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Published in: openSecurityArms and the men: Sweden’s revoked Saudi arms dealFrom the outside, the Swedish snub to the Saudi royals looks like a big triumph for women’s rights over commercial...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaInternational legal obligation to end trade with settlementsIf the political will to bring about justice and peace is lacking, the answer lies in international law. Ending...
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Published in: openSecurityRana Plaza: the struggle continuesA year after the huge loss of mainly-female Bangladeshi garment workers’ lives at Rana Plaza, unions are still...
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Published in: openSecurityViolence visited on Cambodian garment workers
Cambodian garment workers make around $80 a month, taking on long hours of overtime in harsh conditions. Now workers...
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Published in: 50.50The mind of the traffickers
Consumer campaigns, self-help methodology and those who risk their lives to defend others cannot match the power of...
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Published in: openIndiaIndia BurningWhen the rice harvest season finishes in a few weeks, fields in India will turn black as farmers burn thousands of...
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Published in: 50.50The gender gap and the American presidential election
Will the gender gap that decisively helped Bill Clinton and Barack Obama win the presidency again? Only if women...
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Published in: 50.50Development and religion: ambivalent policy, grounded practice
Development policy seems to swing between a Marmite-style love-it-or-hate-it approach to religion. Yet practice on...
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Published in: HomeChinese companies under scrutiny in Zimbabwe
Ten years into the Look East policy, Zimbabwe is showing itself to be a not-so-satisfied customer of Chinese investment.
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Published in: openSecurityArmed conflict, land grabs and big business: Colombia’s deadly pactThe recent assassination of Colombian marxist insurgent group leader Alfonso Cano has been hailed internationally as...
