At the international level, we have in recent years witnessed that private sector activities in the global South are linked with the development agenda. This trend is also felt in Denmark. Danish Ethical Trading Initiative assists Danish companies to operate responsible in the global markets. I wrote and edited the Annual Report, 2014. See it here.
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#LandFor Communities, not for grabbing, 2005 – ActionAid International TZ
May 17, 2011
Rural communities in the Bagamoyo district of Tanzania are opposing a much-lauded sugar cane plantation project planned by a Swedish-owned company that has secured a lease of over 20,000 hectares of land for the next 99 years and which is about to push smallholder producers off their land. I contributed to the report and the […]
Commemoration of the genocide against the tutsis, 2014 – ActionAid International, Rwanda
May 16, 2011
In 1994 up to a million people in Rwanda were killed over 100 days, approximately 20 per cent of Rwanda’s population, in the genocide against the Tutsis. Twenty years on and Rwanda has made remarkable progress in coming to terms with its past, but the scars of the past remain. These are some […]
Climate Chance campaign COP17, 2011 – ActionAid International, Africa
May 15, 2011
Caravan of Hope was initiated by the Pan-African Climate Change Alliance, PACJA and supported by Oxfam and ActionAid as part of the African call for climate justice and mobilization for COP17. As Communications Consultant, Africa hired by ActionAid International I provided strategic and technical communications advice and capability development services to communications staff in Africa on […]
Frontline stories, 2010 – ActionAid Uganda
May 10, 2011
As per Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index for 2010 Uganda ranked 127 of 178 countries and scored 2,6 points on a scale from zero to 10. Corruption runs deep and at all levels. Yet, many individuals fight corruption at the grass root level. They know and feel the negative implications of corruption and they take it upon themselves to work against it. In […]
May 18, 2011
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