'Words of Fear and Loathing Can -and Do- Have Real Consequences'

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2017/3/21	Click here for the online version of this IPS newsletter
	'Words of Fear and Loathing Can -and Do- Have Real Consequences' IPS World Desk "Politics of division and the rhetoric of intolerance are targeting racial, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities, and migrants and refugees. Words of fear and loathing can, and do, have real consequences," warns the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights The UN rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad ... MORE > >
	Fishing Villages Work for Food Security in El Salvador Edgardo Ayala After an exhausting morning digging clams out of the mud of the mangroves, Rosa Herrera, her face tanned by the sun, arrives at this beach in southeastern El Salvador on board the motorboat Topacio, carrying her yield on her shoulders. For her morning's catch - 126 Andara tuberculosa clams, ...MORE > >
	"Hate Group" Inclusion Shows UN Members Still Divided on LGBT Rights Lyndal Rowlands A group designated as a hate group for its "often violent rhetoric" against LGBTI rights was an invited member of the United States Official Delegation to the annual women's meeting say rights groups. C-FAM - one of the invited members of the United States official delegation to the meeting ... MORE > >
	Secret Tax Deals Increased Dramatically After Luxleaks Ida Karlsson Despite the LuxLeaks scandal, the number of secret tax deals is skyrocketing. Such deals between companies and governments across Europe increased by almost 50 percent the year after the scandal broke. Despite the controversy, the number of these individual secret agreements drawn up between ... MORE > >
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	Oh Happy Day! Baher Kamal Once a year, there is a day when the seven billion inhabitants of Planet Earth should feel happy or at least are encouraged to do so--the World Happiness Day, which is marked every year on March 20. So far, so good. But what happiness is all about? And who are the world's happiest people... or ...MORE > >
	From Barriers to Bridges: Transformation of the Kenya-Ethiopia Border Region Siddharth Chatterjee Consider this. The communities around the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Moyale-Borona area, have long been associated with internecine violence, extreme poverty, and environmental stress. These have led to disastrous societal consequences, including displacement, criminality and violent extremism. ...MORE > >