Patricia Daniel - openDemocracy (Page 2)

There are no revolutions without songs

Italian singer Silvia Balducci recorded a series of songs by Victor Jara in 2003 entitled Homage a una sonrisa (homage to a smile). This is her second visit to Machynlleth

By Patricia Daniel

/ 12 Aug 2007

A feminist take on Venezuelan oil

So now I understand more clearly why there is so much anti-Chavez press. And it reminds me of the propaganda war against Nicaragua in the 1980s. Then as now it&

By Patricia Daniel

/ 12 Aug 2007

A dream of a fairer society

El Sueño Existe. The dream lives on. Mae'r freuddwyd yn fyw. London may enjoy la Carneval del Pueblo, the largest Latin American event in Europe, at the beginning

By Patricia Daniel

/ 12 Aug 2007

Violence is preventable not inevitable

by Patricia Daniel The World Health Organisation held the 3rd milestones meeting for its global campaign for violence prevention at the Scottish Police College in Fife last week. Scotland is

By Patricia Daniel

/ 24 Jul 2007

by Patricia Daniel This new report was launched yesterday by the Sahel Working Group and the International Institute for Environment and Development. It provides hard-hitting conclusions in relation to continuing

By Patricia Daniel

/ 13 Jul 2007

Beyond a drought

A new report was launched yesterday by the Sahel Working Group and the International Institute for Environment and Development. It provides hard-hitting conclusions in relation to the continuing vulnerability of

By Patricia Daniel

/ 12 Jul 2007

Multiplicity not long division

I heard a hilarious story from a big burly London taxi-driver. To please his younger daughter, he had got up very early one morning and drove all the way to

By Patricia Daniel

/ 11 Jul 2007

Brown’s revolution from a women’s perspective

by Patricia Daniel Immediate reactions to Gordon Brown’s new cabinet have enthusiastically heralded a revolution in government. However, there is always a different perspective. Brown has reduced the number

By Patricia Daniel

/ 2 Jul 2007

Clearing the fence

Heiligendamm: its English name could be rendered ‘All Saints Causeway'. But Damm can also be used figuratively to mean a barrier. For the 2007 G8 summit, the Damm in

By Patricia Daniel

/ 12 Jun 2007

Merkels G8  spot the difference

When Germany's first woman chancellor Angela Merkel hosts the G8 summit in June, it will be the first time a woman leader has done so since Margaret Thatcher

By Patricia Daniel

/ 14 May 2007

Africa and HIV/Aids: men at work

After my openDemocracy article "Is another world possible without the women's perspective?" was published (18 January 2007), Gray posted a comment which included these words: "

By Patricia Daniel

/ 9 Apr 2007

Justice, not globalisation: Lebohang Phekos voice

Lebohang Pheko is senior policy officer for the Gender and Trade Network in Africa (Genta), a member of the Dignity Forum of Africa and was on the organising committee for

By Patricia Daniel

/ 13 Mar 2007