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Women and Water Week: Women and water management in rural Uganda
Firminus Mugumya and Richard Asaba Bagonza are two doctoral researchers that have conducted extended research on women and water management in rural Uganda. For our Women and Water Week they told us about some of their research findings and reflect on women’s role in water resource management and community participation. Women as water managers In ...
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Advancing women’s rights in Arab countries
Progressio’s Country Rep in Yemen, Abeer Al-Absi, recently attended the ALWANE regional summit held in Jordan. Here Abeer reports back on what she learned about advancing women’s rights… On 11 and 12 November I attended the Active Leaders for Women’s Advancement in the Near East (ALWANE) Regional Summit, held in Amman, Jordan, after being invited ...
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We are currently working on 4 projects in Timor-Leste: Progressio Ireland is not responsible for content shown on other websites linked to on this page.
Continue ReadingHonduras: Impunity reigns on the anniversary of the 2009 coup
Our special correspondent on the ground asks if Hondurans will be blowing out the candles this week to mark the anniversary of the military coup that swept the country two years ago today (28 June 2011) Exiled President Zelaya returned to Honduras last month and subsequently the country was readmitted to the Organisation of American ...
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Participation is the key in troubled Yemen
How is the political chaos in Yemen affecting everyday work and life for ordinary people – and what does it mean for the future? We asked our country representative in Yemen, Abeer Al-Absi, for an insider view… “Yemenis dream of a better future without corruption. We want to take part in the decisions that affect ...
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Nicaragua
Country Introduction Since independence in 1821, Nicaragua’s people have lived through a series of civil wars, several US interventions, and a period of local dictatorship which was confronted by the national hero Sandino. However, in the years since, the continued presence of the US has held back democratic development and polarised the population, increasing ...
Continue ReadingA path across the border: Haiti/Dominican Republic
Vita Randazzo writes about market day in the border town of Jimani. The recent solidarity of the Dominican people withHaiti– shown by their spontaneous and immediate response to the 2010 earthquake – is being tested on a daily basis by the increasing presence of Haitians in the Dominican Republic (DR), especially in the border areas. ...
Continue ReadingSomaliland youth follow the democratic path
The year 2010 will go down in the Somaliland chronicles as a milestone in the consolidation of democratic rule inSomaliland. After being postponed three times, to ensure that the climate was right and systems in place for peaceful, free and fair elections to go ahead, Somalilanders – including women, young people, those with disabilities, the ...
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Peru
Country Introduction Most people are interested in Peru for what is left of the Inca Empire and culture. Visiting famous sites such as Machu Picchu and taking pictures of Peruvians wearing traditional costumes are the main attraction. Most visitors leave the country without getting to know the circumstances in which Peruvians live today. ...
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