works, and how to ride safely. Delete the scoop?
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RT @SUFCblog: Youth can use Digital Media to lead social change. Delete the scoop?
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Who is spending what on the millennium development goals #MDG ? Delete the scoop?
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The Post-2015 Agenda: What comes next? (RT @UNICEFInnocenti: With the deadline for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) fastly approaching, UNICEF's Office of Research...
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Using Community Libraries to Create Social Change in Rural Southeast Asia by Knowledge@Wharton, the online business journal of the Wharton School. Delete the scoop?
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National Intelligence Council Global Trends Global Trends 2025 Global Governance 2025 Mapping the Global Future: 2020 Project Global Trends 2015
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A look into the future (from a US perspective) Delete the scoop?
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Based on their monitoring report http://t.co/QE0awcz0Mi @WorldBank say 20 fragile states make progress on #MDGs http://t.co/WL9Fv6FRO5 Delete the scoop?
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The Guardian (blog) Crowdsourcing the next global development agenda The Guardian (blog) This will build on the millennium development goals (MDGs), which have helped to reduce by half the proportion of people living in extreme poverty in the... Delete the scoop?
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The following is an adapted excerpt from the new book Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialogue, published by City Lights Books.
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Facing multiple, cascading ecological crises, we humans need science more than ever and more than ever we need to understand the limits of science. The lesson is pretty clear: The knowledge we humans can acquire, while impressive in what it allows us to build, is not adequate to manage the complexity of the world. Delete the scoop?
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Insecurity the “Achilles’ Heel of Development” in Latin America - Development experts here are warning that widespread, unchecked violence against citizens in Latin America is posing a threat to the development of the entire region. Delete the scoop?
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The World Is Not Global: It's Local
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Late awakening: about more than 20 years after the discussion among academics, the business world starts paying attention Delete the scoop?
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