World News Update Social Media Slant 4 Good - 31 January - The latest from #SMSlant4G‏

Social Media Slant 4 Good Using social media to raise awareness of important issues! New daily edition at 9 a.m. Published by Cendrine Marrouat 31 January 2016 Read paper → World Business Environment  Technology Health Politics #awareness #inequality Ebola funds impossible to track Shared by Oxfam International www­.oxfam­.org - Global leaders are failing to honor their promises to communities devastated by Ebola in West Africa as $5.8 billion of pledged recovery funds proving almost impossible to track, Oxfam warned today... Iraq: Possible War Crimes by Shia Militia Shared by Human Rights Watch www­.hrw­.org - (Beirut) – Members of Shia militias, who the Iraqi government has included among its state forces, abducted and killed scores of Sunni residents in a central Iraq town and demolished Sunni homes, s... UN News - Burundi's leaders should engage in dialogue, listen to the aspirations of their people to resolve crisis – UN chief Shared by United Nations www­.un­.org - 31 January 2016 – The Government and people of Burundi should resolve the country's months-long political crisis through inclusive dialogue, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as he ... Secretary-General’s press conference at the 26th African Union Summit [with Q&A] Shared by United Nations www­.un­.org - Good morning ladies and gentlemen, bonjour mesdames et messieurs. I am very pleased to be here with some of our senior advisers of the United Nations, who are sitting in the front line and are sitt... Deadliest January on record for refugees raises alarm - Al Jazeera English Shared by Human Rights Watch www­.aljazeera­.com - The number of refugees who have died while trying to reach Europe has surged to a January record of more than 230 people, fuelling panic that much more needs to be done to prevent further deaths. A... VIDEOS Shared by Oxfam International Shared by Human Rights Watch Shared by United Nations More Videos → WORLD Greek footballers stage pitch sit-in over migrant deaths Shared by Human Rights Watch Voices of Women Survivors of Violence: Alaa’s “wedding” Shared by UN Women 5 Children Among Dead as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Turkey Shared by Human Rights Watch TRAPping Access to Safe, Legal Abortions Shared by Democracy Now! Displacement in eastern DRC: a never ending story | Oxfam GB | Policy & Practice Shared by Oxfam International AU and gender: To transform or conform? Shared by UN Women More World → BUSINESS How can coffee become a better tool for development? Shared by Kiva The world's inequality countdown - Al Jazeera English Shared by Oxfam International Women do unpaid work five times more than men: study Shared by Kiva Finding “Win-Win” in Digitally-Delivered Consumer Credit Shared by Kiva Team captain spotlight: Elias from The Mindful Bunch Shared by Kiva Momentum is building on the urgent need to halt and reverse extreme economic inequality Shared by Oxfam International More Business → ENVIRONMENT Jagriti Yatra 2015 – Train ride for a better world Shared by United Nations Make 2016 the year that words turn into action Shared by ONE Two Inspiring Clients to Warm up Your Winter Shared by Kiva Oxfam warns that the widening gap between rich and poor endangers us all - Humanosphere Shared by Oxfam International M5.3 - 94km S of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea Shared by Earthquakes Tsunamis M5.1 - 84km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea Shared by Earthquakes Tsunamis More Environment → TECHNOLOGY +SocialGood Shared by United Nations M5.0 - 37km E of Pucallpa, Peru Shared by Earthquakes Tsunamis Russian Internet Users Turn to TV for News, But Trust Online Sources More, Study Finds · Global Voices Shared by Global Voices My Week Shared by Martin (Marty) Smith Security as Discipline, Not Technology Shared by Kim Thomson TOP 10 proven growth hacks for 2016 [examples, case studies] Shared by GrowthHack Generator More Technology → HEALTH Humanitarian Action for Children 2016 Shared by UNICEF She Inspires Me | Women for Women International Shared by UN Women "Trapped": New Film Follows the Providers Who Are Fighting to Keep Abortion Accessible in the South Shared by Democracy Now! 43 Years After Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court to Hear Case Threatening Women's Right to Choose Shared by Democracy Now! Dispatches: Zika Warnings Versus Realities Women Face Shared by Human Rights Watch World Leprosy Day 2016 | South African Government Shared by Asakundwi-Ngatshithu More Health → POLITICS New Video Perfectly Breaks How Down Trump Uses 'Huckster' Tricks That Appeal to Less Sophisticated Voters Shared by GOOD Dispatches: Once Untouchable, Now In The Dock of The ICC Shared by Human Rights Watch new ADLIB record details Shared by United Nations These 4 Videos Expose the Horrific Reality of the Flint Water Crisis Shared by EcoWatch Scott Gilmore and the “Imaginary Indian” Shared by Sylvia Smith Republic Act No. 10526 | GOVPH Shared by Reign Gwapito™ More Politics → #AWARENESS The future of e-commerce: bricks and mortar Shared by Christopher Danvers NYT best-selling author Anne Fortier on rules #Quotes #assumptions #awareness Shared by She Quotes Jeffares: Week 3 brings bills and committee meetings Shared by Madison Mondell How Uncle Sam wound up trafficking innocent kids Shared by Madison Mondell nicovlaeminck Shared by Nico Vlaeminck Peak of Stuff Shared by Anne More #awareness → World • Business • Environment • Technology  • Health • Politics • #awareness • #inequality Read paper →

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