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Empowering smallholder farmers for sustainable maize production and increased incomes in Rwamwanja refugee settlement
Several smallholder farmers grow maize in Rwamwanja refugee settlement in Uganda. The product has growing markets in nearby areas. Still, due to low productivity and an absence of associative organizations or other platforms for sharing knowledge and empowering local farmers, the markets are not profitable. Several opportunities to increase income, food security and self-reliance exist, […]
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Women are at the front line of peace work – but why are all peace negotiators men?
You cannot build lasting peace without women. Many have probably heard this claim before, but why does gender matter? Conflicts and crises affect entire societies, and we also know that women and men are affected differently. Even so, we rarely see women at the tables where decisions regarding our shared future are made. The Syrian […]
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Ten years of war have passed, and Syria’s humanitarian disaster deepens
War-torn Syria has descended into a financial crisis that worsens the country’s humanitarian situation. Children living through the war need moments in which they can just be children. “How can I ever repay my country? I have been told that it is too tough for someone my age to ask, but I am growing up […]
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Refugees at the core of Finn Church Aid’s work in 2019
2019 was a very positive year for the progress and operations of Finn Church Aid.
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Could “the new normal” after Covid-19 become more normal than the previous world?
Everyone agrees that the post-covid world will not be the same as the world before. We speak of it as a central, neutral-sounding concept that we call “the new normal”.
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The pandemic created a need for digital peacebuilders
Covid-19 is tough on us in many ways. It has also changed how we make peace. Our usual responses to overcome disagreement or conflict – like important symbolic acts of shaking hands, or even hugging – are out of the question.
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The coronavirus severely afflicts livelihoods in developing countries
The global pandemic is not only a risk to people’s health – it causes deep insecurity and fear for people’s livelihoods in countries with weaker social security systems.
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Why the coronavirus pandemic should not put all other crises on hold
The coronavirus pandemic does not mean that other crises are less urgent but it has rapidly restricted work with development cooperation, humanitarian aid, peacebuilding and climate change. We now have to fight many battles at the same time.
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Why refugees should be welcomed as part of society
Uganda is said to have the most welcoming refugee policy in the world and continues to host a large number of refugees from its neighbouring countries. After being registered at the border, refugees have the right to receive education, healthcare, work and other services. Only the right to vote in national elections is excluded. This […]
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Shrinking space for civil society
Imagine yourself in a big room. Slowly you realise that the walls and ceiling seem to be moving closer. As you dash to the back wall to stop its movement, the front wall creeps forward, too. The government gives you a set of new rules that should keep the walls where they are. You implement […]
