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The right to move and the right to stay?!
Community decisions in a changing climate
Monday, 9 October, 19:00
Hauptbücherei am Gürtel, Urban Loritz-Platz 2a, 1070 Vienna
Performance by UÝRA. Discussion with researcher Diogo Andreola Serraglio and Mana Omar from Fridays for Future Africa.
Time to act – opportunities for an EU feminist foreign policy that champions sexual and reproductive rights
by Sara Österlund
Every day 800 women and girls worldwide die from complications related to pregnancy, childbirth and unsafe abortion. The EU has the power to change this by stepping up efforts and allocating much needed funding.
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Green Colonialism?
The scramble for ‘critical’ raw materials from Africa.
Documentation of the panel discussion on 1 June 2023, with Mkhululi Ncube (African Union), Samantha Hargreaves (WoMin South Africa) and Karin Küblböck (ÖFSE).
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Africans Rising. Can activism change the world?
Panel discussion 14 March 2023
Activists from Kenya, Uganda and Austria discussed in Vienna what changes social and climate movements have achieved and how transnational cooperation can be strengthened.
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Afrika Club
Fighting in Sudan and the abondoned people
The Africa Club is an informal discussion forum for people interested in African issues, EU-AU-relations and African Diaspora with participants public institutions, the African diaspora, civil society, academia and the media.
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Climate Change Causes Flight?!
Event from 10 November 2022
At the same time as the 27th World Climate Conference took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the changing climate and associated natural disasters were also the topic of a panel discussion organized by VIDC and WIDE.
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Food for All?
What it takes to secure global supplies with nutrition and basic needs
Prof. Jomo Sundaram (Malaysia), Faith Lumonya (Uganda) and Sofia Suárez (FIAN Int.) discussed the current food crisis against the background of the Ukraine war.
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Crisis region Sahel
Background, analysis and reports
Report from the book presentation and discussion on October 4, 2022 with Günther Lanier, Ishraga Mustafa Hamid and Franz Schmidjell
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The Ukraine war and Sahel
By Roland Marchal
The Ukraine war broke out after two difficult years of economic slowdown and political turmoil in Sahel. Roland Marchal predicts possible power shifts between Russia, France and the EU.
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Ethiopia's "Green Deal"
An African model for low carbon development?
Report of the study presentation and discussion on 16 May 2022, with Mahlet Eyassu Melkie, Valentine Chukwu and Nafkote Dabi.
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