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Mumbai Under Attack Again
July 13 2011: Just as in November 2008, Mumbai is once again the scene of a terribly violent attack by terrorists. As news unfolds about what took place earlier today, we look back at the last attacks and the government's poor response. Will history repeat itself?
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International day of the press freedom 2012
Mexico is one of the most dangerous places for journalists to work. There is a constant struggle between those who want to tell the stories and those who want them to remain untold. Journalists weigh their options every day. The ultimate consequence of telling a story can be death.
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Special Report
This is the place where VJ Movement presents its Special Reports - stories that go beyond the scope of our everyday reporting.
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Laughing at Tyrants: Cartoonists Under Pressure
Tyrants, they say, hate nothing more than being ridiculed. As a result some of the best political cartoonists around the world work under extreme conditions. Exiled, imprisoned, or working despite frequent death threats. In this project we tell the stories of political cartoonists who put their own safety in the scales and continue to speak truth to power.
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Women defend what's theirs: the female body
Despite great advances in the closing of the gender gap in recent decades, women still face enormous prejudice when it comes down to deciding on a crucial aspect of their lives: what goes on in their own bodies. This project looks at the debates on childbirth and abortion as they play out across the globe.
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Global Economic Crisis is Far From Over
The global economic crisis started as a financial crisis, brought about by the collapse of Lehman Brothers and other US financial institutions in 2008. Since then the crisis has engulfed the world and every time it seems like slowing down, new victims suddenly emerge. This project looks at the crisis from many different angles in both videos and cartoons.
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LSE: Conflict Resolution in Conflict-Affected Regions
Since the end of the Cold War, the world has seen an explosion of civil wars in Europe, Asia and Africa. In several cases, the international community (either by means of the UN or not) intervened but optimism about these interventions has dwindled. In fact, 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have raised questions about the effectiveness and desirability of such operations. In response, new forms of conflict management are being developed whereby peacekeeping is complemented by humanitarian aid. This series examines these new forms of conflict resolution, which are often based on the principle of ‘local solutions for local problems’. How effective are they?
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LSE: Resources in Conflict-Affected Regions
Access to natural resources appears to be a major factor in many national or international conflicts. Oil, gold, and diamonds are the first that come to mind as resources that have played a role in the onset or duration of conflicts in Africa and the Middle East. Clean water and the cultivation of crops such as coca or poppies play their part in conflicts in other places around the world. This series explores how resources, their production and distribution have affected (ethnic) conflicts and how local or informal arrangements may negotiate the ensuing tensions.
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The Scramble for Soil and What Lies Beneath
The scramble for the earth's natural resources has intensified tremendously in the past decade. Countries such as India, Japan and especially China have seen a huge increase in demand for both minerals and agricultural commodities. The countries producing these resources are reaping the benefits, but also suffering the often devastating consequences.
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LSE: Transitional Justice in Conflict-Affected Regions
Once a conflict has been resolved, the newly established but still fragile peace depends very much on how justice is done to the victims without alienating the perpetrators and the social group they represent. International institutions such as the International Criminal Court in The Hague may play a role in this part of the peace process. Yet, local and perhaps less judiciary initiatives may be geared towards the same goal. This series looks at initiatives such as these, which are vital in the transition from repression and violence to stability and social cohesion. Are they successful?
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LSE: Gender in Conflict-Affected Regions
Sexual and gender based violence appears to be rife in present-day conflicts. In Africa but also in other regions around the world rape has become a deliberate and consistently applied strategy to demoralize and subjugate individuals or groups of individuals. Men may also fall victim to this particular form of violence, for instance in the military where sexual violence may be used to enforce hierarchical order. Gender, in other words, is an important factor in warfare and therefore in achieving stability in conflicted areas. This series explores which role notions of masculinity and femininity have played in the conflict and whether they may promote or jeopardize peaceful solutions. In particular, we look at local initiatives that have increased security for women (and men) in post-conflict situations.
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LSE: Security in Conflict-Affected Regions
To function as citizens, people need to feel safe in their own environment. Security, therefore, is typically ensured by state institutions. In conflict-affected situations, however, citizens can no longer depend on the state to provide them with the security they need. This series investigates what security means for individuals or groups of individuals who live in conflict-affected areas and who are vulnerable, for instance because they belong to a minority. We are particularly interested in local or informal arrangements between the state and (ethnic) groups that address security issues.
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Unlikely Friends in the Promised Land Seek Peace Against All Odds
This series focuses on the plight of two opposing sides in an ongoing conflict that has dominated international headlines for the past half-century. The details of the story of the Israelis and the Palestinians are both widely know and immensely complex. This series is not about documenting who did what to whom, but instead looks to portray those among the fighting sides who seek peace and friendship.
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Islamic Societies Struggle With Change
As muslims all over the world prepare to fast to celebrate the month of Ramadan, we look at Islam in a global context. This series includes videos that tackle how islamic societies deal with issues such as women's rights, politics, education and even alcohol.
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Genocide: a Crime Unlike Any Other
Genocide is distinct from all other crimes because of something legal experts call the dolus specialis or special intent. That is, that the criminal acts carried out have the intention to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. This project looks at several genocide crime scenes from around the world and tells the stories of those who lived through the most heinous of all crimes.
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