9/8/2018
Deportation/ Calling 4 million people stateless in Assam India. (Violence n Gov)
This article shows us how how governments can be put in a catch 22 situation. On how they have to be accountable to their own citizens while at the same time practicing cruelty by separating families.
Their move can also be a cause of violence in a country.
Sing Health Cyber attack (Gov)
So apparently the cyber attack is suspected by experts to be state sponsored by nation threat actors. Across governments, I didn't know there were such backstabbing activities committed discreetly.
Microstamping of guns-violence (Violence and Gov)
Microstamping technology does seem to be the way forward to reducing Gun violence. Why isn't it widely practiced in the UNited States (even though it has been proven to be effective in some states)
Mexican anti-poverty program helping men the most (Poverty and Gov)
When anti-poverty programs are not well thought through, we can be left with a situation where people's standard of living do not improve for the better.
Greece forest fires as a result of corruption (Gov)
It is disappointing to find out that corruption can be tied to environment degradation. In addition, people are inflicted with injuries and resources have to be deployed to evacuate people.
Poor governance can lead to highly corrupted and unregulated country. Nothing is going to change unless the government knows how to stabilise its economy and protect its people.
Sexual abuse endemic in aid sector (Poverty)
21 red cross staff dismissed from 2015 till today for their inappropriate behaviour.
Victims are left pregnant and having an additional burden to care for. They are also more vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases.
This is due to the lack of whistle-blowing systems.
UK doubling cash handout(Gov and Poverty)
UK has been a very fervent supporter of aid for the world. They have given cash payments to pakistanis and frequently tops them out. They are also careful about who get the money.
However, journalists have found people taking out money from cashcards they recieve from paying kickbacks to officials. (Inevitable inefficiency in using aid money)
People have been unhappy. Clearly the mail as well.
Local aid workers are not treated equally to International aid workers (Poverty)
Protection rights, wages and responsibilities are not equal for these 2 groups of people when it comes to taking up the role of aid workers.
https://www.quora.com/What-do-US-citizens-think-about-the-US-military-spending
http://www.theweek.co.uk/63394/foreign-aid-how-and-where-is-britain-s-budget-spent
