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RLC partner institute in Bangkok organised workshops on “The COMMONS, COMPASSION & COMMUNITIES”

1/6/2016

The Summer School 2016 consisted of two parts: – the first part in Thailand from July 10 to 23 organised by Chulalongkorn University and SNF, -the second part in Bhutan from July 24 till August 7 organised by RUB and RLC. Participants can registered here for both parts of CURLS 2016 or for the parts…

Right Livelihood Summer School
Persons with Disability’s Right to Work in Africa: A Comparative Study of Employment and Disability Laws, Policies and Relevant Institutional Mechanisms of Tanzania and Selected African States

1/5/2016

by Abdallah Possi “Disability is a human rights issue.” This is a common expression in many contemporary disability rights scholarly work. While researching on disability rights may not raise questions, often, a selection of topic could be generated by many factors, including the researcher’s personal interest. Matters of personal interest aside, I opted to research…

Disability, disability rights, employment rights, human rights, Tanzania
International Science and Policy Interaction for Improved Food and Nutrition Security: Toward an International Panel on Food and Nutrition (IPFN)

12/22/2015

by Joachim Von Braun and Matthias Kalkuhl Establishing and maintaining the socio-economic, public health, environmental and political conditions for food and nutrition security is a high priority of societies and decision makers. As many people in the world are still deprived of sufficient access to nutritious food and healthy living conditions (see Table 1), the…

global food system, Nutrition Security, well-being
A rights-based food security principle for biomass sustainability standards and certification systems

12/22/2015

by Anna Mohr, Tina Beuchelt, Rafael Schneider and Detlef Virchow With the shift from petroleum-based to biomass-based economies, global biomass demand and trade is growing. This trend could become a threat to food security. Though rising concerns about sustainability aspects have led to the development of voluntary certification standards to ensure that biomass is sustainably…

bioenergy, biomass, certification, food securit, right to adequate food, sustainability standards
Tapping Potentials of Innovation for Food Security and Sustainable Agricultural Growth: An Africa-Wide Perspective

12/22/2015

by Christine Husmann, Joachim von Braun, Ousmane Badiane, Yemi Akinbamijo, Fatunbi O. Abiodun and Detlef Virchow While in the past, increased use of inputs and expansion of agricultural land accounted for a good part of agricultural growth in Africa, improvements in productivity will need to be a major driver of growth in the future. Thus, agricultural…

Agricultural Policy, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security, Innovations, Sustainable Growth
Changing Aspirations, Cultural Models of Success, and Social Mobility in Northern Ghana

12/22/2015

by Wolfram Laube In northern Ghana, many young people, but also parents, teachers, and local authorities, believe that formal education and professional careers provide the only effective means for the rural youth to get ahead. This paper shows how aspirations have been historically changing and analyses in how far new career pathways lead to upward…

aspirations, cultural change, education, Ghana, reciprocity, social mobility, success, Youth
RLC PhD student Willis Okumu presented paper at conference in Morocco

11/29/2015

RLC Bonn PhD student Willis Okumu participated at the Human and Environmental Security Conference organised by the Environment and Human Security Program (EHSP), North-South Center for Social Sciences (NRCS) in Agadir, Morocco, in November 25th-27th 2015. Together with Dr. Papa Sow, Senior Researcher at ZEF Bonn, Willis Okumu presented a paper on “Linking Pastoralists Conflicts…
Helen Mack Chang visits the Campus Austral in Valdivia, Chile

11/18/2015

From the 8th to 12th November 2015 the RLC CAMPUS VALDIVIA had the pleasure to host the 1992-RLA-Laureate from Guatemala, Helen Mack, with whom we realized a lot of activities that we would like to share with you. Helen Mack is an activist, famous for her ongoing fight to defend human rights. She was given the RLA…

Chile, Right Livelihood Campus, South America, Valdivia
Juan Pablo Orrego visits the Right Livelihood College in Valdivia

11/4/2015

Juan Pablo Orrego / Grupo de Acción por el Biobío (Chile) “…for his personal courage, self-sacrifice and perseverance in working for sustainable development in Chile.” This Monday, the 2nd of November 2015, we, the Right Livelihood College the the University Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile, were happy to receive Juan Pablo Orrego. During two extensive…

Chile, Right Livelihood Campus, South America, Valdivia
RLC workshop on human rights and the empowerment of the marginalized

10/2/2015

From September 26 until October 1, 2015, 18 young researchers from ten different countries worked together with representatives of two awarded human rights organisations at the Right Livelihood College Campus in Bonn. The workshop focused on research and education on human rights in Asia and Africa as well as on practical concepts and approaches to…

Afghanistan, India, Public Talk, RLC Workshop