In the fight against illegal resource extraction, the Sahrauis have achieved a partial success. Never before has so little phosphate been exported from the Moroccan occupied Western Sahara, reports Western Sahara Resource Watch. More and more companies are avoiding the export goods. The situation would be even better if a Swiss company did not jump into the breach.
For the fourth time, the Basel Peace Forum brought together experts and decision-makers from politics, business, civil society and academia on January 9-10 to exchange ideas on innovative approaches to peacebuilding. This year's event, organized by swisspeace, was held under the motto "Cities of Peace?". Numerous panels and workshops explored the role of cities as engines for
Laila Fakhouri has been campaigning for her people's right to self-determination since her early youth. For this commitment, the 25-year-old Sahraui now receives the Human Rights Award of the city of Weimar. This prize is awarded every year on the occasion of International Human Rights Day on December 10. terre des hommes switzerland nominated Laila Fakhouri for the prize. On 4.
We are collecting donations for the reconstruction and food supply in Mozambique. In spring 2019, cyclones Idai and Kenneth robbed thousands of people of their harvest. The consequences are long-term, as they now lack the basis for life. Read here what is currently happening in our project area.
The Federal Council has presented what Swiss development cooperation (DC) will look like from 2021 to 2024. The plans concern both the projects that the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) runs itself and those that receive financial support from the federal government. All interested organizations were allowed to give feedback to the Federal Council. This is welcomed by terre des hommes switzerland,
Only six months after its launch, the Alliance against Arms Exports to Civil War Countries submitted the Corrective Initiative on June 24. The Corrective Initiative calls for a ban on the export of Swiss weapons to civil war countries or countries where human rights are systematically violated. Thanks to the massive support from the population, the alliance has succeeded within a very short time in getting more than
Despite the difficult political and economic conditions and the continuing competitive environment in the NGO sector, terre des hommes schweiz is closing the year 2018 with a positive result.
On 19 May we will vote on the adoption of the EU weapons directives in Switzerland. The new rules create more control and security in the possession of weapons. This is welcome, because weapons are not toys.
terre des hommes schweiz and Medicus Mundi Switzerland show the documentary #Female Pleasure and talk to the protagonist Vithika Yadav from India.
In view of the flood disaster in Mozambique, several Swiss NGOs are calling on Credit Suisse in an open letter to waive repayment of a billion-dollar loan to the crisis-ridden country. They say it is a hidden debt of two billion US dollars as a result of fraudulent illegal arrangements between Credit Suisse, the Russian bank VTB, international contractors and Mozambican
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