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It was a stirring two weeks in Glasgow early this month, as virtually every country in the world gathered there for the UN Climate Summit. The run-up to it was not smooth either. The summit had already been scheduled for 2020, but the corona crisis delayed it by a year. Then there were concerns about entry restrictions, making it more difficult for delegations from developing countries to travel to Scotland. A major problem, as developing countries are precisely the hardest hit by climate change and thus deserve a very prominent place at the negotiating table.
Social Democratic Women of the Arab Spring
Ten years ago, there was a wave of optimism known as the Arab Spring. Change was coming to the region following the tragic death in Tunisia of Mohammed Bouazizi on 17 December 2010 which led to a wave of protests throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Women played a crucial role in the protests. The European Forum for Democracy interviewed four social democratic women activists from some of the countries of the Arab Spring. Each of them describes how under the auspices of the Arab Spring they were able to put women's rights on top of the agenda. How much of the changes were these women activists able to sustain?
Africa Day will be back in 2022!
On 28 May 2022, the Africa Day will be back! After two years in which the Africa Day could not take place, we hope to return in April with a LIVE Africa Day at KIT in Amsterdam. This Africa Day can also only be realised with the involvement of civil society organisations, representatives of the diaspora, political parties, ambassadors, companies, artists and performers who will engage with visitors in dozens of workshops and on the Africa Day market.
The Afghanistan lecture: Afghan women fight for rights and equality
On the 23rd of October FMS, together with the PvdA, organised the Afghanistan lecture with as special guest Dr Massouda Jalal, former Minister of Women's Affairs. The session was focused on women's rights in Afghanistan and international solidarity.
FMS seeks 2 interns for Africa Day 2022
Do you possess organisational and/or creative talent? Then apply now for one of the two internship vacancies available at Foundation Max van der Stoel for the organisation of the Africa Day 2022. After a two-year absence, the Africa Day will be back on 9 April 2022 as the biggest event in the field of Africa and international cooperation in the Netherlands. The FMS is looking for two interns to organise this day.
Wopke Hoekstra's letterbox firm symbolises a much bigger problem
African countries are losing a lot of money due to the existence of tax havens. Reason enough to stay far from them, we wrote in an article in Trouw.
Policy coherence: Still not a central part of the 2022 state budget
Last Tuesday was Budget Day, the day when the Cabinet traditionally presents the budget for the next year. Due to its caretaker status, the Cabinet was forced to present a policy-poor budget. This was not only reflected in the speech from the throne full of hollow words, but also reflected in the budget for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (BHOS), where the 0.7% norm, the spending of 0.7% of GNI on development cooperation, is once again not met and remains stuck at 0.53%.
Climate policy must also be inclusive
In early November, world leaders will gather in Glasgow for COP - the United Nations climate summit. This is the time to act together. Because this summer's UN climate report was clear: global warming is unequivocally man-made and has disastrous consequences for the global climate. We notice this in the Netherlands, as the recent floods in Limburg showed, but in African countries the consequences are already much worse. Yet something peculiar is happening. Recent research by the Max van der Stoel Foundation shows that people who can do the least about it, but suffer the most, are not being heard. That needs to change.
Climate Justice: The Time is Now!
The issue of climate change dominates the news and our minds. The IPCC Report that was released in August was clear and alarming: Climate change is here, and it's here to stay if we do not take comprehensive collective action. However, although the news of climate change now slowly gathers more attention, one side of the story is continuously missing: the voices of the people most vulnerable to climate change.
Read our newest policy study now: 'Climate Justice: African Perspectives & EU Policies'
It's official: live from Nieuwspoort, The Hague, FEPS and FMS just launched the newest research project: Climate Justice: African Perspectives & EU Policies! We were joined by several European and African policymakers and experts to discuss the outcomes of our research and policy recommendations.
