A hunted man. A people in struggle. An odyssey for freedom. In February 2021, Myanmar was plunged into dictatorship. Kyar Pauk, a superstar of the Burmese art scene and a figure of resistance, became one of the military's targets. Hunted down, he was forced to flee with his two daughters. With emotion and humour, Kyar Pauk takes us on his journey from Yangon to Paris via the jungle, while continuing to fight for his ideals of freedom.
A vibrant and universal tale that tells of the reality of exile and the courage of those who fight for democracy.
This report analyses the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in terms of the promotion of cultural diversity, as championed by the Council of Europe particularly through its "White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue" (2008). The Court's views on the governance principles and preconditions of intercultural dialogue - and particularly the case law on freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression and freedom of association and assembly - provide guidelines for politicians, academics and practitioners alike.
Migration to and within Europe has profoundly changed the life and image of the continent. This guide offers theoretical and practical tools for an innovative approach to a key political issue: how, along with our immigrant fellow-citizens, can we build a fair and plural society that ensures the well-being or all?
By moving beyond rigid categories like "foreigner", "immigrant" and "illegal , and ambiguous concepts like "identity", "diversity , "immigration control and "integration", this guide suggests that policy makers, civil servants and citizens need to question their own vocabulary if they are to grasp the complexity and uniqueness or people's migration paths.
Perceiving migrants simply from the host country's point or view - the security, well-being and life-style of its nationals - has limitations. We cannot see people of foreign origin only as a threat or a resource to be exploited. If we see them as stereotypes, we are seeing only a mirror of European fears and contradictory aspirations. This guide helps readers decode and address the structural problems of our society, looking at the accusations made against migrants and the utilitarian view or the advantages that immigrants bring to host societies.
In publishing this guide, the Council or Europe is seeking to initiate an in-depth debate on the migration issue, which is so high on the European political agenda.
Ever since Maurice Richard dazzled hockey fans, fighting his way to hockey's summits, the issue of discrimination against Quebec hockey players has simmered on. NHL veteran Bob Sirois now demonstrates that unless Quebec hockey players are superstars they are less likely to be drafted than other players in Canada. They can also expect shorter careers and less pay, while some teams just don't want them. Using statistics covering nearly 40 years, Sirois shatters those tenacious myths such as "Quebecers are smaller," "they play poor defensive hockey" or "they are the best goalies." His solutions: an NHL team for Quebec City and a Quebec national junior team for international events. Our great sport stands to gain from Bob Sirois' search for the truth.
About 190 million people around the world live outside their country of birth. These migrants bring energy, entrepreneurship and fresh ideas to our societies. But there are downsides: young migrants who fail in education, adults who don't find work and, of course, unregulated migration. Such challenges can make migration a political lightning rod and a topic for angry debate.
Drawing on the unique expertise of the OECD, this book moves beyond rhetoric to look at the realities of international migration today: Where do migrants come from and where do they go? How do governments manage migration? How well do migrants perform in education and in the workforce? And does migration help - or hinder - developing countries?
The potential of diasporas as a source of economic and social development in origin countries and whether diasporas could help foster development depend on their characteristics, such as size, composition, skill levels and degree of concentration, but also on the degree of integration into the destination countries and the economic, political and social environment in origin countries. Governments of origin and destination countries can indeed facilitate the involvement of diasporas, by supporting networks, by facilitating communication channels with the country of origin, by creating an enabling environment, or - more directly - by easing skill mobility and use. In this regard, the capacity to characterise the profile of diasporas is instrumental.
This joint OECD/AFD publication includes 140 country notes summarising diaspora sizes, including the number of children of migrants born in the destination countries; the characteristics of emigrant populations (gender, age, education, labour market outcomes); the numbers and main destinations of international students; recent migrant flows to OECD countries; and information on the desire to emigrate of different population groups. The country note information is grouped into six regions: Asia and Oceania; Latin America and the Caribbean; OECD countries; Non-OECD Europe and Central Asia; Middle East and North Africa; and Sub-Saharan Africa. The situation in each region is introduced by a separate chapter, which looks at historical migration trends, the main characteristics of diasporas originating from the region, and likely future developments and challenges.
Cet ouvrage étudie la montée en puissance et le rôle décisif joué par les blogs lors des derniers scrutins. Comment préserver la liberté d'expression et le droit à l'information tout en protégeant la sécurité nationale, le droit à la vie privée, la propriété intellectuelle et la liberté d'innover ? Quels sont enfin les effets produits, sur la culture politique des Etats-Unis, par le passage d'un espace public dominé et contrôlé par les médias de masse à un espace public en réseaux ?
Au fil de l'histoire, des règles et des lois ont été édictées pour conforter la propriété privée naissante. Enfin, la construction des Etats et des Nations s'est concrétisée par l'élaboration des frontières. Qu'en est-il des populations nomades ? Quelle est la réalité de l'immigration légale et illégale ? Comment l'Europe accueille les migrants et combat l'immigration clandestine ? Les politiques d'intégrations sont-elles à la hauteur des enjeux ? Peut-on imaginer une société cosmopolite sans frontière et sans passeport ? (Articles en français et en anglais).
This publication analyses recent development in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and some non member countries including migration of highly qualified and low qualified workers, temporary and permanent, as well as students. This edition also contains two special chapters on topical issues: fiscal impact of migration and discrimination.
This book invites each one of us to learn from the mistakes of people who are victimes of AIDS. It also contains basic information on AIDS, various messages to specific categories of people, a strong appeal to repeal traditional evils against women, secret messages by various people to their sexual partner, an appendix that consists of texts which further encourage us to lead a safe sexual behavior.
Is an online identity protected by freedom of expression or is it a form of publicity subject to trademark law? Is online privacy a commercial service or a public right? What are the limits of consent when dealing with privacy as a service? What are "free", "open", or "public" services on the Internet and how can citizens use them effectively? What policy initiatives can ensure that the digital networks deliver the goods, spectacles and services for our everyday activities that improve our quality of life? What role for governments, the private sector and civil society? What frameworks for international policy instruments to achieve a fair, inclusive and balanced governance of the media as they go digital?
This work addresses these burning issues - and many more - that preoccupy decision makers, researchers and activists at all levels of society. It covers the issues of dignity, ethics, identity, privacy, cultural diversity, public service, gate-keeping and education in an encompassing human rights-based governance framework. Considering the perils and promises of each issue, the authors make constructive recommendations, insisting on the relation between local and global governance, the public value of media and digital networks and the benefits of multi-stakeholder partnerships.
The Council of Europe works to uphold human rights, the rule of law and pluralist democracy. The Council of Europe's standards and mechanisms seek to promote and ensure respect for the human rights of every individual. These include equal rights and dignity of all human beings, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
The Council of Europe has adopted a number of international legal instruments and standards on combating discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity. They illustrate the underlying message of the Organisation, which is that the Council of Europe's standards of tolerance and non-discrimination apply to all European societies, and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity is not compatible with these standards.
This publication provides an accessible and comprehensive compilation of the standards adopted by the Council of Europe. It should serve as a reference for the governments, international institutions, NGOs, media professionals and to all those who are - or should be - professionally or otherwise involved or interested in protecting and promoting the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
Every person aspires to a good life. But what does "a good or a better life" mean? The second edition of How's Life? provides an update on the most important aspects that shape people's lives and well-being: income, jobs, housing, health, work-life balance, education, social connections, civic engagement and governance, environment, personal security and subjective well-being. It paints a comprehensive picture of well-being in OECD countries and other major economies, by looking at people's material living conditions and quality of life across the population. Through a wide range of comparable well-being indicators, the report shows that countries perform differently in the various dimensions of well-being. For instance, low-income countries in the OECD area tend to do very well in subjective well-being and work-life balance, while their level of material well-being is much lower than that of other OECD countries. The report responds to the needs of citizens for better information on well-being and the needs of policy makers to give a more accurate picture of societal progress.
In addition, the report contains in-depth studies of four key cross-cutting issues in well-being that are particularly relevant. First, this report analyses how well-being has changed during the global economic and financial crisis. Even though some effects of the crisis may become visible only in the long-term, the report finds that the Great Recession has large implications for both economic and non-economic well-being of households. Secondly, the report looks at gender differences in well-being, showing that the traditional gender gap in favour of men has reduced but has not disappeared. It also finds that women and men do well in different areas of well-being and that they are increasingly sharing tasks and roles. Third, it looks at the quality of employment and well-being in the workplace. The report presents evidence on the main factors that drive people's commitment at work and are key to strengthening their capacity to cope with demanding jobs. Finally, the last chapter of the report studies the links between current and future well-being. It looks at ways to define and measure sustainability of wellbeing over time.
How's Life? is part of the OECD Better Life Initiative, launched by the Organization on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary in 2011. The OECD Better Life Initiative aims to promote "Better Policies for Better Lives", in line with the OECD's overarching mission. One of the other pillars of the OECD Better Life Initiative is the Better Life Index (www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org), an interactive composite index of well-being that aims at involving citizens in the debate on societal progress.
Social work in the twenty-first century faces the dilemmas of the modern world. Ever present problems, such as drug addiction, alcoholism, poverty, homelessness, social exclusion and ethnicity, and crime and terrorism, are becoming increasingly intricate and complex in today's global environment. However, in addition to the old dilemmas there are now new crises and problems. This book is an attempt to respond to the problems of the modern world and to familiarize the reader with various aspects of coping with the challenges of postmodernity (...)
Il pensiero cristiano soffre oggi, specie in Europa occidentale, di un certo discredito. È stato però il grande studioso RENÉ GIRARD (1923-2015) a mettere le cose a posto, riscoprendo ciò che ne costituisce il vero fondamento. Il merito del suo lavoro intellettuale è reso più notevole dal fatto che, nonostante fosse cresciuto nella fede cattolica, Girard se ne era - come capita a tanti adolescenti - dapprima allontanato, rivenendovi in seguito, per ragioni strettamente letterarie e antropologiche, connesse alla sua attività accademica, maturata in Francia e soprattutto negli Stati Uniti.
La rivalutazione del pensiero cristiano, e cattolico in particolare, è cruciale in quanto, nell'ottica di Girard, non costituisce solo uno strumento per prevenirci dalle terribili catastrofi che sembrano pesare sul mondo, ma rappresenta un'occasione preziosa per leggere in modo critico le correnti e gli autori più diversi, fra i quali: san Tommaso d'Aquino, Joseph de Maistre, Louis de Bonald, G.W.F. Hegel, Ernst Bloch, Claude Tresmontant e Fëdor Dostoevskij.
They say life is a long stretch of a calm river, but not for everyone! She was for me until the day when everything rocked, the day my destiny was changed dramatically. People do not realize how life can be so sweet and so beautiful. They complain all day long for trivialities. They are not even aware that they have before their eyes the most beautiful wealth: the luck and happiness of living in good health. I was rich before. Now I am poor because my child has an incurable disease, that has currently no hope of being healed. As a parent, how can we accept that?, How to continue living carrying the bundle of pain in my head?, How to overcome this feeling of helplessness?
When I started speaking to my heart, I didn't know myself that this was the beginning of a new life: a rebirth as a poet. When I learnt that my 7-year-old daughter was suffering from the Dravet Syndrome, a rare genetic epileptic encephalopathy, this was like an earthquake in my life. Then, I needed to write in order to express my sorrow and my pain. Words and rhymes came naturally to my mind. This was obvious that poetry would be my survival weapon.
Resultado de una reflexión sobre la lucha armada contra el franquismo en el marco del seminario «Resistencias y Exilios en la España contemporánea» de la universidad Paris Nanterre y en colaboración con el GEXEL (dos coloquios en la universidad Autónoma de Barcelona), este volumen reúne estudios de especialistas de historia y de literatura para un balance sobre la istoriografía, las representaciones (en el espacio público y en la prensa) y las escrituras artísticas (novela, poesía, teatro). El enfoque pluridisciplinar, el testimonio de un exguerrillero y el texto inédito de un novelista precursor en relatar un combate mucho tiempo silenciado, permiten esclarecer la complejidad de estos movimientos de resistencia así comosus relecturas actuales.
Why do urban youth gangs protest against a political regime? And why do their protests occur right in the center of a capital city? Ambivalent rage investigates the world of youth gangs and politics in the West-African city of Conakry, Guinea. It sheds lights on how young men organize in gangs, how they perceive, confront and collaborate with the political elite and how his translate their precariousness into political instability.
Dodicimila donne furono violentate durante la guerra del 39-45 nel sud Italia...Padri, fratelli, vicini, preti e estranei furono selvaggiamente assassinati per aver tentato di intervenire.Il Senato italiano nel 1990, dopo un'indagine che ha coinvolto ritardi senatoriali e politici, ha concluso che queste tragedie erano reali. Tuttavia, per tutte queste donne non è mai stato riconosciuto lo status di vittime e nessuna sanzione è mai stata inflitta ai colpevoli, per quanto ben individuati. Questo libro racconta la rabbia e, in un certo senso, la ricerca di giustizia per tutti coloro che non ne hanno avuto l'opportunità... Ma alcune donne si sono vendicate... Ancora oggi, quando si raccontano questi momenti dolorosi, la stessa rabbia continua a risuonare nella memoria di chi ha assistito a questa infamia e ha tramandato questa storia. Sembra che stuprare le donne in tempo di guerra sia stato una cosa naturale!
CIRCA L'AUTORE
Claudio Leonardi vive in Francia dall'età di 3 anni e ha ricoperto diversi incarichi di responsabilità. Da maestro a consigliere generale della Val de Marne, ha attraversato anche il mondo degli affari. Dopo un primo libro autobiografico, torna con un romanzo sulle atrocità vissute da molte donne nella sua regione natale.
"My Life Over Half a Century" traces the journey of a courageous woman who faces life's most intense and varied trials. After the tragic loss of her sister, Adelaïde Dide fights tirelessly to find peace amidst the storms of existence, confronting sexism, jealousy, and betrayal. From Benin to Paris, her path - marked by unexpected twists - is a moving testament to faith and resilience. A singular story that offers hope to those seeking light in the shadows. For Adelaïde Dide, this book is a step toward healing. She believes that each line was inspired by the Eternal, the Master of the universe. Through these pages, she delivers a powerful message: to place every hardship, at every moment, into God's hands.
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Diese klare und zuverlässige Analyse von Éric-Emmanuel Schmitts Adolf H.: Zwei Leben aus dem Jahre 2001 hilft Dir dabei, den Kultroman schnell in seinen wichtigsten Punkten zu erfassen. Das Buch gliedert sich in zwei Handlungsstränge: Das Leben des Diktators A. Hitler und das der fiktiven Person Adolf H. Schmitt stellt die These auf, dass der Diktator sich anders entwickelt hätte, wenn er an der Kunstakademie angenommen worden wäre. Nur ein Wort, nämlich "bestanden", hätte das Schicksal eines ganzen Volkes und die Geschichte des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts einen anderen Verlauf nehmen lassen.
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Hungary, spring-summer 1944. In less than two months, nearly 440,000 Jews crammed into 147 trains were deported from Hungary to be transported for the great majority to the gates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau's Krematorium. The Brodi family, from Huedin, Transylvania, arrives there on the night of June 1 to 2. Elisabeth is 20 years old, she will never see her family again.
Elisabeth's mourning story plunges us into the modest family life, marked by the attachment to the traditions of her parents, within the Jewish community of a small provincial town in northern Romania. This area at the crossroads of the borders, remodeled in the aftermath of the Great War, is annexed by Hungary in 1940 and its entry into the war worsens the persecutions against the Jews. The Brodi family suffers the effects until the invasion of the country by the Nazis (March 19, 1944) which precipitates them in the Cluj ghetto, the last stage before the deportation.
The memory of her family, her strength of character, her endurance forged in the permanent danger of a terrible year and happy encounters, allow Elisabeth to go through hardships. For her new life, she chooses France and to join the one she loves in Gironde. They met in Grlitz (Lower Silesia), in a shelter under the Allied bombardments, she, a slave, he, a prisoner of war, exploited by the Nazi war industry. It was in La Teste-de-Buch that they got married, and that Elisabeth built a beautiful and large family (8 children, 17 grandchildren,...) in the form of victory over the annihilation promised by Hitler. She has never ceased passing on the memory of her family and lavishing the lessons of her courage and resilience to the younger generations for a quarter of a century.
