Posted on | 15/07/2011
Every summer students and activists from Indonesia, India, Uganda, the Netherlands and (for the first time) South Africa discuss issues around tolerance and pluralism in the Pluralism Summer School. The 2011 edition just started this week in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
Posted on | 22/06/2011
The resolution on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, passed by United Nations Human Rights Council last week, is a groundbreaking achievement for upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). It is the first UN resolution ever to bring specific focus to human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Posted on | 14/06/2011
Today (14 June 2011) the magazine Synergy will be presented to the Dutch Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ben Knapen. This single issue magazine shows how science contributes to sustainable development. It also illustrates that scientific research of this kind is highly challenging and deeply rewarding. You can read Synergy on www.synergymagazine.nl
Posted on | 10/06/2011
During his three-day visit to Ethiopia, Ben Knapen, Minister for Development Cooperation in the Netherlands, visited the family of Ato Daadhii Baldaa and Yeshi Addisu to see their domestic biogas plant in use.