society
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15 February Feb 2016 1132 15 February 2016 Inequality is the biggest threat to the world
People often think that a certain level of inequality is normal in our societies, says the social geographer Danny Dorling . But the gap between the superrich and the rest of us has widened dramatically in the past 12 months. The author of a number of books including "Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists" and the next, "A Better Politics, How Government Can Make Us Happier", due to be published on March 20th, explained to Vita International why inequality should be a concern for anyone.
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14 January Jan 2016 0840 14 January 2016 Libya, not lost in transition
Farida El Allagi, Libyan Ambassador at the European Union, acknowledges to Vita international how her country and the Arab world are progressing despite the internal deterrents and the interferences from abroad.
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12 November Nov 2015 1304 12 November 2015 Increased repression putting human rights defenders lives at risk
The recent shooting of Burundian human rights defender Pierre Claver Mbonimpa highlights what human rights foundation Front Line Defender’s are calling a “growing global backlash against human rights defenders (HRDs), which has now reached crisis point”. Vita International spoke to Emma Achilli, head of Front Line Defender's European Union Office, to learn more.
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11 November Nov 2015 1139 11 November 2015 MakeSense stands for refugees
MakeSense, the global movement promoting social entrepreneurship, launches an international mobilization for refugees together with SINGA France. Christian Vanizette, MakeSense co-founder, speaks about the campaign, that will finish at the end of the year.
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4 November Nov 2015 1704 04 November 2015 Iraqi Christians’ message to Europe: “We are being ethnically cleansed by ISIS”
Archbishop H.E Bashar Warda of the Chaldean Catholic Church of Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan) spoke to Vita International following a conference on October 22nd in Brussels, and laid out the current situation for Christian refugees in Northern Iraq.