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Windfall Tax on Covid Profits Could Ease ‘Catastrophic’ Food Crisis, Oxfam Says

Fiona Harvey
• June 28, 2022

Food, fossil fuel and pharmaceutical companies that have enjoyed bumper profits in the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath should be hit with a swingeing windfall tax on their excess income, the global head of Oxfam has said. A windfall tax …

Categories: Climate Change, Health and Population, Poverty

Signs of Transformation From the ‘Pink Ghetto of Gender’

Dulcie Leimbach
• October 31, 2013

One question about women’s rights that may never go away is how to ensure that women are represented fairly in large organizations, like the United Nations. For now, work on “gender mainstreaming” may suffice by concentrating on small steps as …

Categories: Gender Violence, International Justice, Peace and Security, Women

Take Two: Arms Trade Treaty Talks Resume

Opinion by Allison Pytlak
• March 19, 2013

The second act of the Arms Trade Treaty negotiations has opened at the United Nations this week. Like any good drama, these talks, which began on March 18, are sure to feature tense moments and plenty of controversy, although many …