Archive News & Announcements - 2020

[SHARE] Reducing COVID-19 risk through population relocation and closed borders: effects of pandemic emergency measures in small island state

Jun 2020 - News

Click here to read the article. A potential outbreak of COVID-19 in Tuvalu is being fended off by the national government, with measures including closure of borders, enhancing the capacity of the health system and voluntary population relocation. Read more... [Quotation] https://environmentalmigration.iom.int/blogs/reducing-covid-19-risk-through-population-relocation-and-closed-borders-effects-pandemic

[SHARE] Scapegoating the WHO as the CHO

May 2020 - News

Click here to read the article. Ramesh Thakur, Senior Research Fellow at the Toda Peace Institute, examines the responses by institutions of international governance to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/05/03/commentary/world-commentary/scapegoating-the-who-as-the-cho/#.XrEW0hMzb-Z

[SHARE] Centre for Humane Technology offers digital well-being guides for parents

May 2020 - News

Click here to read the article. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us are spending more time online, including children. Read more... [Quotation] https://humanetech.com/digital-wellbeing-covid/

[SHARE] Hate speech lexicon to address digital violence in Sudan

May 2020 - News

Click here to read the article. Peacetech Lab is working with two peacebuilding organisations in South to compile a hate speech lexicon prior to 2022 elections. Read more... [Quotation] https://www.peacetechlab.org/hate-speech

[SHARE] International Solidarity for Nuclear Security: Lessons from a Pandemic

May 2020 - News

Click here to read the article. Dr Manpreet Sethi, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), Delhi, writes that important lessons for nuclear security can be learned from the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more... [Quotation] http://www.ipcs.org/comm_select.php?articleNo=5680