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The Internet and the social media make it easier for us to express ourselves and participate in public debate - worldwide. Unfortunately, this lowers the inhibition threshold and quite a few comments are based on hatred and intolerance. What should we do?

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Charlie is a former Aboriginal warrior. As the government expands its control over the traditional way of life in its community, Charlie is playing games and thwarting police officers in his path. Lost between two cultures, he decided to go back to living in the bush like the elders. But Charlie will take another path, the path of his own redemption (fiction).

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Patricia Gualinga, speaker of the Sarayaku community (Amazonia / Ecuador) and activist, fights for her territory and for a life in harmony with nature. Her perspective on women is of particular importance. With their struggles, the indigenous peoples protect rainforests and ecosystems, for humanity and subsequent generations. The reference to Switzerland as the seat of global commodity multinationals will alsoe be discussed at this event.

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Documentary film by Ludovic Bonleux on the social uprisings and impunity in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

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Manuel Respondek, a former PWS missionary and future anthropologist/conflict researcher, reports on his field research on the social conflicts surrounding the hydropower projects in Ixquisis.

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Invitation to this year's autumn meeting on Saturday, 9 November in Basel with a presentation by Sylvia Valentin of terre des hommes on the Group Responsibility Initiative (KOVI).

German Invitation

The world-famous archive of the Basel Mission and Mission 21 is open to the public for research purposes. We are looking for a new employee for our team.

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Ethnic conflicts dating back to colonial times, a multi-ethnic state and a young democracy shaped by decades of military dictatorship – Myanmar is a complex and diverse country full of contradictions. This edition of à propos offers an insight into the country’s problems and challenges as well as solutions and prospects.

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The Latin America Roundtable, organised by the Swiss Platform for Peacebuilding KOFF together with the working group Switzerland Colombia (ask!) and Peace Brigades International Switzerland (PBI) , offers the opportunity to meet four committed women from Colombia and Honduras and to exchange views on the current situation in the two countries, on the work and challenges of local civil society organisations and their demands, fears and hopes.

German Invitation

Civil society engagement in conflict-affected states is a foreign policy priority for the Swiss FDFA, the European Union, and the United Nations. However, the space for civil society organizations to operate is affected by the modes of governance of the state in which they work.

English Invitation