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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

15.02.2018 | Trending

China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is stretching out to affect regions not geographically linked to the actual project.


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29.11.2017 | Trending

How can migration between Africa and Europe change between now and 2030? Here are four scenarios to improve our understanding today.


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29.11.2017 | Trending, Popular Posts

While China released its first policy positions towards Africa as early as 2006, Africa remains without a common policy on China’s business practices…


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28.11.2017 | Trending

On how pragmatism is replacing values in the African-European relations and the expectations of the 2017 EU-AU Summit


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24.11.2017 | Trending

The struggle for transparent governance can’t be divorced from the social and political climate in Africa, where governments and political elites…


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28.10.2017 | Trending

Caracas (Venezuela) – "The Observatorio Económico could even go on to provide a less contentious platform for wider democratic reform" writes Michael…


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20.10.2017 | Trending

Montevideo (Uruguay) – The country faces obstacles on its ambitious path to create a state-run cannabis market.


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16.10.2017 | Trending

Left-leaning political forces look for a counterbalance to US hegemony, while right-wing governments are driven by economic interests as much as by…


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16.10.2017 | Trending, Popular Posts

What is at stake in the renegotiation of NAFTA? So far, the results of the treaty differ as much from free trade's most catastrophic visions as they…


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26.09.2017 | Trending
Caption: Caracas, 2011 by Pablo Vitale

In Latin America, the concept "right to the city" has been taken up by community and territorial organizations as the flag of their struggle for…


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People

24.02.2017 | People

Following up on last month’s focus on political education and populism comes a contribution by a former FES intern in Thailand on populism and its implications for security and stability


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23.02.2017 | People

An interview with Dr Werunga from the East African Centre for Security and Strategic Studies


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17.02.2017 | People

The European peace project used to address peace between nations and it now needs to address peace within European society, says Prof. Ursula Schröder in an interview with FES Connect


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29.01.2017 | People

Ana Gabriel Zúñiga Aponte, Vice-minister of Costa Rica on political participation, the inclusion of youth in the politics and her experiences as alumni of Agentes de Cambio.


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28.01.2017 | People

"The relationship FES had with South Africa at a critical time in our history made me more intrigued about all that I could benefit from the programme"


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16.01.2017 | People, Popular Posts

Our guest contribution for the month with considerations on the context of political education in Kenya and the challenges to overcome


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22.11.2016 | People, Popular Posts

A conversation on the opposition to feminist movements in Germany rising alongside authoritarianism and right-wing populism worldwide.


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18.11.2016 | People

Two issues down the road and we have our first guest contribution with considerations on why we need conscious learning and awareness to contest gender inequality.


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12.10.2016 | People, Popular Posts

Interview with documentary filmmaker Zafari on his work with FES, his latest movie on migration and the debates and experiences by Afghan youth


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11.10.2016 | People

Experiences by Dalia Dada, participant at a seminar series on democracy education


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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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