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Are women the answer to Bangladesh’s climate question?3
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 26/03/2015
The discourse at the international level has largely ignored gendered aspects and responses to climate mitigation issues. Several studies have proved that climate change has adverse impacts on the disadvantaged and poverty stricken groups, women being most affected amongst them.
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EU should focus on integration of minorities as an anti-terror measure 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 23/03/2015
The start of 2015 has already seen acts of terror being perpetrated on European soil, reminding us that the threat of terror remains strong. However, the response of the EU and its member states is inadequate.
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European energy security – root cause or ultimate goal?0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 21/03/2015
Three pillars of the European Union’s energy policy are efficiency, sustainability and security of energy supplies. The questions here are: Where will the supplies come from? What is a reasonable price at a time of unstable financial environment and fiscal policies? How are these terms defined? What are the actions for their implementation?
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Greece’s detention policy in the absence of migration policy 0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 19/03/2015
On 20th February, 21-year-old Mohammed Camara, a native from Guinea, died in the detention center of Amygdaleza, Athens. Mohammed died due to diabetes after not receiving necessary treatment or adequate food. This is not the first death in the Amygdaleza detention center. Since the new government led by Syriza took office on January 27th, there has been one death of a migrant in detention each week. The situation is desperate and a new policy is urgently needed.
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An opinion on UK Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 17/03/2015
University vice-chancellors can now be charged with “contempt of court backed by criminal sanctions” if they do not enforce the new guidelines.
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EU Asylum Policy – The necessity for a shared responsibility 1
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 15/03/2015
It’s a problem of responsibility. For more than a decade, EU Member States and EU institutions have combined their efforts to draft a EU Asylum Policy that would tackle the migration issue, and allocate the responsibility to process asylum cases on the principle of responsibility-shifting, rather than responsibility-sharing.
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