Miriam Izquierdo | DeWereldMorgen.be

woensdag 7 maart 2012

[Opinion] Is cooperation aid the way towards development? Part II

Part II: Today's cooperation for development: critics and solution proposals In order to understand the situation today with cooperation for development we need to have a look at the biggest current issue in the economic world: globalisation. Globalisation started around 1975, when the world's economy encountered two big problems as a consequence of the crisis: multinational companies...

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woensdag 7 maart 2012

[Opinion] Is cooperation aid the way towards development? Part I

Part I: How cooperation aid was born Poverty and inequality between countries and within countries themselves are the biggest human rights problems that we currently face. Cooperation aid has now existed for several decades, serving to help develop those countries in need. But what is development? Is it having a high GDP, or at least an acceptable one? Or is it having a lifestyle like that...

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woensdag 2 november 2011

The economic crisis is causing Spain’s highest demographic decline since 1939

Author: Miriam Izquierdo Revised by: Lode Vanoost This decline, which after a whole generation of low birth rates reached its peak when the economic crisis set in, will intensify in coming years if nothing changes to fertility and migration rates in Spain. The country has one of the lowest fertility rates in Europe and 580.850 people will emigrate this year. For the first time in decades...

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maandag 31 oktober 2011

Fashion + AIDS

Fashion designers, volunteers, press and locals joined at the launched of the new fashion collection the last 25th of October in Antwerp Central Station. Hosted by the Belgian model Hannelore Knuts, the 25% of the money raised will help fund AIDS prevention programs and support services, such as rental assistance, for county residents. Besides, I knew the designers, as they are part of the...

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zondag 9 oktober 2011

48 'Indignados' spent the night in the Brussels police station after refusing to leave the Elizabeth Park.

A total of 48 'Indignados' from Belgium, Spain, Italy and France, were arrested at the Elizabethpark in Brussels after refusing to leave. They had the intention to camp there until Saturday October 15, when held on 'International Agora', the first international meeting of 'indignados' from different countries. The arrests began scribbling a day with the highest...

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woensdag 28 september 2011

Volunteering rates reach the highest level... only an act of love?

It has been said that love is a mutual selfishness; by giving others love and well-being, you make yourself feel good. And maybe is that the reason why every year the number of people that dedicates their lifes and effort doing some kind of volunteering job, increases. Or maybe not. For the last years we have heard a few dramatic stories about corruption in NGO's such as Intervida or Anesvad...

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maandag 12 september 2011

Shoring in Brussels: II Youth Convention on Volunteering

If you like travelling, knowing other cultures, are under 30 years old and willing to live in a world more tolerant and united, Brussels was your place among this weekend. From 7-11 September the European Youth Forum (YFJ) hosted at the European Parliament Esplanade the II Youth Convention on Volunteering, with the presence of 99 members made up of national youth councils and international non-...

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