Inequality: a Global Challenge Requiring Global Solutions
Inequality is truly a global challenge. I emphasize “global” because inequality matters in all countries—both in the developing and the…
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Has the BRICS bubble burst?
The political crisis in Brazil over economic mismanagement and high-level corruption, likely to come to a head next week, has reinforced the…
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BRICS Bank to issue bonds in 2nd quarter: VP
The New Development Bank launched by the BRICS will soon issue between 3-5 billion yuan in bonds in China in…
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BRICS Under Attack: The Empire Strikes Back In Brazil
Despite all the fancy anti-corruption rhetoric, the assault on President Rousseff’s leftist government is the result of a coordinated campaign…
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176 Organisations Call On G7 To Deliver On Health
Over 176 organsiations from around the world have signed a letter to the G7 Health Expert’s Working Group which meets…
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Interview with Regina Kiriutina, ECSN BRICSAM Russia and GCAP Russia Coordinator
Regina Kiriutina is a program officer for GCAP Russia and a coordinator for the ECSN BRICSAM Program in the Russian…
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Interview with Regina Kiriutina, ECSN BRICSAM Russia and GCAP Russia Coordinator |
Regina Kiriutina is a program officer for GCAP Russia and a coordinator for the ECSN BRICSAM Program in the Russian… | |
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Another Side of Equality: Strangers in a Strange Land |
As violence and insecurity continue to cause mass displacement within Syria and across the Middle East region, over 4.39 million Syrians will… | |
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4th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights |
On November 16-18, 2015, Geneva hosted the 4th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. The forum was attended… | |
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Gender equality becomes a key focus of civil society asks of G20 leaders |
Regina Kiriutina - Gender Networker at the Consortium of Women’s Non-governmental Associations in Russia | |
A guest blog from Regina Kiriutina, Gender Networker at the Consortium of Women’s Non-governmental Associations in Russia On September 15th-16th,… | |
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Nations set to reshape the world economy: the BRICS have not very much in common, do they? |
The leaders of the BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — huddled in Ufa this week for… | |
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Extreme Inequality and Economic Growth: Russia and BRICS |
Recently, the problem of inequality has played an increasing role in the resolution of the improvement of human potential in… | |
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Addressing gender inequality in the G20 |
Victoria Stetsko Project Officer - Oxfam Russia | |
In the Los Cabos Declaration in 2012 the G20 leaders committed to advance women’s equality in all areas, especially in… | |
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Effectiveness of Prohibition of Gender Discrimination in Labour Relations under the Russian Legislation and in Judicial Practice |
Sergey Saurin - PhD in Law | |
Prohibition of discrimination in the sphere of employment and occupation is one of the four fundamental principles of the International… | |
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Trends in Development of Income Inequality in the BRICS Countries |
Victor Sokolov - M.A. for public policy | |
The problem of income inequality is being discussed particularly sharply during the crisis – the burden of an economic slump… | |
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HIV Infection As a Factor of Discrimination in Access to Healthcare for Pregnant Women |
According to data of AIDS Federal Center [1] 798,866 people with HIV infection, including more than 290 thousand women(36.7%) were… | |
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Socio-Cultural Factors of LGBT Segregation |
Anna Ochkina - sociologist at Institute of Globalization and Social Movements | |
Public discussion of sexual orientation in Russia is significantly less active than in the West. However, the problem of homophobia… |