Religious organizations in Africa are at the front line of caring for those with HIV infection and AIDS, but they are also seeking to combat the social stigma associated with the disease, according to a new report....
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La comunicación comunitaria indígena es, en muchas comunidades de Oaxaca, México (foto abajo), una defensa anclada al derecho de los pueblos al territorio ancestral. El territorio entendido como fuente de subsistencia pero también como elemento simbólico de pertenencia, de apego afectivo en el...
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The cinema and the Church have a lot in common – they are both “storytelling organisations” as Julia Helmke (photo right), president of the Protestant film organisation, Interfilm, puts it. In an interview, she tells us what makes a good film and when...
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In a recent interview, Denis de Moraes, Associate Professor at the Cultural and Media Studies Department of the Universidad Federal Fluminense of Rio de Janiero, Brazil, described Latin America as a continent which today represents “a laboratory of hope for the democratization of...
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The youngest mechanism for Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations is the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP). Established in 2007 by the Human Rights Council, the Expert Mechanism provides the Council with thematic advice in the form of studies...
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“Desde principios de la década de los noventa, numerosas ONGS en el Perú han introducido la capacitación y/o formación de líderes como tarea prioritaria (…) El peso que va asumiendo esta particular apuesta por el desarrollo, llevó a que … se considerara pertinente...