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Roots of Gender Inequality

Roots of Gender Inequality

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Gender inequality has its roots in differences between men and women in society. These result from social constructions of relations, which in turn stem from sexual…
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"Do No Harm": The Rise of New…

"Do No Harm": The Rise of New Humanitarianism

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How we understand humanitarianism has been changing. People have been reconsidering whether we should be more selective in terms of who we give aid to after the Rwandan…
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Social Communication for Social Change

Social Communication for Social Change

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Sarah Bradshaw argues that if we want to change rates of violence, we have to change the way violence is understood and change attitudes about violence in society. In…
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Ideas of Poverty and Wellbeing

Ideas of Poverty and Wellbeing

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Poverty has been an important part of the development agenda since the 1990s, but the way that we measure poverty has changed drastically over the years. Inequality is…
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Conceptualizations of Violence and Legal…

Conceptualizations of Violence and Legal Frameworks

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1 in 3 women will suffer from or feel threatened by violence, including sexual violence and the fear of violence. This is not confined to a particular region or culture.…
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The State of the World's Water Resources

The State of the World's Water Resources

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This chapter discusses the linkages between ecological processes and water. Learn about water management and the state of available water in the world. This video is…
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Root Causes and Lived Realities: Violence Against…

Root Causes and Lived Realities: Violence Against Women and Girls

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Violence against women can be seen on three levels: the international, national, and intimate levels. We can look at psychological as well as patriarchal factors, and…
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Sustainable Development and Rights

Sustainable Development and Rights

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In 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set the international policy framework for development across the globe. Critiques of the MDGs are that they were…
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Attacking Gender Inequality within Development

Attacking Gender Inequality within Development

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Gender wasn’t on the development agenda until the 1970s. At that time, it was recognized that development could harm women as modernization brings increased…
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The Gendered Experience of Poverty

The Gendered Experience of Poverty

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There is a gendered experience of poverty: women and men experience poverty differently, and women may experience poverty differently from one another. In the case of…
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Advancements in Women's Rights

Advancements in Women's Rights

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The Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the…
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of…

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)

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The Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is seen as the International Bill of Women’s Rights with rights that extend to the…
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Professionals Need to Face Sustainability Issues

Professionals Need to Face Sustainability Issues

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In this chapter, Sonia Massari discusses why sustainability issues require new skills and professional profiles. She proposes the idea of sustainability natives, similar…
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Social Foundations for Planetary Boundaries

Social Foundations for Planetary Boundaries

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This chapter discusses the social foundations for the planetary boundaries. This goes back to the Brundtland Report of 1987, which defined sustainability as a…
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Case study: Role of State and Non-state Actors in…

Case study: Role of State and Non-state Actors in Water Diplomacy

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This case study illustrates the role of diplomatic actors, international NGOs and academic actors as the state and non-state actors within water diplomacy. This video…
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Social Policies to Combat Social Exclusion

Social Policies to Combat Social Exclusion

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This chapter uses two examples to give further insight into the processes that have been incurred in the context of social exclusion. First–The British assimilated…

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