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Fafo Østforum (Forum on EU Enlargement) Seminar Thursday
7 April
17.03.2005
Fafo Østforum invites you to an open seminar on Thursday,
7 April at Fafo's conference center, Borggata 2 B, Oslo. For program and registration,
click here. The seminar and all materials are in Norwegian language. |
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Survey among members of the Norwegian Education Union
21.03.2005
Fafo researcher Bård Jordfald's report for the Norwegian Education
Union provides feedback on how the Union's members regard its activities.Read more (in Norwegian) |
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Conditions of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
18.03.2005
In this new Fafo-report, Falling Behind, Fafo researcher Åge
A. Tiltnes contrasts the situation of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
with that of Palestinian refugees residing in Syria, Jordan, and
the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and draws comparisons between the
refugee and non-refugee populations of these countries and Lebanon.Find more here |
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Jordan: 9.4 per cent of the population suffer from chronic diseases
18.03.2005
Jordan Times presents findings today from a multipurpose
household survey conducted in the last quarter of 2003, which was
a joint effort between the Department of Statistics (DoS) and Fafo.
The study will be published at Fafo.Read the article here |
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The Africa Commission define Conflict Trade as key threat to
Peace and Security
15.03.2005
Our Common Interest, the report of the Commission for Africa was
launched on 11 March 2005 by Tony Blair. In the report, commissioners
argue the need to tackle the problem of conflict resources, as part
of conflict prevention and resolution. The argument is similar to
Fafo's conflict trade analysis, which argues that access to natural
resources or other forms of wealth can intersect with conflicts
over inequalities between groups, or conflicts over power and identity.Find more here |
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Private companies in war zones
15.03.2005
Norwegian companies that operate in conflict zones or repressive
states may one day find themselves in a courtroom in Norway or abroad,
answering the kind of questions they today get from journalists
or activists, write Mark B. Taylor and Christian H. Ruge in a commentary
in Aftenposten.Read the commentary (in English)
here |
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researcher Morten Bøås in "Global Society"
14.03.2005
In: The Liberian Civil War: New War/Old War?, Morten Bøås
suggests that there is little 'new' about the Liberian war, and
that it rather can best be understood as violent expression of the
tendencies, organisation and attitudes towards identity, society
and class that have underpinned Liberia since its formation in the
19th century. |
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Seminar report on inclusive work
11.03.2005
This report summarizes the findings of a Fafo seminar (held December
6-7, 2004) that focused on recent, research-based knowledge about
the agreement on inclusive work.Read more (in Norwegian). |
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Highlights from Fafo's research
10.03.2005
Fafo's annual report to the Norwegian Research Council emphasises
some of our highlights from 2004, including a living conditions
survey of China's western provinces and a high-profile project on
trafficking of women from Eastern and Central Europe.Read more (in Norwegian) |
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 Lars
Norén's "WAR"
08.03.2005
What do we know about how current wars affect people's lives and
livelihoods? What happen to those who escapes the scenes of wars?
How do we receive those who arrive here form warzones? These and
related issues were discussed when Fafo and the National Theatre
invited to a seminar following the staging of the Swedish playwright
Lars Norén's "WAR". The seminar took place at the
National Theatre on March 3.Read more |
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When employees are the critics
07.03.2005
In this recent report, Fafo researchers Marit Skivenes and Sissel
Trygstad discuss a pilot project on whistleblowers and other workers
who bring bad working conditions to light.See also Fafo in the Press.Read more (in Norwegian). |
