Bistandsaktuelt

About this original series

A series of videos focusing on development issues and World culture. Bistandsaktuelt.no is a the leading international development site in Norway. ...Våre filmer har fokus på utviklingsspørsmål og kultur fra Sør. Bistandsaktuelt.no skaper debatt om disse spørsmålene i Norge.

Episodes of Bistandsaktuelt

    • Play Tough negotiator for fragile states - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      Tough negotiator for fragile states

      Timor-Leste's Minister of Finance Emilia Pires is a strong spokesperson for a new deal on aid to fragile states. She wants focus on peace- and statebuilding.

      • Release date
        Dec 8, 2011
      • Runtime
        03:04
    • Play From Death Waltz to Peace Dance - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      From Death Waltz to Peace Dance

      It is almost 20 years since peace broke out in Mozambique. We have returned to Homoine and Inhambane, places that were deeply scared by the civil war to see what has changed.

      • Release date
        Nov 18, 2011
      • Runtime
        04:58
    • Play Forest Wars - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      Forest Wars

      Mont Hoyo hotel in the eastern DR Congo is a symbol of the country as a whole - recovering from decay and war. There is a struggle to protect the forests from illegal loggers and charcoal burners.

      • Release date
        Nov 18, 2011
      • Runtime
        03:12
    • Play Peacemakers for the Poor - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      Peacemakers for the Poor

      The Community of Sant Egidio in Rome has mediated in many conflicts around the globe. Yet their focus remains on the poor, and being of service to those who often do not have a voice in society.

      • Release date
        Nov 17, 2011
      • Runtime
        03:55
    • Play Hope for Zimbabwe - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      Hope for Zimbabwe

      Musician Hope Masike is one of Zimbabwe's best mbira players. She is in Norway on an exchange program, teaching in Fredrikstad. At the same time she is recording a new album. Photojournalist Carina Wint profiled her for bistandsaktuelt.no

      • Release date
        Nov 4, 2011
      • Runtime
        03:54
    • Play Burning Hope - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      Burning Hope

      The forests for Eastern DR Congo are under threat. 80 percent of the charcoal used for cooking in Goma is illegally harvested in the Virunga National Park. The WWF is promoting a stove that will save energy. Together with tree planting projects they hope to save the forests.

      • Release date
        Aug 30, 2011
      • Runtime
        02:10
    • Play Investment for peace - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      Investment for peace

      Interview with Eva Bakonyi of the World Bank's Conflict Affected States in Africa Initiative, on the need to secure private investment and jobs in fragile states to avoid a return to conflict.

      • Release date
        Aug 5, 2011
      • Runtime
        04:52
    • Play Care for rape survivors - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      Care for rape survivors

      With Norwegian aid a new hospital, Kyesheru is being built in Goma, eastern DR Congo, to treat rape victims. Rape is still a serious problem in the area.

      • Release date
        Jun 17, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:31
    • Play North Africans' demands - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      North Africans' demands

      UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay discusses what has been happening in North Africa in terms of demands for human rights.

      • Release date
        Jun 15, 2011
      • Runtime
        01:19
    • Play Women's rights off agenda - Bistandsaktuelt on Blip Bistandsaktuelt episodes on Blip

      Women's rights off agenda

      Sima Samar heads the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission. In this interview she says: "We cannot have a democratic country without full participation of women".

      • Release date
        Mar 30, 2011
      • Runtime
        03:17
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