Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Access to water and sanitation is a fundamental human right and essential to life, health and dignity. Timely and adequate provision of clean water and sanitation services to uprooted people is particularly important, given the vulnerability of their situation. The UN believes that all refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people and returnees should have access to adequate drinking water whether they stay in camps or in urban areas [ECOSOC, 2002]. The provision of adequate sanitation services is equally important. Proper disposal of all waste as well as control of the carriers of communicable diseases, including mosquitoes, rats, mice and flies, is crucial to mitigate health risks and prevent epidemics. But the optimum benefit from water and sanitation interventions can only be achieved if communities and individuals are made aware of the links between hygiene practices, poor sanitation, polluted water sources and disease.
Global Commission on Internet Governance Sunil Abraham / @sunil_abraham Sunil Abraham is the executive director of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). CIS is a five year old policy and academic research organization focusing on accessibility, access to knowledge, Internet governance, telecom, digital natives and digital humanities. He founded Mahiti in 1998, a social enterprise that provides technology to civil society for which he was elected an Ashoka fellow in 1999. Between June 2004 and June 2007, Sunil also managed the International Open Source Network, a project of UNDP serving 42 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Izumi Aizu Izumi Aizu has dedicated more than 25 years to studying and promoting Internetworking in Japan and the Asia-Pacific. Peng Hwa Ang / @angpenghwa Peng Hwa Ang is director of the Singapore Internet Research Centre and professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. Suk-Ho Bang Subimal Bhattacharjee / @subimal Kilnam Chon / @chonkn Tim Maurer
e-waste Hace unos meses estuve pasando una temporada en Chiapas, en el sur de México; allí tuve la oportunidad de entrar en contacto con el movimiento zapatista y comprobar cómo lidian en las comunidades indígenas con la tecnología. Tienen un amplio sentido de la tecnología apropiada, y conciencia plena de cada solución tecnológica que adoptan. Un amigo que está trabajando con las comunidades zapatistas, me pidió un textito que hiciese un recorrido rápido y completo al tema de la obsolescencia programada. Sabías que la tinta de las impresoras es uno de los líquidos más caros del mundo, probablemente el producto más caro que se vende al consumidor de a pie. Qué es eso de la obsolescencia programada La obsolescencia programada consiste en una serie de mecanismos que permiten a las empresas controlar la vida útil de los productos que fabrican, acortándola según les convenga en cada caso para asegurarse unas ventas determinadas. Qué beneficios trae la obsolescencia programada a las empresas
Justice Doesn’t Come Cheap. Can the ICC Afford It? The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) made public new findings on Tuesday with respect to alleged crimes committed in Nigeria. After receiving 59 complaints since 2005, the OTP has concluded that there are grounds to believe that Boko Haram, a militia group mainly active in northeastern Nigeria, has committed the crimes against humanity of murder and persecution. The OTP report said it had found that the group has, since July 2009, “launched a widespread and systematic attack that has resulted in the killing of more than 1,200 Christian and Muslims civilians in different locations throughout Nigeria.” This moves the OTP into the final stages of its decision whether to open a new investigation. The timeline for a final decision has not been announced. The ICC depends on voluntary cooperation from states in order to implement its mandate. States have consistently demanded that the ICC comply with a “zero growth” approach to its budget.
Rublacklist.net - РосКомСвобода CONSERVAS World Security Institute Intro. Basurama. Festival de basura Intro Basurama es un colectivo dedicado a la investigación, la gestión y la producción cultural desde 2001 que ha centrado su área de estudio y actuación en los procesos productivos, la generación de desechos que éstos implican y las posibilidades creativas que suscita esta coyuntura contemporánea. Nacido en la Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid ha ido evolucionando y adoptando nuevas formas desde sus orígenes. Basurama se ha propuesto encontrar los residuos allí donde no sería tan obvio hallarlos y estudiar la basura en todos sus formatos. Esta página web quiere ser un archivo de todas las actividades desarrolladas. Basurama está formado por: Yago Bouzada Biurrun Benjamín Castro Terán Alberto Nanclares da Veiga Juan López-Aranguren Blázquez Rubén Lorenzo Montero Manuel Polanco Pérez-Llantada Pablo Rey Mazón Miguel Rodríguez Cruz