The City of Justice
Defining the city requires a spanning of matter and meaning, corporeality and abstraction, tangibility and inaccessibility, humanity and nonhumanity. The most prominent difficulty in defining the city is that, while … Continue reading
Rethink, Retool, Reboot: Technology as if people and planet mattered
Rethink, Retool, Reboot presents the evidence and analysis that informs Practical Action’s organisational mission to create a world with Technology Justice: where technology and innovation is used to end poverty … Continue reading
Participatory Budgeting: Next Generation Democracy
[White paper] – In a time of rising civic disengagement, many city leaders are using an innovative tool to reconnect with the people they serve: Participatory budgeting, known as “PB.” PB … Continue reading
Why international law is failing refugees
The extent to which migration and relocation can function as positive forms of adaptation, rather than signs of vulnerability, will depend in part on the laws and policies put in … Continue reading
Governance for Sustainable Development
The UNDP Discussion Paper on ‘Governance for Sustainable Development’ provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities that evolve from the ongoing discussions on how best to integrate governance, rule … Continue reading
Justice for Future Generations – Inequalities, IHRL and the Post-2015 Agenda
Karen A. Moir – The failure to respect the rights of future generations may undermine the sustainability of development gains made by their parents by allowing for disproven assumptions to … Continue reading
Strengthening Gender Justice
Gender equality and women’s rights are being inadequately framed as “mainstreaming” concerns, rather than as a transformative necessity for the realization of sustainable development. The recent report from the High … Continue reading
Women voters: courted – yes, respected – no?
Dahlia Martin – Women are a focal point in Malaysian politics today, with some recent discussion of their ability as voters to decide election outcomes. But this has not translated … Continue reading
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