Successfully eradicating hunger by 2030 will require around an additional $267 billion per year on average. We know how to leave poverty behind and how much it will cost. Cira Rodríguez César On a global level, independent of the economic and political system of each country, it is […]
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Prostitution, abuse and human rights
Prostitution is often reduced as an issue of sex labour or it is associated to sexual freedom. However, a broader approach illuminates that prostitution is the result of violence against women. Mabel Encinas ‘Sex work’ is defined as an exchange of sexual services for remuneration. Such an […]
What is a terrorist?
It is the question that the mass media is trying to answer following the shooting in a church in Charleston, USA, in which a white youth murdered nine African Americans. The intended use of this term goes beyond its intended use. Araceli Oliva On the 7th of January […]
Immigrants who do not seek paradise but flee from hell
Marina is so named because she was born at sea, in an Italian patrol boat surrounded by more than 600 people trying to reach Europe; her mother was one of those migrants. Luisa María González The ship Bettica rescued 654 travellers from the Mediterranean Sea in sailing in […]
Are we all equal in the UK? Human up
A film with the title “Man Up” is currently on the screens. It’s a traditional expression to encourage like-a-man behaviour, like-a-traditional-man behaviour: get yourself together and be tough. ‘Human up’ is a much richer expression. Mabel Encinas This film made me think that an alternative encouraging and cheering […]