Innovative Approaches For Poverty Reduction
Written by Julie Owono Global Voices bloggers have been commissioned [1] to liveblog the OECD Global Forum on Development [2] in Paris on April 4-5, 2013. Leading up to the meeting, our team is submitting posts about development issues that help serve as weekly online discussion topics [3] on their website (#OECDgfd [4]) The quest is on for solutions to poverty reduction with the approach of the 2015 deadline for the UN Millenium Development Goals (MDG) [6]. Many organizations are explor... more
Views: 591Jean-Yves Ollivier: Apartheid was doomed for economic, not moral reasons
Region: NY
The end of Apartheid in South Africa is often remembered as the moral victory of South Africans to move their country past the inhumane realities of racial segregation. For French businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier, the death of the racist regime has to do with economics, not morals. During the years of struggle and negotiations within the country, and external pressure, especially from Western nations, to end the oppressive regime, Jean-Yves Ollivier knew Apartheid was already doomed: f... more
Views: 401Blogging Family on the Road
Written by Kasia Odrozek An interview with The Family Without Borders: Anna and Thomas Alboth, parents, travellers and bloggers [1] who've been around the Black Sea and around Central America with their two small daughters. In 2010, a young couple from Berlin – Anna, a Polish journalist, and Thomas, a German photographer – decided to live on their globetrotting dream – and they decided to do it with their 6-month-old daugther Hanna on board. With a fully-packed Renault Esp... more
Views: 1361LEGAL AGREEMENT FORMS REQUIRED FOR 'CONSESUAL SEX'?
Region: India“Consensual Sex” will not have any evidence per se to construe – wheather it is really a consensual sex or sexual assault. Similarly ‘Consensual Sex’ incidents can also be twisted as ‘Rape/Sexual Assault’ cases when relationships are boomaranged. So, a new law must be enacted to get the marriage solmanized compulsorily between the men and women who are involved in pre-matiral “Consensual Sex”. Recently, eventhough the Hon’ble ... more
Views: 916"Pure" Offsprings Wanted For Man Who Believes The World Is Ending
Region: VA
Commentary: This story appeared on the Internet site Cafemom.com on March 20, 2013 about a man who had a belief that the world was going to end and all that would be left in the world would be him and his "pure" offsprings. This story actually made me have a heavy laden sickness in the pit of my stomach because it was about a sick and warped minded man who has been on trial for 2-years. His name is Aswad Ayinde, he lives in New Jersey, and he has been charged for running a complete house o... more
Views: 830China: Blogger Detained After Calling Attention to Dead Pigs
Written by Abby A Shanghai poet was detained for questioning by Chinese police after she posted to popular microblogging site Sina Weibo calling on her followers to take a stroll en masse along the Huangpu River to bring attention to the waterway where nearly 15,000 [1] dead pigs have recently been found floating [2]. The dead pigs scandal and the resulting fears of contaminated tap water have become a hot topic of discussion online since the first carcasses were... more
Views: 823Ground Report Recognition Awards March 22
Every week, Ground Report spotlights the best articles on the site with the Recognition Awards. The winning articles represent the highest quality journalism from across Ground Report. The winners receives a cash prize, and we will be recognizing the articles by posting them on the front page of Ground Report. This week's winner is Vssubramaniamfor the article SONIA TO FIGHT THE BJP THE ‘SAFRON TERRORISTS” - IMPLICATIONS FOR IN... more
Views: 856From Zero to Happy: Tips for Living Happier
Region: United StatesThere are certain common denominators that define nearly all our endeavors. For instance when shopping for a new car we look at common denominators like “mpg” and “zero to sixty.” In my work as a personal empowerment specialist and spiritual teacher there are also some common denominators I see in all my clinical clients and workshop students, what we might call the “mpg” and “zero to sixty” of self-improvement and personal development. Rega... more
Views: 566Hypnosis: Nature’s Swiss Army Knife
Region: United StatesWith its myriad attachments and implements, the Swiss Army Knife is truly a nifty device, allowing allows us to easily accomplish numerous tasks, from filing nails to opening a bottle of wine. If only there was such a tool to help us transcend the bigger issues we face in life; you know, the “stuff” like negative habits, feelings, behaviors and physical conditions that hold so many of us back. Well there is, and it’s called hypnosis, a naturally-occurring state of consciousn... more
Views: 1327Erotica from Angola
Written by Janet Gunter Rosie Alves is a young Angolan blogger and “cronista” living in Luanda. The crónica is a Portuguese writing form that is very suited to blogging – originally published in newspapers, they are tales, sometimes true and sometimes fictionalized, that convey a point or a conceit in a very short form. In her blog “Sweet Cliché [1]“, Alves writes short tales, often about love and intimate encounters. (Blogspot warns readers... more
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