#issues and analysis

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ON DEVELOPMENT | A perfect storm: Climate change and overfishing

Climate change is raising the temperature of the seas to record levels, adding a new threat to fish stocks already on the verge of collapse due to overfishing. Source: The New Humanitarian, Jared Ferrie,  A perfect storm: Climate change and overfishing

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ON AFGHANISTAN, ON THE MEDIA | Three female media workers killed on way home from work in eastern Afghanistan

Three female media workers were shot dead in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, government officials said, amid a wave of killings that is spreading fear among professional workers in urban centres. Source: 3/2/21 Reuters, By Ahmad Sultan and Orooj Hakimi, Three female media workers killed on way home from work in eastern Afghanistan

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IMMIGRATION ISSUES | When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers

In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued. Source: When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers

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ON THE MEDIA | Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam arrested over ‘provocative comments’

Shahidul Alam, an influential voice in photography, criticized his government’s use of violence to repress protests Source: Analysis | Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam arrested over ‘provocative comments’

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In Germany, a news site is pairing up liberals and conservatives and actually getting them to (gasp) have a civil conversation

And apparently without incident! “The ultimate goal is a less polarized debate and a less polarized, more open, and plural public…But we also want to raise people’s awareness of the value of joining in on the same conversation, and not splitting into different atoms.” Source: I...

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If Haiti’s government does not confront poverty, corruption, more unrest will follow

Haiti’s poverty, like the fuel-price increases, is the product of decisions made by those who possess wealth and power in Haiti and abroad — with a stunning absence of input from the majority of Ha… Source: If Haiti’s government does not confront poverty, corruption, more unrest will follow

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ON AFGHANISTAN, ON DEVELOPMENT: Boosting entrepreneurship in rural Afghanistan

SUBMITTED BY MIKI TERASAWA ON SUN, 06/24/2018 CO-AUTHORS: ABIMBOLA ADUBI, RAHMATULLAH QURAISHI The Afghanistan Rural Enterprise Development Project has linked rural producers, including saffron farmers with markets to create businesses and provide employment opportunities to many Afg...

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UPDATED: Hurricane Mathew - Support Haitian-led organizations

If you would like to support recovery efforts in Haiti please donate to Haitian-led organizations.  Suggested Haitian-led organizations that CSFilm has experience with include: Haitian Health Foundation, Working specifically in the hardest it area of Jeremie: The mission of the Haitian Health ...