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have made diamond a source of income for both rebels and governments to finance their wars. In Angola in 1999 the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola party (UNITA) gained approximately $3-4 million from the trade in illegal diamonds . NGOs pointed out connection between the trade of raw gems and the financing of war in the 1990’s; diamonds were now seen as a factor contributing to bloodsheds. As a response, the international community started to regulate and prohibit the trade in conflict

government might change it's mind and decide to get its share of the profit. Talisman should use the media to their side before any other conflict appears. There should be some meetings with NGOs to clear out Talismans policy and intentions in entering Iraq. There has to be a communication between Talisman and the NGOs to make sure that the company is away from funding any civil wars. That way, shareholders will feel even more comfortable, and the company will not risk its reputation. V. Implementation

overwhelming but manageable. Many NGOs feel that a multi-dimensional approach to addressing trafficking should include not only legislative initiatives and crime prevention, but also social welfare, job training, rights protection, and development initiatives in the source, transit, and destination countries and locales (Caliber Associates, 2007; Richard, 1999). Effective strategies should be comprehensive and provide for collaboration among governments, governmental agencies, NGOs, advocacy groups, service

The speaker of this video is John Prendergast, a human rights activist. He is the co-founder of the Enough Project, an NGO dedicated to promoting campaigns to end genocide and crimes against humanity at conflict zones. This video focuses on the humanitarian crisis in Eastern Congo and it relation with the electronic device's supply chain. Conflict Mineral is the denomination for the mineral that came from conflict zones. Eastern Congo is one of the principal origins of conflict mineral. The humanitarian

many events that led to America’s long term failure of “regime change” in Iraq. I believe that the most compelling case for Kinzer’s argument of long term failure for the United States has to be when America tried to overthrow the leader, President Ngo Dihn Diem, of Vietnam whilst we were aiding the country. Even if America thought that getting a new leader would be better in the war against North Vietnam. This case was different than the others. For example, instead of just targeting person or a

On November 2 I attended a lecture by David Eubank, a Texas A&M Corps of Cadets alumnus who went on to work in the special forces and create a humanitarian relief NGO called Free Burma Rangers. This program was put on by student organization, MSC SCONA. Eubank began his presentation with an anecdote that illustrated what a normal day working on the front lines of a warzone looks like. He detailed the chaotic state of the areas he’s worked in and the danger that comes with his job. Eubank also discussed

more aggressive type of the disease in 13%. But she added that the study did not specifically analyze the impact of weight loss on the risk of prostate cancer. A spokesperson for Prostate Cancer UK, the largest male health NGO Thea Cunningham of the Cancer Research UK NGO, which is dedicated to research on the disease, says more studies are needed to prove the association between waist circumference and the risk of developing prostate

Although the Burmese government and various NGOs have made concerted efforts to promote women’s rights since 2008, there is still much room for improvement in the rural and remote border areas. In this paper, I will examine how the role and status of Burmese women have changed through Myanmar’s multiple

Dalit movement started under the leadership of Dr. Ambedkar and within that the Dalit women movements struggle of within and out discrimination of Dalit women. Dalit women movement inspired by Dr. Ambedkar, Savitri and Jotiba Phule and adopted the ideology of them in their struggle against caste, patriarchy and class. Historically, lower caste women or Dalit women have been exploited on the basis of social, economic, political, and cultural grounds. Caste system and patriarchy are the major system

Addressing a group of teachers in Sultanpur on Tuesday night, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Varun Gandhi had said that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is doing good work through his self-help groups (SHG) for advancement of women in Amethi. While this exchange of words between bigwigs in Gandhi family is catching an attention of national media ahead of 16th general elections, the plight of SHG members in Chennai signifies the reality which is far away from these political claims of advancement