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Aktuelle Entwicklungen im Asyl-, Staatsbürgerschafts- und Fremdenrecht in Österreich
Online Seminar mit dem Juristen Norbert Kittenberger
Auf Einladung des VIDC und des Sport- und Kulturvereins „NEUER START“ gibt der Jurist Norbert Kittenberger Auskunft über die neuen und alten Herausforderungen im Bereich von Asyl-, Fremden- und Staatsbürgerschaftsrecht.
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Afghanistan Peace Talks. A Road to Nowhere?
Panel discussion with prominent Afghan experts
Monday, 26 April 2021, 15:30 - 17:00 CET (Zoom)
Panel discussion on the current progress of the peace talks between the Afghan government delegation and the Taliban negotiators.
![[Translate to English:] Women Leaders Peace Summit in November 2020 in Doha © OXUS TV/Tanya Kayhan](https://www.vidc.org/fileadmin/_processed_/4/7/csm_new_bannerfoto__c__oxus_tv_tanya_kayhan_14c959f371.jpg "[Translate to English:] Women Leaders Peace Summit in November 2020 in Doha © OXUS TV/Tanya Kayhan")
Afghan women – the quintessence for peace
by Heela Najibullah
UN Resolution 1325 demands to include women's full equal participation in peacebuilding. However, Afghan women's voices are marginalized. Only 4 out of 21 members of Afghan goverment's negotiation team are women and zero in…
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Yemen: The everlasting “forgotten”, “ignored", “proxy" and “absurd” war
by Bushra Nasr Kretschmer
According to Bushra Nasr Kretschmer international players are unable to end the war in Yemen since 2014 because they have failed to understand the root causes of the conflict, which can be found in the ideology of the Houthi.
read more »![[Translate to English:] General election, 14 January 2021, Kampala © Abby Ramadan](https://www.vidc.org/fileadmin/_processed_/3/6/csm_bannerfoto__general_election_kampala_on_january_14__2021__c__abby_ramadan_9903e64fd0.jpg "[Translate to English:] General election, 14 January 2021, Kampala © Abby Ramadan")
Gender Politics in Uganda
by Hilda J. Twongyeirwe and Fortunate Tusasirwe
In Uganda, participation of women in politics has alwyas been a labored process burdened with patriarchy. Thanks to women's political resistance and trainings, FEMRITE hopes that the country might get a female president one…
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Stigmatisiert und ausgegrenzt: VIDC präsentiert erste Studie über Abgeschobene von Österreich nach Afghanistan
von Ali Ahmad und Michael Fanizadeh
Sicherheitsbedrohungen, Verlust des sozialen und familiären Netzwerks, Stigmatisierung und Ausgrenzung - so beschreiben 16 Deportierte ihre derzeitige Situation in Afghanistan. VIDC Studie empfiehlt dringend Abschiebestopp.
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Covid-19 and Global Vaccine Inequality
Views from the Global South
Covid-19 affects us all, but not all equally. Documentation of a webinar on vaccine inequlity, with Carlos Correa and Fatima Hassan.
Nachruf auf Ahmed Ben Salah
Von Peter Jankowitsch
Vor kurzen verstarb mit Ahmed Ben Salah aus Tunesien, einer der Mitbegründer des „Wiener Instituts für Entwicklung“. VIDC-Kuratoriumsmitglied Peter Jankowitsch würdigt die Gründungspersönlichkeit des VIDC mit einem Nachruf.
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Social Movements in Africa. Mobilization in the Middle of a Pandemic
Report from the Online Discussion on 18 November 2020
The discussion provided an insight into the daily struggles of African protest movements and thightened security measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The role of social media in changing gender roles in Iran
By Homa Bazafkan
Despite the Internet ban in Iran, women are making use of social media channels to successfully fight against gender-based violence and for their rights.
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