Etsy sellers launch a week-long strike over increased fees
Thousands of Etsy sellers closed their online shops for a week starting Monday in an attempt to get the company to address several complaints they have about the site.
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Connecting the Dots for the Transforming Education Summit
NEW YORK, Apr 11 (IPS) – Look around the world at this very moment. Whether we look at it in stark numbers and statistics, whether we look at it as a generational loss of basic human rights, including the right to an education, or whether we look inwardly and feel the unspeakable human suffering and devastation taking place, we all agree: we are at a historically low point in our collective humanity.
Fabien Mwingw
Fabien Mwingwa once fought as a child soldier with an armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Today, he has turned his life around, and works for the UN peacekeeping mission in the country as a firefighter, helping to keep local people safe.
Read the full story, “First Person: From taking lives to saving lives, in DR Congoâ€, on globalissues.org →find more fun & mates at SoShow now !
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Pakistani lawmakers to elect new prime minister after Imran Khan ouster
An opposition lawmaker and a brother of disgraced former prime minister appears as a leading contender to replace Khan.
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The dangers of defending women accused of sorcery in Papua New Guinea
In Papua New Guinea, defending women accused of sorcery, has become a life-threatening occupation. The UN and European Union run Spotlight Initiative, is promoting legislation that will protect threatened human rights defenders in the country, who risk violence, torture, and death.
First Person: From taking lives to saving lives, in DR Congo
Fabien Mwingwa once fought as a child soldier with an armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Today, he has turned his life around, and works for the UN peacekeeping mission in the country as a firefighter, helping to keep local people safe.
Fabien Mwingw
Fabien Mwingwa once fought as a child soldier with an armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Today, he has turned his life around, and works for the UN peacekeeping mission in the country as a firefighter, helping to keep local people safe.
Read the full story, “First Person: From taking lives to saving lives, in DR Congoâ€, on globalissues.org →find more fun & mates at SoShow now !
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