"Ambassadors for Women’s Rights" Project: Accomplishments and Successes despite the Pandemic Published: 6 December 2020 Project Updates A virtual conference, the establishment of a commission for Palestinian female academics, a youth camp, and awareness-raising workshops are some of the activities carried out in Gaza by hbs partner CMC.
On the Value of Human Rights Published: 11 September 2020 Analysis In 2020, we celebrate 75 years of the UN, the intergovernmental organization that, since its formation, aimed to maintain international peace, security, and a protection of human rights. Silke Voß-Kyeck, an expert on the United Nations and rapporteur for Forum Menschenrechte, explores the correlation between finances and human rights protection within the UN for the 75th anniversary of the organisation.
Radical Goals for Sustainable Development Published: 13 January 2015 The rules of the global economy also remain untouchable, making it nearly impossible to restructure financial and trade policies to ensure that they do not result in more poverty, unchecked climate change, and irreversible resource destruction. The language agreed upon so far is not reassuring. A timeworn commitment to economic growth at all cost is no answer to the question of how development can be balanced against the limits of our planet and the fact that billions of people live in poverty. In a finite world, infinite growth is impossible, and rising output will not put food on everyone’s table if the benefits of growth are not fairly distributed.
