Food as a purely private good prevents millions to get access to such a basic resource, since the purchasing power determines its access. With the dominant no money-no food rationality, hunger still prevails in a world of abundance. In this paper, the commons approach is applied to food, deconstructing food as a pure private good and reconstructing it as a commons that can be better produced and distributed by a tricentric governance system compounded by market rules, public regulations and collective actions.

Brustkrebs-Patientinnen werden im spezialisierten Brustzentrum der Düsseldorfer Uniklinik versorgt. Zu den Versorgungsangeboten zählt auch eine genetische Beratung zur Klärung des familiären Brustkrebsrisikos. Die UKD-Frauenklinik ist hier bundesweit eines von 17 universitären Zentren, die sich der Beratung und Betreuung der Frauen und ihrer Familien widmen, wenn es einen Verdacht auf familiär bedingten Brist- oder Eierstockkrebs gibt.Dafür bietet das Klinikum eine spezielle Tumorrisiko-Sprechstunde an.

You can ditch Facebook. It’s OK. You will survive. And not only will you get through it, but your life will get better.
This month’s revelations that Facebook had sold, released or lost control of millions of users’ data has left many people wanting out — but wondering whether they can leave the social media platform they and hundreds of millions of others around the globe depend on.
I’m here to tell you can.

How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety. Quick facts Who: Eduardo Carrillo from TEDIC What: Web development, campaigns, workshops, research Mission/vision: To promote the respect of digital rights and free/open culture Where: Paraguay Since: 2012 Years of operation (as […]

Even though the UIDAI has denied these reports, its arguments rest on shaky grounds, according to experts.
The article by Mayank Jain was published in Business Standard on March 27, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Facebook has not been able to catch a break lately.
The article by G. Seetharaman and Shephali Bhatt with additional inputs by Indulekha Aravind was published in the Economic Times on March 26, 2018. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

 
How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety.
Quick facts
Who: Eduardo Carrillo from TEDIC
What: Web development, campaigns, workshops, research
Mission/vision: To promote the respect of digital rights and free/open culture
Where: Paraguay
Since: 2012
Years of operation (as of February 2018): 6

Even the Narendra Modi app of PM Modi is susceptible to data theft as a 22-year old Indian hacker established, claiming that privacy of more than 70 lakh users on it is at stake.
This was published by Free Press Journal on March 25, 2018

The public reckoning of data leaks in India’s national ID database, Aadhaar is still on hold while reports of data leakage through third-parties keep coming.
The article by Nilesh Christopher was published in Economic Times on March 26, 2018. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Se você tem o costume de jogar online, ou conhece alguma pessoa que joga, há uma chance considerável de já ter ouvido falar das chamadas “loot boxes” – ou “loot crates” – presentes em alguns jogos. Este texto tem como objetivo apresentar um panorama geral sobre esse tema, explicando o porquê de as loot boxes serem uma prática tão criticada ultimamente, além de os motivos para elas serem confrontadas em diversos países e estarem em potencial conflito com as leis vigentes no Brasil.
O que são as loot boxes?

Darrell West at the Hill: “Imagine it is 2030 and you are a U.S. government employee working from home. With the assistance of the latest technology, you participate in video calls with clients and colleagues, augment your job activities through artificial intelligence and a personal digital assistant, work through collaboration software, and regularly get rated on a one-to-five scale by clients regarding your helpfulness, follow-through, and task completion.

We get experts to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic.
The article was published in Asian Age on March 25, 2018.

A recent week-long shutdown of several popular Web-based services in Sri Lanka was intended to clamp down on mob violence, but the government action had several unintended consequences.
The shutdown, ordered by President Maithripala Sirisena’s administration, affected Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Web-based calling service Viber. The services shut down on March 7 and were restored on March 14 and 15.

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Francesca Burgos, postdoctorada en Bioquímica y egresada de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas es la única chilena entre los finalistas del premio. Este concurso es iniciativa de la Sociedad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Brasil en colaboración con General Electric Healthcare y busca destacar a jóvenes científicos de Latinoamérica que puedan mostrar el trabajo que han desarrollado en su doctorado o postdoctorado en el encuentro anual de la sociedad.

En el marco del encuentro anual de Centros de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje de Chile (ECAD), el presidente de HERDSA y de ICED -las dos más importantes asociaciones del área en educación superior del mundo-, visitó el Centro de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje (CEA) de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile, para conocer el trabajo desarrollado por el equipo de profesionales.De formación Contador Auditor, Allan Goody es uno de los principales promotores mundiales de la formación de Centros de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje en universidades.

En un seminario, realizado por la Cátedra Amanda Labarca en conmemoración del Día Internacional de la Mujer, temas como el aborto, violencia obstétrica y brechas de género en educación, fueron analizados por académicas y estudiantes que pusieron sobre la mesa prácticas culturales cotidianas que continúan afectando la vida de las mujeres en el Chile actual."Hoy, en este seminario nos centraremos en dos áreas donde se despliega cotidianamente el sexismo: la salud y la educación y que nos atañen directamente en tanto institución formadora de profesionales", dijo Loreto Rebolle

Con el apoyo de Fondecyt, diversos estudios liderados por investigadores del CIAE analizaron la magnitud y el impacto del ordenamiento académico interno en los establecimientos. Los resultados: en promedio, ningún tipo de colegio que ordena logra que sus estudiantes obtengan un mejor desempeño académico en las pruebas SIMCE en comparación con colegios que no ordenan.Existen diversos mecanismos de gestión de la diversidad académica al interior de los establecimientos educativos.

Good time to be in IoT security: Spending on Internet of Things security products and services will rise to $1.5 billion in 2018, up 28 percent from 2017, estimates Gartner. IoT security spending will skyrocket to $3 billion a year in 2021, according to a story in DarkReading.

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