Just Focus

Around the World / Huri noa i te Ao

THE QUANTITY V QUALITY DEBATE: A CASE STUDY IN VANUATU

Miriam Wood reflects on her experience working with youth in Vanuatu, and asks whether aid money is better spent on quantity or quality…

Mapuche, The People of Life

Gonzalo Garcés, an Oxfam Youth Partner from Chile, gives us a brief snap shot of the Mapuche people’s struggle to protect their way of life.

Kaleidoscope 2007

Pip Bennett shares her amazing experience at the Oxfam International Youth Partnership event in Sydney in October.

30 October Newsletter

News on the Just Focus regional groups, activist arrests, Turkey and the Kurds and more…

Opportunity, Exploitation and Resistance

Many migrant workers are not looking simply for better work, propelled by poverty and insecurity, they are looking for ANY work.

Refugees - We are everywhere

There are 12.8 million refugees in the world. That is about three times the population of Aotearoa New Zealand!

The Anti-Vitamin Bill

The Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill has had minimal media attention, but it is likely to affect more of us than the Anti-Smacking Law ever will.

Eco-prisoners: from the US to the Pacific

Across the globe there have been many brave acts of resistance against those exploiting both humanity and the environment. Unfortunately as global awareness of environmental issues increases so does repression of those brave enough to stand up.

WHAT’S UP WITH COKE? -Part Two

In Part Two of What’s up with Coke? Elisabeth Perham explores the environmental damage the company is doing in India.

WHAT’S UP WITH COKE?

Elisabeth Perham asks why people are boycotting and protesting against one of the worlds most recognisable brands?

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