India is in a period of transformation and evolving cultural values. There is a split between the young urban community and the traditional rural community. The fragmented cultural values have resulted in widespread violence within the society. In December 2012, several men brutally raped a young woman on a bus in India’s capital New Delhi. …
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Seminar 30/11: Reform of the UN and the UN in the Age of Trump
The UN in the age of Trump is increasingly challenged. Due to this development, and other changes in motion, there is also talk of necessary reform. These topics will be discussed by Thomas G. Weiss and Stephen Browne in a seminar jointly arranged by the Swedish Development Forum (FUF) and the UN Association of Sweden (Svenska FN-förbundet). …
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FILM: ICAN – vägen mot kärnvapenförbud
År 2017 är debatten om kärnvapen mer aktuell än på länge. I juli enades 122 länder, inklusive Sverige, om en FN-konvention om ett globalt kärnvapenförbud och i oktober meddelade den norska Nobelkommittén att The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) tilldelats Nobels fredspris, bland annat för sina ansträngningar att få till just detta avtal. …
FUF-fåtölj 23/11: Security and Migration – Dimensions of Climate Change
Climate change is increasingly viewed as one of the greatest challenges to international security. Around the planet, climate change threatens livelihoods and food security, and the worst affected are people already living in precarious conditions. As a consequence, climate change has also become one of the main causes of migration. What are the biggest security …
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FILM: The Changing Context for Europe-Africa Relations
Relations between countries and regions are influenced by a variety of factors. As regards Europe and Africa, political changes such as Brexit, the existential crisis within the EU, and Africa returning to the top table of decision making in the wake of the refugee situation have changed the dynamics of the relations. At the end …
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