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The invisible workers
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 01/09/2020
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Finland: Twenty beds, too many ill0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 29/09/2018
The Finnish Immigration Service operates a 20-bed facility in the city of Lahti offering mental health care services to asylum seekers. However, this unit is the only one of the type in the whole country and is insufficient and constantly full.
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Filling the gaps: Contribution of CSOs in the management of refugee affairs in Eastern Africa0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 29/01/2016
African states have performed dual roles producing refugees while offering asylum to others. However the economic status of many receiving countries is too low to support provision of adequate basic services to their own citizenry and refugees are perceived as an extra burden. Civil society organizations have therefore taken on provision of vital services to fill this gap, complementing the work of UNHCR, the body mandated to safeguard and protect the rights of refugees.
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Fashion and environmental commitments: meeting the demand3
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 21/03/2020
The demand for sustainable fashion is on the rise and so is demand for increased transparency, better recycling options and durable designs. The policies are yet to catch up.
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Extreme Makeover: Science Edition0
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 24/12/2016
2016 gave us an American president-elect despite never having served in elected office. It also marked an historic turning point in the European project when a key member voted to leave. These events, in the minds of many, cemented the phenomenon of the ‘post-truth’ paradigm where slapdash opinions have garnered widespread favour atop ‘facts’. The architects of previous sacrosanct-held facts, the sciences, and especially the economics profession, require a makeover.
READ MOREEvropa u komšiluku0
- Op-ed
- 28/06/2013
” … podigni zid bezbroj godina dug, tako da ne mogu preko, da te ne vidim, i da ne osjetim, da za tebe ima još netko, meni nepoznat …” Drage i samopevljive rime Časne riječi Zlatana Stipišića (Gibonni-ja) osluškivali smo na radiju Dalmacija. Nisu se dale pevati, bile su, za neverovati, teške i turobne.
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EU’s Sustainable Finance scheme should go beyond greening the financial system0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 24/10/2017
Combating climate change is expensive. Trillions of Euros need to be invested in the transition to a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy and these funds should come from the financial sector. But make no mistake, a sustainable financial system is not just about “greening” investments, it entails the halt of the increasing financialization of the economy.
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