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I,
Galina Komarnitska, nurse in Kiev
The people in these pictures inspired me to share with readers from other shores
scenes from my everyday life. I’m often faced with distress, but there’s still time
for dreaming
Photos
by Reiner Riedler; text by Galina Komarnitska. Galina Komarnitska is a Ukrainian
nurse. Reiner Riedler, a 33-year-old Austrian photographer, places special value
on the “ethics of seeing.” In recent years, he has completed several long-term projects
in Eastern Europe. |
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Toxic
rain kills more than the coca
The so-called “war on coca” in Colombia, backed by the United States, is destroying
jungles and forests, and threatening the health of half a million peasants and indigenous
peoples.
Nelson
Fredy Padilla Castro, chief investigative reporter of the magazine Cambio
and correspondent for the Argentine daily Clarín. |
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When
girls go missing
Millions of girls are not making it into school, despite a concerted international
movement to push the cause forward. In some African countries, the gender gap is
even widening. What’s gone wrong?
Cynthia
Guttman, UNESCO Courier journalist. |
Egypt’s
celebrity model
Two hundred schools in deprived hamlets of Upper Egypt are sending ripples through
the country’s education system, making girls and women the beacons of a new learning
experience.
Malak
Zaalouk, education section chief, UNICEF Cairo. |
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A
Phoenix of Human Nature
By
Sara Schechner, David P. Wheatland Curator of the collection of Historical Scientific
Instruments, Harvard University. |
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More
than just the truth
Truth commissions can set in motion a process of grieving and recovery, but they
are not the only answer to confronting crimes of the past. Trials are critical, while
traditional healing practices can also assuage wounds.
Priscilla
B. Hayner, programme director of the International Centre for Transitional Justice,
New York, and author of Unspeakable Truths: Confronting State Terror and Atrocities
(Routledge, 2001) |
Revenge
in the making in Bosnia Herzegovina
Children in Bosnia are growing up learning that their neighbours are enemies. Civic
groups say that a truth commission is the only way to defuse brewing ethnic hatred.
Jakob
Finci, president of the National Coordinating Committee for the Establishment of
the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Bosnia Herzegovina |
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Weaving
magic with the spoken word
Storytellers in Latin America have gained a cult following in the past decade. Some
are delving into ancient traditions, others are spinning stories with a distinctly
post-modern edge.
Asbel
López, UNESCO Courier journalist. |
The
world according to Nicolás Buenaventura
Early on, Colombian storyteller Nicolás Buenaventura learned that “you have
to invent the truth every day.” With several storytellers in his family tree, he
treats his gift with reverence and warmth of spirit.
Asbel
López, UNESCO Courier journalist. |
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Striking
media giants with news on the web
The Internet offers an unparalleled chance to spread an alternative to the news served
up by the mainstream media, the “second power” of globalization, affirmed the World
Social Forum in Porto Alegre.
René
Lefort, director of the UNESCO Courier. |
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Mark
Anspach: Global markets, anonymous victims
In
the great metropolises of market society, hundreds of homeless people die each year.
We don’t even know their names. For the American anthropologist Mark Anspach, the
market economy has not succeeded in ridding us of sacrifice. And yet, its rationality
was supposed to distance us from ritual violence and those who practice it.
Interview
by Yannick Blanc and Michel Bessières, respectively writer and UNESCO Courier
journalist. |
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