Mois : novembre 2006

Linked with The Development Research Institute dri, with Center for Global Development, with A Modest Proposal, with Afrika: Ein hoffnungsloser Kontinent, with William Easterly’s Videos, and with The West Can’t Save Africa.

He says: ”After $2.3 trillion over 5 decades, why are the desperate needs of the world’s poor still so tragically unmet? Isn’t it finally time for an end to the impunity of foreign aid? ».

He says also: « They [the poor] are effectively customers of this multi-billion dollar aid industry but lack the ability to give feedback and influence the type of aid they receive ».

Read his text ‘Why Doesn’t Aid Work?’ on CATO unbound.

William Easterly – USA

Read his text: Think Again, Debt Relief.

William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and Co-Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute. He is also a non-resident Fellow of the Center for Global Development in Washington DC. William Easterly received his Ph.D. in Economics at MIT. He spent sixteen years as a Research Economist at the World Bank.

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Linked with Dream Change, and with Global Dialogue Center. Added January 18, 2008: also linked with John Perkins on January 17, 2008, and with Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

He says: ”We are watching an empire in the throes of collapse. In Iran, Venezuela, Bolivia, Iraq, Nigeria — and so many other places — we are beginning to see leaders take stands that oppose the corporatocracy. They are trying to limit debts, are standing up to their rights to have the same weapons as their enemies, refusing to give in to oil companies (Ecuador kicked Occidental out earlier this week), and thumbing their noses at Washington. The Bush Administration has pushed people to the limit. And has proven that the empire is vulnerable. »

He says also: « We must be fully conscious. We must support oppressed people around the world. Starving and sick people. We must recognize that our grandchildren have little hope for stable, sustainable, and peaceful lives unless every child on every continent has equal reasons for hope. We do not want to see this empire simply collapse and be replaced by another. We want to insist that it transform itself into a model that reflects the highest ideals of our Declaration of Independence. We must create a world that will make future generations proud of us. » (For both see his Newsletter May 2006, and Archive Newsletters).

John Perkins – USA

John Perkins spent three decades as an Economic Hit Man, business executive, author, and lecturer. He lived and worked in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and North America.

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Linked with The National Agricultural Research Institute NARI, and with Strategies for agriculture and rural development in Papua New Guinea.

She is a Laureate for the Prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life 2006.

Maria LINIBI – Papua New Guinea

Maria Linibi (51) has become one of the most outstanding role models for women farmers in PNG. Rural women play a key role in this still essentially rural country and economy. However, as in many other areas of the world, rural women often live in the shadow of their spouses. A highly competent business woman in her own right, Maria and her husband have developed their own farm and she tirelessly uses the experience gained there to stimulate and encourage other women farmers.

This has been done under trying circumstances. PNG is a struggling developing country, and rural areas are often neglected in terms of services, communication and transport. It is a testament to the laureate’s courage and persistence that she has been able to achieve such a lot. Born in 1955, she worked as a public servant for many years before leaving this job to work on her own farm in 1990.

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She is one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Price 2005.

She says: “There must be another way to exist, to be a human being, to be a woman”. (Inspired by a text of the poet Rosario Castellanos)

Marta Lucía Micher Camarena – Mexico

She works for The Mirabal Sisters Human Rights Center, and for the Feminist Millennium and Democratic Revolution Party.

They thought of calling her Lourdes, but they named her Lucía. Marta Lucía: “Malú.” She could have been an opera singer, but she became a politician. Decisions, denials, experiences have made the girl that studied piano and song into a defender of women’s rights. A defender of herself. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

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She is one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Price 2005.

She says: “I could not understand how I, a woman who was illiterate and poor, could contribute to change our lives. I did not understand that the strength of 1000 women was necessary to achieve what we wanted”.

Gladira Auxiliadora Talavera García – Nicaragua

She works for Axunica, and for The We Bet on Life Foundation.

She took care of her eight siblings and was not able to go to school. She was mistreated by her mother and also by the man she loved. She is Nicaraguan. Her legal name is: Gladira Auxiliadora Talavera García (52). People simply call her “Chilo.” Women recognize in her a common past of poverty and–more than that–a present of organization of acts against disrespect and marginalization. “Chilo” listens, reflects, finds solutions, smiles and never backs down. Never. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

Sorry, I can not get other informations in english about Gladira Auxiliadora Talavera García – Nicaragua.

She is one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Price 2005.

She says: “I have fought and I will continue to fight until the last moment. The right to life is not only the right to breathe, but it is also right to education, health and justice”.

Norma Angélica Cruz Córdoba – Guatemala

She works for Sobrevivient (Survivors), Tierra Viva (Live Land).

Norma Angélica Cruz was a student leader and a Catholic missionary, a mother, political militant and widow. A daughter of the war, she survived not only the armed violence, but also violence within her family. When her life partner abused her daughter, she took legal action against him, which led to his trial and sentence. She founded the organization Sobrevivient (Survivors) that takes care of victims of violence, including women and their families. Norma Angélica Cruz is, in Guatemala, a recognized defender of women’s rights. (Read all on 1000peacewomen).

Sorry, I can not get other informations in english about Norma Angélica Cruz Córdoba – Guatemala.

Linked with Proyecto Palomas.

She is one of the 1000 women proposed for the Nobel Peace Price 2005.

She says: “Peace does not need doves. It needs men and women of goodwill”.

Lázara Lizette Vila Espina – Cuba

She works for Proyecto Palomas.

For over ten years, Lizette Vila has dedicated herself to working for peace and respect for diversity in society. In Havana, she created a project called Proyecto Palomas (Project Doves) with the goal to bring about changes in people’s life styles and promote respect for human diversity, in order to encourage a culture of peace.
(Read all on 1000peacewomen).

links:

La diversità e la pace nel Proyecto Palomas;

festival internacional del nuevo cine latinoamericano.

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