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The needy ones for human rights, take action, so say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew, the African, the European, the American, the Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek, the Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheikh, the Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, the privileged, the homeless, the Teacher, the needy ones. They hear, they all hear the speaking of the human right, the freedom, the females, the trader, the empowerment, the money, the poverty and PEP Forum join the discussion.

  1. 01/15/2019

    Africa: Goodbye, university

    In 2018, Bryan Caplan wrote the book "The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money".  What makes new technology and education due to skills from our own time  experience? Bryan Caplan is concerned about the disruptions in human capital development, and the inability to think a thought longer than five centimeters. After  several years of discussing brain drain and black vs white education gap  - as if it wasn't enough to think for family, relatives and students in Africa struggle to fund all the years of study: a lot of money is needed to achieve an intellectual university degree, is it worth it? But  it is a question that will always remain unanswered: why is it so? Such  questions can be crucial to almost everything related to the culture  and quality of universities. Yet, a new world order has emerged that  looks at the current university system with deep skepticism, and in 2003  Robert Kagan wrote about "Paradise and Power" how the elite in some countries of the world invest their money in Panama Papers and send their children to prestigious universities, to get the best education.     Social anthropologist Marcel Mauss article (1926) ,'Critique interne de la"Legende de l'Abraham'  influenced Africa, but he never published a book, Mauss especially  challenged a racist anthropology of African societies known as the "Hamitic hypothesis" and well-known to students of Africa; it  states that everything of value ever found in Africa was brought there  and linked it with the agitation of the Jewish question that still  applies around the world - a basic argument in his essay is that  the social category "race" is not a category that denotes vulnerability,  but a categorization system derived from an analysis which he believes  is "unforgettable." And what about Claude Lévi-Strauss ? The founder of Structuralism  –⁠ he published a lot, but not in the beginning, because then he sat  and thought and read and noted; it took him four years before anything  bigger come up. In return he then published a book that changed the way  we think about kinship. He would have lost money today if he had global funding, or from a research organization: "yours is empty", they would say about his research.

    5 min
  2. 01/07/2019

    DRC: justice must happen

    What is stated in the Freedom House 2018 overview: Civil and opposition politicians cannot influence the governance of the country through elections. Opinion polls in the DRC are rare and difficult to implement. The few that have come, give different outcomes after the election 30th.dec.2018, but nothing indicates that the regime's candidate was in favor of victory.  In the days after the election, both the Internet and the possibilities of sending text messages were closed in the DRC, according to the authorities to "avoid unrest". The country with 84 million inhabitants is important for the stability of the region, incl. South Sudan. Therefore, the situation is of course also a theme for world leaders. The DRC regime is under pressure to ensure that the election process is completed with a correct and fair outcome.  France convened a meeting on the DRC in the UN Security Council 6th.jan. 2019, and the African Union /AU, which have made an election observation effort, demand: respect for the result. Opposition candidates promise more democracy, millions of new jobs every year and a better future.  No one should have illusions of quick change for the better by a power shift, but the sitting regime deserves in any case not to continue. However, the slowness in the count can also have other causes. The DRC Catholic Church, which had a large number of election observers, reports that it has seen numbers that show a clear winner. The church does not give a name, but the statement is intended as a message to the regime not to try cheating. It's not hard to imagine that one of the opposition candidates, Martin Fayulu or Félix Tshisekedi, has won, but that those in power are trying to find ways to manipulate the result. Joseph Kabila Governement candidate is former Interior Minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary

    3 min
  3. Kansiime Anne: how to empower women and girls?

    01/07/2019

    Kansiime Anne: how to empower women and girls?

    Hold your head up girl and you’ll go far:  Anne Kansiime's message encourages women to love themselves, no matter who they are, what they look like, what they believe, and whatever hardship they may endure. Confidence in oneself breeds hope; where there is hope and a dream, achievements and success are not far away. Self-esteem is crucial to a healthy mindset.  Be an agent of hope and encourage others in your life: you never know, you may help others to cross their finish line to one of their most challenging life goals; in other words, love conquers all if you have enough faith in yourself.  Anne Kansiime gives us a testament to her ability to fully express herself, in life, in comedy, and in music: as extroverted as she may seem in most of her standups and comedy: Kansiime most have felt the need to create her empowerment label to as a reminder to continue to push in the right direction when it comes to expression.    As a female empowerment standup for woman and girls of all ages; whether you are 1 or 100, Kansiime encourages everyone to dream big and have an amazing life as they pursue their aspirations on this incredible journey called life: a female doesn’t have to be anything more than her genuine self, with a set of real problems, as she allows her unbridled faith to not only create a good life, but to soar to new heights - just like Kansiime style  Through the comedy, Anne shows her incredibly resilience in the face of adversity by standup comics: there’s always gonna be another mountain; she always gonna wanna make it move and to inspire others

    21 min
  4. Dambisa Moyo: threat from Africa

    01/05/2019

    Dambisa Moyo: threat from Africa

    Africa is a threat to global stability and security and Dambisa Moyo is a raw Polemicist and bring out her words with a broad brush and the main points are undoubtedly valid: Africa is today the source of some of the greatest threats to the world economic order.  Dambisa Moyo points out pandemies, terrorism and mass migration based on Africa. Africa's problems no longer arouse interest and multitude of engagement but Western world fears collapse in central parts of Africa, and especially the Sahel region: the number of poor in Africa has increased, economic growth in Africa is based on commodities - mainly due to a period of good commodity prices on the world market. The UN world Population Prospect show that Africa by 2040 will pass two billion and in 2100 4.5 billion people: demographic boom that will give Africa 40 percent of the world's population.  The African Threat  If the world never had to hear about Africa again, would anyone care? Africa has become the source of some of the greatest threats to the global economic order. Rather than capitalizing on opportunities, international engagement is increasingly focused on mitigating risks. But mitigation is not enough. The world needs to engage and help solve Africa’s problems, which, sooner rather than later, will become global problems. The continent is so vast that China, India, the contiguous United States, Japan, and most of Europe could all fit within its borders. Africa is home to 8% of the world’s oil reserves, 7% of its natural gas, 18% of its gold, 53% of its diamonds, and 75% of its platinum. African countries lead in the production of industrial metals such copper and iron ore.  with a median age of 19.5, Africa the world’s youngest and fastest-growing labor force, ahead of even India and China.

    15 min

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The needy ones for human rights, take action, so say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew, the African, the European, the American, the Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek, the Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheikh, the Gay, the Straight, the Preacher, the privileged, the homeless, the Teacher, the needy ones. They hear, they all hear the speaking of the human right, the freedom, the females, the trader, the empowerment, the money, the poverty and PEP Forum join the discussion.