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Floreana Miesen

floreana.miesen@gmx.de

last contributed to D+C/E+Z in winter 2019/2020 as a geographer and freelance author.

All articles of Floreana Miesen

Crisis prevention
Floreana Miesen

Evaluation and quality control

For reasons of politics and methodology, it is especially challenging to evaluate peacebuilding operations

Education
Floreana Miesen

“Out of touch”

African universities must prepare for professional work

Social protection
Floreana Miesen

Know and demand your rights

The need for social safety nets

Natural resources
Floreana Miesen

“Bargain sale” hurts indigenous people

The sale of rights to natural resources undermines the livelihoods of Honduras' Indigenous communities

UN mission
Floreana Miesen

Withdrawal in frustration

Unrest in the DR Congo

Civil wars
Floreana Miesen

A better way to win power

A better way to win power: Burundis path to peace

Africa Progress Report 2012
Floreana Miesen

“Jobs, justice and equity”

Four challenges African policymakers must rise to

Psychology
Floreana Miesen

Standardised suffering

Mental diseases are spreading, and must be understood in their cultural context

West Africa
Floreana Miesen

Blood diamonds

Blood diamonds fuelled Sierra Leone's civil war

Fragile statehood
Floreana Miesen

Male violence

Male violence in fragile countries

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