Everyone in the world desires good health, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights gives everyone in the world the right to have access to medical care that allows them to have adequate health and wellbeing.
Politics / Tōrangapū
IS THIS REALLY PROGRESS?
Ever seen the news when the government releases its figures for the economic activity over the last year or quarter? Ever wondered what it all meant? Or why, even though we seem to be making “progress”, often it has little impact on our lives in our community?
BLOG FROM 16CCEM YOUTH FORUM: PART 2
The conference got going at a quick pace, we spent all day on the Sunday (first day) in conference sessions, hearing from different speakers and having discussions on different issues.
BLOG FROM 16CCEM YOUTH FORUM
Youth worker Kevin Grimwood is in Cape Town, South Africa attending the 16 th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (16CCEM) Youth Forum.
THE GOSSIPY SIDE OF WORLD POLITICS
World politics. For my friends, the mere mention of the word conjures up images of old people sitting around an official-looking table with pieces of paper, discussing completely random things in what seems to be a foreign language. As a 13-year-old politics enthusiast, I feel the need to explain what draws my interest
SELLING OUT OUR NEIGHBOURS AND SERVING THE EMPIRE
A commentary on Winston Peters’ Foreign Policy “Five Year Plan’
By Omar Hamed
Banking with Minutes
By Omar Hamed.
A young minor offender being sentenced by his peers, an American insurance company being paid for in time, a peer tutoring system that rewards students with recycled computers and Glasgow residents paying for tarot card readings by doing gardening. Four very different applications of one simple idea. Time as currency.
Hunger, Poverty and the Real Agenda of the IMF and World Bank
By Cameron Walker
World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) claim to have the noble aims of helping third world nations to finance the building of infrastructure and to bridge balance of payments difficulties. However, many claim both institutions help ruin the economies of Third World nations through forced structural adjustment programmes.
Oxfam’s Campaign for Fair Trade
By Nicole Mathewson
What do Chris Martin (Coldplay), Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Antonio Banderas and Alanis Morrisette have in common with a sack of corn?
A world divided
As we spin further into the twenty-first century our world remains a divided place. For a lucky few there is plenty; for most there is none.
