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In Pipeline

27.04.2017 | In Pipeline

A global project by FES and partners from the Americas, Africa, Europe and Asia is at work to shape a reformed global agenda on democratic control and…


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29.03.2017 | In Pipeline

Often in the lowest paid positions, an estimated 20–40 per cent of the construction workers that are building Phnom Penh are female.


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27.02.2017 | In Pipeline, Popular Posts

In Central America, FES works to revert a vicious cycle where weak social protection and restrictive immigration policies make criminal street gangs…


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29.01.2017 | In Pipeline

An interview with the director of the Thai Civic Education Center in Thailand on the role of civic education for a democratic society


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15.11.2016 | In Pipeline

In the past years, the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung reviewed its long-standing work on gender equality worldwide and now it is spearheading a regional…


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19.10.2016 | In Pipeline

Social integration was at the center of a discussion on migration by advocates of social justice at the “Europe Calling” debate series.


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Trending

27.08.2019 | Trending
Participants during group work at the 2019 International Kasser Summer Academy in Hofgeismar, a small town in the vicinity of Kassel (northern Germany), 16.-21.6.2019. Photo by FES

Each year a select group of international engaged young people gather in the vicinity of the German town of Kassel to exchange thoughts and…


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25.06.2019 | Trending

The Spotlight Report on Sustainable Development is an independent annual report that assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the 2030 Agenda.


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25.06.2019 | Trending, Popular Posts

The 2030 Agenda is an unprecedented piece of global development policy, in its origins, objectives and structure. But with 12 years left on the clock,…


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28.05.2019 | Popular Posts, Trending

Experts from both sides of the Atlantic discuss the future of transatlantic partnership considering the world order of the past 80 years and its…


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28.05.2019 | Popular Posts, Trending

Every year, members of an international network from both sides of the Atlantic meet to plan steps and strategies to combat right-wing extremism…


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29.04.2019 | Trending

Fair working conditions and environmentally sustainable production need to be fostered by trade policy, and climate protection targets should be made…


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29.03.2019 | Trending, Popular Posts

No two refugees’ stories are the same, but they all tell of resilience, hope, and challenges—sometimes—overcome.


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28.03.2019 | Popular Posts, Trending
Participants at the welcome reception, Young Global Changers Sumer School, 17 March 2019. Photo by Global Solutions Initiative.

In March 2019, the Young Global Changers Summer School brought young people from 60 countries together to work on global challenges.


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How social democrats can promote a social and ecological transformation


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How social democrats can promote a social and ecological transformation


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People

30.10.2018 | People

States need to better align and orchestrate economic and innovation policies with policies for health, care and the labour market.


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26.10.2018 | People

Workers in Latin America are fighting to make the most of the opportunities and minimize the threats just like many others around the world, but amid the particular economic, social and political context of the region.


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27.09.2018 | People

Effective, locally owned mediation of Africa’s conflicts is key to the continent's peaceful future, but strategies for sustainable success remain elusive


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24.09.2018 | People, Popular Posts

The opportunity remains for civil society organizations to ensure implementation is development-orientated, and facilitates sustainable development, poverty reduction and regional integration.


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23.09.2018 | People

On occasion of the centenary birth anniversary of Nelson Mandela, a reminder of the revolutionary act we can all adopt to see the social change we seek.


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23.09.2018 | People

Amidst a merciless war, youth in Afghanistan is paving a future built on interdependence, cooperation and trust with the rest of the world.


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31.07.2018 | People

Digitalization is shifting the way citizens engage in politics. How can we prepare for the coming changes?


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30.07.2018 | People, Popular Posts

Right-wing extremist content is surging online, bringing a global internet audience of 4 billion people ever closer to a violent ideology that erodes the values that democratic societies rest on—solidarity, equality and…


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28.06.2018 | In Pipeline, People

How from nasty little jokes, prejudices can grow to legitimize the myths that underpin discrimination.


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30.05.2018 | People

The Global Compact for Migration is an opportunity for states to improve how they engage with migrant populations, but some states are advancing anti-worker and anti-migrant recommendations.


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Reading Picks

16.03.2017 | Reading Picks

For a socially and gender just society, a universal social protection system cannot overlook the need for quality and affordable social services


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23.02.2017 | Reading Picks

New report by SIPRI and FES sheds light on the wider security dynamics of the Silk Road Economic Belt and EU–China cooperation prospects


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27.01.2017 | Reading Picks

Neo-liberalization, globalization, digitalization and post-modern identity formation ― can social democracy deal with these challenges or has it…


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19.01.2017 | Reading Picks

On the Hungarian law governing referendums and how they have been abused by the government of Victor Orbán to dismantle direct democracy in Hungary


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21.12.2016 | Reading Picks, Popular Posts

Stories, thoughts and activities in the life of 49 thinkers of social democracy tell the history of social democracy, now also eternalized in typo…


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27.11.2016 | Reading Picks

Reclaiming inequality as the core aspect of feminism, a political feminist agenda can change reactive politics


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20.11.2016 | Reading Picks

The diversity in feminist positions, especially on grounds of how patriarchy has arisen and how it should be challenged and defeated requires to move…


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23.10.2016 | Reading Picks, Popular Posts

The "success stories" of integration policy tell of effective self-organizing. A brief survey of three central areas of integration – housing, work,…


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19.10.2016 | Reading Picks, Popular Posts

Using ethnographic examples, anthropologist Ruben Andersson in this study goes against the grain of conventional approaches to migration as "crisis"…


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02.10.2016 | Reading Picks, Popular Posts

Professor Oltmer introduces historical and other complexities of migration to answer why Germany has so often been the destination of flight in the…


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