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Sri Lanka’s formerly effective school system has been damaged by over-politicisation. In Lanka, there has been a loss in terms of offering a values-based education, which in decades gone by promoted tolerance, free debate and rational discussion, a sine qua non for a healthy society. A first (…)

With the government incapable of designing Nepal’s school education, bilateral and multilateral donors are forced to step in. As a result, Nepali education has for decades lurched from one internationally assisted mega-project to another. Read more

In post-conflict societies, histories of exclusion, racism and nationalist violence often create divisions so deep that finding a way to agree on the atrocities of the past seems near-impossible. This project seeks, first, to ensure that transitional justice measures are sensitive to the ways in (…)

The people of Chhattisgarh (India) appear to have lost the battle against industrialisation without rules. Even those who held out longest against the acquisition of their lands, forests and rivers are giving up the fight. Dilnaz Boga travels through the villages of Raigarh district, where (…)

Researchers have published a compendium of more than 400 case studies which reveal how indigenous people have been affected by and are adapting to climate change. The report recommends that Western scientists draw on the knowledge and experience of indigenous people when creating climate change (…)

Detrás de algunas radios "que se dicen comunitarias" opera el crimen organizado, mientras que otras llaman a la "subversión". Eso asegura Xavier Abreu Sierra, nuevo director general de la Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CNDI). Por ello, afirma, "tenemos que (…)

Qual a educação para um ser humano em processo de emancipação de seu trabalho, conhecimento e criatividade? É esse o questionamento que o economista e educador Marcos Arruda procura responder ao longo dessa obra.
Amparado pelos trabalhos de educação de jovens e adultos que têm vivenciado e por (…)

Afinadas en un mundo desafinado como la favela carioca Terra Encantada, las guitarras de la orquesta de Daniel Sant’ Anna entonan el "Himno a la Alegría". Los dedos que guían sus cuerdas son de niños y adolescentes, que buscan en ese instrumento caminos para encontrar una salida verdadera a sus (…)

Millions of people around the world who belong to indigenous communities continue to face discrimination and abuse at the hands of authorities and private business concerns, says a new U.N. report.
It is happening not only in the developing parts of the world but also in countries such as the (…)

À l’âge de la globalisation, théoriciens du Droit et chercheurs en sciences sociales s’interrogent de plus en plus sur l’adéquation de leurs outils face à la complexité et à l’interdépendance du monde contemporain. Certaines questions se font de plus en plus pressantes. Comment partager des (…)

Like a tsunami, consumerism has engulfed human cultures and Earth’s ecosystems. Left unaddressed, we risk global disaster. But if we channel this wave, intentionally transforming our cultures to center on sustainability, we will not only prevent catastrophe, but may usher in an era of (…)

O Centro de Teatro do Oprimido realiza no Brasil, Guiné-Bissau e Moçambique, países da África lusófona, de janeiro a maio de 2010, o Laboratório Madalena. Trata-se de uma experiência cênica voltada exclusivamente para mulheres empenhadas em investigar as especificidades das opressões enfrentadas (…)

By the middle of this century, white Americans will no longer be in the majority. Yet even as the country grows more diverse, nearly all-white enclaves are on the rise. Richard Benjamin, a senior fellow at Demos, a think tank, spotted this trend several years ago and began venturing into these (…)

In India, a disabled girl-child is usually at the receiving end of a lot of contempt and neglect. Women with disabilities have been consistently denied their rights. In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court (SC) of India recently allowed a 19-year-old mentally challenged orphan girl to carry on (…)

Nació Salvador de la Plaza en Caracas el día 1 de enero de 1896. Transcurrió su juventud en esta ciudad, en plena dictadura del general Juan Vicente Gómez. A los siete años muere su padre, un conocido médico caraqueño. Cursa sus primeros estudios en el Colegio Católico Alemán y en 1913 se (…)

‘Whatever our culture, we must treat animals in a humane way,’ William Gumede writes in this week’s Pambazuka News, following the recent approval of South African courts for the sacrifice of a bull as part of a traditional thanksgiving ritual. ‘African culture has a long tradition of democratic (…)

La semaine dernière, nous avons publié un article sur « l’importance des sols face à la crise climatique ». Cet article montrait comment les cultures industrielles étaient responsables pour une part importante de la détérioration des sols et des terres de notre planète. Qu’en est-il au Sahel ? (…)

Il y a deux ans nous recevions le dernier texte de notre parrain André Gorz [1], seulement quelques jours avant que sa femme et lui ne nous quittent. Le présent numéro d’EcoRev’ rend hommage à ce penseur de l’écologie politique et prend une forme particulière puisqu’il parait dix ans après notre (…)

In her new book, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the origins of contemporary optimism from nineteenth-century healers to twentieth-century pushers of consumerism. She explores how that culture of optimism prevents us from holding to account both corporate heads and elected officials. Read more here (…)

C’est quoi être Français aujourd’hui ? La question est devenue centrale dans le débat politique français aujourd’hui. Agitée jusqu’au plus haut niveau de l’Etat. elle ne porte pas seulement sur l’affirmation d’une identité. Elle traduit la négation de l’autre, de cette diversité qui fait de la (…)