https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2023/06/omni-united-nations-world-refugees-day.html
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a CULTURE OF PEACE, JUSTICE, and ECOLOGY
(OMNI Newsletter #1 June 20, 2008; #2 Dec. 4, 2011; #3 June 20, 2012; #4, June 20, 2014; #5, June 20, 2015; #6 June 20, 2017; #7, June 20, 2018; #8, June 20, 2019; #9, June 20, 2020; #10, June 20, 2021; #11, June 20, 2022).
| THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN OUR GREAT DEFENDER AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS CONEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY VIA ITS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)JUNE 8, UN WORLD OCEANS DAY JUNE 17, UN DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT DAYJUNE 20 , UN WORLD REFUGEES DAY (P. 9)World -Scale Problems Need World-Scale Resistancef 90,695JUNE 8, UN WORLD OCEANS DAYWorld Ocean Day is an international day that takes place annually on 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development and the Ocean Institute of Canada at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Ocean Project started global coordination of World Ocean Day starting in 2002. “World Oceans Day” was officially recognised by the United Nations in 2008. The international day supports the implementation of worldwide Sustainable Development Goals and fosters public interest in the protection of the ocean and the sustainable management of its resources.Wikipedia United Nations World Oceans Dayhttps://unworldoceansday.orgWebThe United Nations designated June 8th as World Oceans Day. For this year’s celebration, it’s time to put the ocean first. The Official 2023 UN World Oceans Day Livestream· AboutOceans Day was first declared as 8 June, 1992 in Rio de Janeiro at the Global …· UN EventThe United Nations marks World Oceans …Friends of World Oceans Day · FAQs· CalendarIn celebration and support of the life and livelihood that the ocean sustains, UN …· Photo CompetitionThe annual Photo Competition for UN …2022 Revitalization· EducationUN World Oceans Day 2022. The first-ever …Explore · Blue Economy· UN World Oceans Day 2022This year’s United Nations World Oceans Day, on 8 June 2022, brought together 30 …· ContributorsIn celebration and support of the life and livelihood that the ocean sustains, UN …Other content from unworldoceansday.org· Events – United Nations World Oceans Day· World Oceans Day Art Gallery 2021 – United Nations World Oceans Day· Mesoamerican Reef Day 2021 – United Nations World Oceans DaySee moreOpen Website World Oceans Day 2022World Oceans Day is a UN-recognized event that celebrates the importance and diversity of the ocean every year on 8 June. Special Issue Desertification and Drought Day 2023 Desertification and Drought Day 2023 global observance Women leaders from around the world took centre stage at the United Nations General Assembly calling for women’s land rights at a music-filled event to mark Desertification and Drought Day.Speakers from countries as diverse as Canada to Chad, Iceland to Lesotho, shared their experiences and explained how droughts, land degradation and desertification are disproportionately impacting the women and girls in their communities. In addition to high-level speakers, the programme featured musical performances by UNCCD Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej. Read full press release See HIGHLIGHTS from events around the world This year’s Desertification and Drought Day was celebrated in more than 35 countries around the world, including China, Fiji, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Serbia, Türkiye, and Vietnam. Hybrid roundtable – organized by UNCCD Regional Liaison Office (RLO) Africa , Morocco. On 16 June with key partners such as the African Union, regional commissions (IGAD, ECOWAS, SADC, ECAC), UNECA, UNWOMEN, FAO, IFAD, ICESCO, the network of women’s agricultural and commercial cooperatives in Africa as well as the diplomatic community accredited in Morocco. Information stands of women’s cooperatives were featured at the event. One of the key moments highlight of the national celebration of the Desertification and Drought Day was the Signing of an MoU with France and Canada to support women’s participation in agricultural and forestry projects. Exchanging best women-led practices in sustainable land management – organized by UNCCD Regional liason office for Central and Eastern Europe. A interregional event in Belgrade, Serbia focused on exchanging best women-led practices in sustainable land management. The meeting was opened by the State Secretary Sandra Dokić, who pointed out that Serbia recognizes the importance of gender equality and that this conference is an excellent opportunity to make another step forward in improving the position of women who work the land and thus contribute to achieving the goals of neutrality of land degradation and the implementation of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Serbia. More information: Event website Desertification and Drought Day 2023 national observance – organized by National Forestry and Grassland Administration China NFGA together with provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China, was organizing diverse promotion events under the international theme “Her Land, Her Rights” and the national theme “Combat Desertification Scientifically, With You, With Me, With Her.” Campaign websites and videos emphasized the important role of desertification prevention and control in promoting rural revitalization, maintaining national ecological security and accelerating new energy development in desertified areas. The national event with 300 participants took place in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province in China to unveil an Initiative to Jointly Prevent and Control Sandstorm Sources, and the launch the Desertification Prevention and Control Fund under China Green Carbon Foundation. The ceremony included a screening of the documentary ’30 Years of Sand Control and Sand Industry in China, followed by keynote speeches, academic panels and field trips focusing on desert carbon sequestration, sand and dust control and desertification-combating technologies. Desertification and Drought Day 2023 roundup – organized by National Environment Management Agency KenyaThe National Environment Management Agency is planning a range of activities in Kitui County on 17 June focused on raising awareness on the key role the importance of women’s land rights and securing ownership of land in the fight against desertification. The activities included a guided panel discussion, a village-wide dialogue, a media campaign through local radio stations, a survey on the participation of women in sustainable land management and resource conservation under different land tenure systems, a display of water-harvesting technologies, an inventory of drought-tolerant crop varieties, community donations of water-harvesting devices, drought resilient plants and farm animals. Verso la giornata mondiale contro la desertificazione e la siccità – organized by The Department of Agricultural Sciences and the Desertification Research Centre NRD at the University of Sassari, Italy. An international event for academic research and civil society representatives committed to the safeguarding of water resources and the fight against desertification and land degradation.The first part of the event, took place in the Aula Magna “Barbieri” at the Department of Agricultural Sciences (Sassari) was aimed at students, researchers, agronomists and citizens with issues related to the projects “I CARE SOIL (Citizen Science experience on soil protection), E.WA.S. (Environment and Water Solutions), VARCOR (Vermitechnology application for valorization and reuse of cocoa residues) and TERRA (Employment of eco-sustainable technologies for the re-use of organic residues in the agricultural chain). The second part, a virtual meeting, was in the formant of an international webinar: “Her Land. Her rights: a science-civil society dialogue on women’s efforts for drought and desertification challenges”. PhD students, researchers and representatives of civil society took part in the event. Desertification and Drought Day 2023 activities – organized by Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Caracas.The main event “Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing gender equality to restore land and build resilience” took place on June 16 at the Waraira Repano Hall of the Universidad Popular del Ambiente Fruto Vivas with a virtual option. Activities across the country include nature walks, reforestation days, inter-institutional talks in the communities, with the participation of the “Youth Brigade Against Climate Change” and the “Mission Tree” Learn more from this year events around the world here Securing Women’s Land Rights for Increased Gender Equality, Food Security and Economic Empowerment Women hold a vital stake in the health of the land. Their hands have shaped and nurtured life on our planet. Ensuring women and girls’ equal enjoyment of all human rights and participation in decision-making on land is the key to achieving land degradation neutrality. Furthermore, everyone benefits: women themselves, their families and the rest of society.For example, ensuring women’s and girls’ rights has a profound knock-on effect for household income, food security, investment in children’s education, health and welfare, and it reduces gender-based violence. When given the right opportunities, women can also tap into traditional knowledge and find innovative solutions to address desertification, land degradation and drought. READ MORE: President Halonen’s article in UN chronicle Women and land rights: our dignity African women are known to be very active, both in the production and processing of rural products. Agriculture, livestock, fishing, water and wood collection, retail, processing and marketing… They are literally in the oven and the mill. It is without respite, without rest. And most often, without recourse.We know that they fight tooth and nail for their family well-being. But very little is known about their land status. While they account for almost half of the agricultural workforce, only 15% of them own the land they cultivate. This average percentage also hides a large regional disparity, since in some North African countries, only 4% of women have agricultural land registration. When women have land rights, they use land more efficiently, invest and obtain better agricultural production. In addition, they ensure food security that benefits the entire household. READ MORE: UNCCD Executive secretary’s op-ed in Jeune Afrique WATCH HERE: High-level event entitled “Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality and Land Restoration Goals” to mark the 2023 Desertification and Drought Day. Latest Publications Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing gender equality to restore land and build resilience UNCCD policy brief highlights the critical role of gender-responsive approaches to land tenure that empower women and accelerate the implementation of land restoration commitments that build community resilience. It examines how greater tenure security for women and girls can lead to a more equitable and sustainable land management. The brief builds upon the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 2018–2030 Strategic Framework and its Gender Action Plan adopted in 2017. It is closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those on poverty reduction, gender equality, and protecting life on land. Her land. Her rights. Equal land rights: a pathway to combating desertification in the Arab region Desertification, land degradation and drought remain a significant threat to the Arab region. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by these threats through decreased agricultural yields, increased water scarcity, health issues, and biodiversity loss. Moreover, women face significant disadvantages compared to men when it comes to land ownership. This document gives a general overview of the desertification and drought status in the Arab region and provides information on its impacts from a gender perspective. It also suggests ways in which women’s access to and control over land resources can improve livelihoods in rural communities while combating desertification. Academic institutions, public and private sectors, cooperatives as well as civil society have a key role in restoring land and boosting drought resilience.( A publication of UNESCWA) |
| JUNE 20, UN WORLD REFUGEE DAYUrgent: $100,000 matching gift offer AFSC 6-20-23Thu, Jun 15, 7:30 AM (3 days ago) Dear Dick, As you may know, millions of people around the world have been forced to flee their homes in recent years. They leave for many reasons: war, persecution, climate disasters, and other catastrophic events. Most face daunting challenges in rebuilding their lives. Thankfully, AFSC donors like you are responding with care and generosity. And today you have a special opportunity to make an even greater difference. Donate now, and an anonymous donor will match your gift, dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000. Last year, the United Nations reported the global number of forcibly displaced people surpassed 100 million for the first time, describing it as a “staggering milestone.” AFSC works with people from Ukraine, Turkey, Gaza, Somalia, South Sudan, El Salvador, and many other countries. We offer humanitarian relief, legal aid, trauma healing, and more. And we help displaced people build resilient communities. In the U.S. alone, AFSC’s legal staff help about 2,000 immigrants each year with their cases. Your gift will provide direct help for migrants and displaced people and advocacy for just migration policies. Together, we can help make the world a more humane place for all. Everyone should be able to live in safety and peace and have their rights respected. When you make a gift to our Refugee Response Fund, you help provide urgently needed support. Donate by midnight on June 30, and your gift will be matched, up to $100,000! MATCH MY GIFT |
| TomDispatch, Tomgram“Todd Miller, Out-Trumping Trump at the Border.”June 8, 2023These days, it seems as if it happened in another world. I’m thinking of that June afternoon in 2015 when The Donald rode a Trump Tower escalator down to waiting reporters (and a cheering crowd of — yes! — actors he had hired at $50 a pop) to announce that he was going to run for president. In that speech, he took the crowd and those reporters with him on a quick trip, however metaphoric, southwest, swearing he would build a “great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall.” Why? Because, of course, Mexico was sending its worst people northwards. “They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”But count on one thing, the man who only recently was convicted of… well, not quite raping but “sexually abusing” E. Jean Carroll… sure didn’t think many of them were “good people” like him, nor does he now. Admittedly, he neither successfully built much of that “big, beautiful wall” of his, nor managed to make Mexico pay for any of the wildly expensive parts he did get constructed (47 new miles, the rest replacing fencing already there). And yet, almost eight years later, without an escalator in sight, in some fashion he’s still on that border. Only recently, for instance, the former president running for the Republican nomination in 2024 swore that when he returned to the White House, he would quickly issue an executive order ensuring that the children of undocumented immigrants “will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship”; in other words, he would end the “birthright citizenship” guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, something he had promised to do in 2015 and again as president.And of course, with the race for that nomination heating up, in mid-May, Ron DeSantis tried to out-Trump Trump by dispatching 800 members of the Florida National Guard, 200 agents from the state Department of Law Enforcement, 101 state highway patrol troopers, 20 agents from the State Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Department of Emergency Management, 5 fixed-wing aircraft, 17 unmanned drones, and 10 boats to… yes, you guessed it, Texas’s border with Mexico — for, well… at least 30 days as the Trump/covid era Title 42 border expulsion policy finally ended.What you wouldn’t know, however, unless you were reading the work of TomDispatch regular and border expert Todd Miller, was that, while the Republicans made (mostly fake) border policy their pride, joy, and nightmare first class, what he calls the border-industrial complex has been making a fortune off American taxpayers by fortifying that border in ways that fit not Trump’s wall-eyed vision of prevention, but one more in keeping with our increasingly AI-ed world. Let me not tell you more though, just suggest you get on the nearest escalator and head down this page to Miller’s latest border foray to see for yourself. Tom The Real Border Surge:The End of Title 42 and the Triumph of the Border-Industrial ComplexBy Todd MillerOn May 11th, I was with a group of people at the bottom of the Paso del Norte bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Suddenly, I realized that I didn’t have the small change needed to cross the bridge and return to El Paso, Texas, where I was attending the 16th annual Border Security Expo. Worse yet, this was just three hours before Title 42, the pandemic-era rapid-expulsion border policy instituted by the Trump administration, was set to expire. The media was already in overdrive on the subject, producing apocalyptic scenarios like one in the New York Post reporting that “hordes” of “illegals” were on their way toward the border.While I searched for those coins, a woman approached me, dug 35 cents out of a small purse — precisely what it cost! — and handed the change to me. She then did so for the others in our group. When I pulled a 20-peso bill from my wallet to repay her, she kept her fist clenched and wouldn’t accept the money. Click here to read more of this dispatch. |
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(OMNI Newsletter #1 June 20, 2008; #2 Dec. 4, 2011; #3 June 20, 2012; #4, June 20, 2014; #5, June 20, 2015; #6 June 20, 2017; #7, June 20, 2018; #8, June 20, 2019; #9, June 20, 2020; #10, June 20, 2021; #11, June 20, 2022).
| THE UNITED NATIONS HAS BEEN OUR GREAT DEFENDER AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS CONEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY VIA ITS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)JUNE 8, UN WORLD OCEANS DAY JUNE 17, UN DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT DAYJUNE 20 , UN WORLD REFUGEES DAY (P. 9)World -Scale Problems Need World-Scale Resistancef 90,695JUNE 8, UN WORLD OCEANS DAYWorld Ocean Day is an international day that takes place annually on 8 June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development and the Ocean Institute of Canada at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Ocean Project started global coordination of World Ocean Day starting in 2002. “World Oceans Day” was officially recognised by the United Nations in 2008. The international day supports the implementation of worldwide Sustainable Development Goals and fosters public interest in the protection of the ocean and the sustainable management of its resources.Wikipedia United Nations World Oceans Dayhttps://unworldoceansday.orgWebThe United Nations designated June 8th as World Oceans Day. For this year’s celebration, it’s time to put the ocean first. The Official 2023 UN World Oceans Day Livestream· AboutOceans Day was first declared as 8 June, 1992 in Rio de Janeiro at the Global …· UN EventThe United Nations marks World Oceans …Friends of World Oceans Day · FAQs· CalendarIn celebration and support of the life and livelihood that the ocean sustains, UN …· Photo CompetitionThe annual Photo Competition for UN …2022 Revitalization· EducationUN World Oceans Day 2022. The first-ever …Explore · Blue Economy· UN World Oceans Day 2022This year’s United Nations World Oceans Day, on 8 June 2022, brought together 30 …· ContributorsIn celebration and support of the life and livelihood that the ocean sustains, UN …Other content from unworldoceansday.org· Events – United Nations World Oceans Day· World Oceans Day Art Gallery 2021 – United Nations World Oceans Day· Mesoamerican Reef Day 2021 – United Nations World Oceans DaySee moreOpen Website World Oceans Day 2022World Oceans Day is a UN-recognized event that celebrates the importance and diversity of the ocean every year on 8 June. Special Issue Desertification and Drought Day 2023 Desertification and Drought Day 2023 global observance Women leaders from around the world took centre stage at the United Nations General Assembly calling for women’s land rights at a music-filled event to mark Desertification and Drought Day.Speakers from countries as diverse as Canada to Chad, Iceland to Lesotho, shared their experiences and explained how droughts, land degradation and desertification are disproportionately impacting the women and girls in their communities. In addition to high-level speakers, the programme featured musical performances by UNCCD Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej. Read full press release See HIGHLIGHTS from events around the world This year’s Desertification and Drought Day was celebrated in more than 35 countries around the world, including China, Fiji, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Serbia, Türkiye, and Vietnam. Hybrid roundtable – organized by UNCCD Regional Liaison Office (RLO) Africa , Morocco. On 16 June with key partners such as the African Union, regional commissions (IGAD, ECOWAS, SADC, ECAC), UNECA, UNWOMEN, FAO, IFAD, ICESCO, the network of women’s agricultural and commercial cooperatives in Africa as well as the diplomatic community accredited in Morocco. Information stands of women’s cooperatives were featured at the event. One of the key moments highlight of the national celebration of the Desertification and Drought Day was the Signing of an MoU with France and Canada to support women’s participation in agricultural and forestry projects. Exchanging best women-led practices in sustainable land management – organized by UNCCD Regional liason office for Central and Eastern Europe. A interregional event in Belgrade, Serbia focused on exchanging best women-led practices in sustainable land management. The meeting was opened by the State Secretary Sandra Dokić, who pointed out that Serbia recognizes the importance of gender equality and that this conference is an excellent opportunity to make another step forward in improving the position of women who work the land and thus contribute to achieving the goals of neutrality of land degradation and the implementation of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Serbia. More information: Event website Desertification and Drought Day 2023 national observance – organized by National Forestry and Grassland Administration China NFGA together with provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China, was organizing diverse promotion events under the international theme “Her Land, Her Rights” and the national theme “Combat Desertification Scientifically, With You, With Me, With Her.” Campaign websites and videos emphasized the important role of desertification prevention and control in promoting rural revitalization, maintaining national ecological security and accelerating new energy development in desertified areas. The national event with 300 participants took place in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province in China to unveil an Initiative to Jointly Prevent and Control Sandstorm Sources, and the launch the Desertification Prevention and Control Fund under China Green Carbon Foundation. The ceremony included a screening of the documentary ’30 Years of Sand Control and Sand Industry in China, followed by keynote speeches, academic panels and field trips focusing on desert carbon sequestration, sand and dust control and desertification-combating technologies. Desertification and Drought Day 2023 roundup – organized by National Environment Management Agency KenyaThe National Environment Management Agency is planning a range of activities in Kitui County on 17 June focused on raising awareness on the key role the importance of women’s land rights and securing ownership of land in the fight against desertification. The activities included a guided panel discussion, a village-wide dialogue, a media campaign through local radio stations, a survey on the participation of women in sustainable land management and resource conservation under different land tenure systems, a display of water-harvesting technologies, an inventory of drought-tolerant crop varieties, community donations of water-harvesting devices, drought resilient plants and farm animals. Verso la giornata mondiale contro la desertificazione e la siccità – organized by The Department of Agricultural Sciences and the Desertification Research Centre NRD at the University of Sassari, Italy. An international event for academic research and civil society representatives committed to the safeguarding of water resources and the fight against desertification and land degradation.The first part of the event, took place in the Aula Magna “Barbieri” at the Department of Agricultural Sciences (Sassari) was aimed at students, researchers, agronomists and citizens with issues related to the projects “I CARE SOIL (Citizen Science experience on soil protection), E.WA.S. (Environment and Water Solutions), VARCOR (Vermitechnology application for valorization and reuse of cocoa residues) and TERRA (Employment of eco-sustainable technologies for the re-use of organic residues in the agricultural chain). The second part, a virtual meeting, was in the formant of an international webinar: “Her Land. Her rights: a science-civil society dialogue on women’s efforts for drought and desertification challenges”. PhD students, researchers and representatives of civil society took part in the event. Desertification and Drought Day 2023 activities – organized by Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Caracas.The main event “Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing gender equality to restore land and build resilience” took place on June 16 at the Waraira Repano Hall of the Universidad Popular del Ambiente Fruto Vivas with a virtual option. Activities across the country include nature walks, reforestation days, inter-institutional talks in the communities, with the participation of the “Youth Brigade Against Climate Change” and the “Mission Tree” Learn more from this year events around the world here Securing Women’s Land Rights for Increased Gender Equality, Food Security and Economic Empowerment Women hold a vital stake in the health of the land. Their hands have shaped and nurtured life on our planet. Ensuring women and girls’ equal enjoyment of all human rights and participation in decision-making on land is the key to achieving land degradation neutrality. Furthermore, everyone benefits: women themselves, their families and the rest of society.For example, ensuring women’s and girls’ rights has a profound knock-on effect for household income, food security, investment in children’s education, health and welfare, and it reduces gender-based violence. When given the right opportunities, women can also tap into traditional knowledge and find innovative solutions to address desertification, land degradation and drought. READ MORE: President Halonen’s article in UN chronicle Women and land rights: our dignity African women are known to be very active, both in the production and processing of rural products. Agriculture, livestock, fishing, water and wood collection, retail, processing and marketing… They are literally in the oven and the mill. It is without respite, without rest. And most often, without recourse.We know that they fight tooth and nail for their family well-being. But very little is known about their land status. While they account for almost half of the agricultural workforce, only 15% of them own the land they cultivate. This average percentage also hides a large regional disparity, since in some North African countries, only 4% of women have agricultural land registration. When women have land rights, they use land more efficiently, invest and obtain better agricultural production. In addition, they ensure food security that benefits the entire household. READ MORE: UNCCD Executive secretary’s op-ed in Jeune Afrique WATCH HERE: High-level event entitled “Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing Gender Equality and Land Restoration Goals” to mark the 2023 Desertification and Drought Day. Latest Publications Her Land. Her Rights: Advancing gender equality to restore land and build resilience UNCCD policy brief highlights the critical role of gender-responsive approaches to land tenure that empower women and accelerate the implementation of land restoration commitments that build community resilience. It examines how greater tenure security for women and girls can lead to a more equitable and sustainable land management. The brief builds upon the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) 2018–2030 Strategic Framework and its Gender Action Plan adopted in 2017. It is closely aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those on poverty reduction, gender equality, and protecting life on land. Her land. Her rights. Equal land rights: a pathway to combating desertification in the Arab region Desertification, land degradation and drought remain a significant threat to the Arab region. Women and girls are disproportionately affected by these threats through decreased agricultural yields, increased water scarcity, health issues, and biodiversity loss. Moreover, women face significant disadvantages compared to men when it comes to land ownership. This document gives a general overview of the desertification and drought status in the Arab region and provides information on its impacts from a gender perspective. It also suggests ways in which women’s access to and control over land resources can improve livelihoods in rural communities while combating desertification. Academic institutions, public and private sectors, cooperatives as well as civil society have a key role in restoring land and boosting drought resilience.( A publication of UNESCWA) |
| JUNE 20, UN WORLD REFUGEE DAYUrgent: $100,000 matching gift offer AFSC 6-20-23Thu, Jun 15, 7:30 AM (3 days ago) Dear Dick, As you may know, millions of people around the world have been forced to flee their homes in recent years. They leave for many reasons: war, persecution, climate disasters, and other catastrophic events. Most face daunting challenges in rebuilding their lives. Thankfully, AFSC donors like you are responding with care and generosity. And today you have a special opportunity to make an even greater difference. Donate now, and an anonymous donor will match your gift, dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000. Last year, the United Nations reported the global number of forcibly displaced people surpassed 100 million for the first time, describing it as a “staggering milestone.” AFSC works with people from Ukraine, Turkey, Gaza, Somalia, South Sudan, El Salvador, and many other countries. We offer humanitarian relief, legal aid, trauma healing, and more. And we help displaced people build resilient communities. In the U.S. alone, AFSC’s legal staff help about 2,000 immigrants each year with their cases. Your gift will provide direct help for migrants and displaced people and advocacy for just migration policies. Together, we can help make the world a more humane place for all. Everyone should be able to live in safety and peace and have their rights respected. When you make a gift to our Refugee Response Fund, you help provide urgently needed support. Donate by midnight on June 30, and your gift will be matched, up to $100,000! MATCH MY GIFT |
| TomDispatch, Tomgram“Todd Miller, Out-Trumping Trump at the Border.”June 8, 2023These days, it seems as if it happened in another world. I’m thinking of that June afternoon in 2015 when The Donald rode a Trump Tower escalator down to waiting reporters (and a cheering crowd of — yes! — actors he had hired at $50 a pop) to announce that he was going to run for president. In that speech, he took the crowd and those reporters with him on a quick trip, however metaphoric, southwest, swearing he would build a “great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall.” Why? Because, of course, Mexico was sending its worst people northwards. “They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”But count on one thing, the man who only recently was convicted of… well, not quite raping but “sexually abusing” E. Jean Carroll… sure didn’t think many of them were “good people” like him, nor does he now. Admittedly, he neither successfully built much of that “big, beautiful wall” of his, nor managed to make Mexico pay for any of the wildly expensive parts he did get constructed (47 new miles, the rest replacing fencing already there). And yet, almost eight years later, without an escalator in sight, in some fashion he’s still on that border. Only recently, for instance, the former president running for the Republican nomination in 2024 swore that when he returned to the White House, he would quickly issue an executive order ensuring that the children of undocumented immigrants “will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship”; in other words, he would end the “birthright citizenship” guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, something he had promised to do in 2015 and again as president.And of course, with the race for that nomination heating up, in mid-May, Ron DeSantis tried to out-Trump Trump by dispatching 800 members of the Florida National Guard, 200 agents from the state Department of Law Enforcement, 101 state highway patrol troopers, 20 agents from the State Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Department of Emergency Management, 5 fixed-wing aircraft, 17 unmanned drones, and 10 boats to… yes, you guessed it, Texas’s border with Mexico — for, well… at least 30 days as the Trump/covid era Title 42 border expulsion policy finally ended.What you wouldn’t know, however, unless you were reading the work of TomDispatch regular and border expert Todd Miller, was that, while the Republicans made (mostly fake) border policy their pride, joy, and nightmare first class, what he calls the border-industrial complex has been making a fortune off American taxpayers by fortifying that border in ways that fit not Trump’s wall-eyed vision of prevention, but one more in keeping with our increasingly AI-ed world. Let me not tell you more though, just suggest you get on the nearest escalator and head down this page to Miller’s latest border foray to see for yourself. Tom The Real Border Surge:The End of Title 42 and the Triumph of the Border-Industrial ComplexBy Todd MillerOn May 11th, I was with a group of people at the bottom of the Paso del Norte bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Suddenly, I realized that I didn’t have the small change needed to cross the bridge and return to El Paso, Texas, where I was attending the 16th annual Border Security Expo. Worse yet, this was just three hours before Title 42, the pandemic-era rapid-expulsion border policy instituted by the Trump administration, was set to expire. The media was already in overdrive on the subject, producing apocalyptic scenarios like one in the New York Post reporting that “hordes” of “illegals” were on their way toward the border.While I searched for those coins, a woman approached me, dug 35 cents out of a small purse — precisely what it cost! — and handed the change to me. She then did so for the others in our group. When I pulled a 20-peso bill from my wallet to repay her, she kept her fist clenched and wouldn’t accept the money. Click here to read more of this dispatch. |
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