The human cost of displacement
May 14, 2012 | Olivia Bennett
Olivia Bennett talks about her recent pubication, Displaced: The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement, based on learning and oral testimonies from a Panos London project.
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Displaced: The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement
May 14, 2012 | Panos London
Announcing a new book on the real effects of displacement, informed by and growing from a Panos London project.
Our government has chosen power plants over paddy
Apr 30, 2012 | Bhan Sahu
Bhan Sahu blogs about a new campaign she is organising, helping those who are being displaced from fertile farmland to make room for 34 thermal power plants.
Killings in the Amazon: “I am alone in this war”
Feb 22, 2012 | Ana Aranha
The Brazilian government claims destruction of the Amazon has fallen to its lowest level in 23 years. But environmental activists continue to be threatened and killed by loggers. Ana Aranha met one woman forced into hiding by assassins.
Pakistan: land bought for flood victims
Aug 12, 2011 | Zubaida Noor
The monsoon season has started now and finally we have made some progress in buying land for people who lost their homes in last year’s flood.
Many bomb blasts go unreported
Jun 24, 2011 | Zubaida Noor
In Peshawar, things are getting worse. Every other day there is a bomb blast. If you ask me, personally I feel I have become immune to all these terror attacks. A lot of the blasts are not even being reported in the media now.
Speaking out on rural poverty
Dec 7, 2010 | Panos London
Siobhan Warrington, Head of Oral Testimony at Panos London speaks about the latest collection of testimonies, that Panos London created, for the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) Rural Poverty Report 2011 that was launched on the 6th December.
Forced migration
Dec 2, 2010 | Panos London
Overview Since the end of the Cold War, forced migration has been a phenomenon largely affecting developing countries. By the end of 2008, the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) reported that globally there were 15.2 million refugees and 26 million internally displaced people (IDPs). The sheer magnitude of the numbers of refugees and…
Brazil’s Roma say ‘We are here’
Apr 6, 2010 | Natalia Viana
Brazil is home to hundreds of thousands of Roma. Like many European Roma they have spent centuries on the margins of society. Now Brazil's government is taking steps to stop their culture dying out.
Drought-hit Uganda learns to love the banana
Mar 22, 2010 | Henry Lutaaya
In Uganda bananas are helping to cushion families against unexpected weather changes providing a source of carbohydrates throughout the year. But they're not always easy to grow, with the drought forcing people to mulch and compost more than before.
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