MISEREOR produces a range of publications on its focal topics each year. Here you will find these documents for your information and use.
We hope you enjoy reading the publications!
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Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World) and Misereor welcome the development of a new…
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Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World) and Misereor welcome the development of a new Africa strategy by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Briefing paper
Since German diplomatic missions can make an important contribution to protecting…
Briefing paper
Since German diplomatic missions can make an important contribution to protecting space for civil society as well as HRDs, Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World), Konsortium ZFD (Civil Peace Service Consortium) and MISEREOR have commissioned a study on good practices in the cooperation between diplomatic missions and civil society.
The global debt crisis is gripping more and more countries in the Global South. It is…
The global debt crisis is gripping more and more countries in the Global South. It is threatening the livelihoods of millions of people. At the same time, many over-indebted countries are suffering massively from the impacts of climate change. Bone crushing debt servicing is hampering urgently needed adaptation measures.
From 1989 to 2001, Bougainville experienced a violent…
From 1989 to 2001, Bougainville experienced a violent conflict directly connected to the Panguna Mine. The Panguna Listening Project (PLP) is an initiative of the Catholic Diocese of Bougainville seeking to make the voices of the people heard in the Panguna mine affected areas.
Inspiring experiences of adaptation in urban areas of Latin America.
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The publication aims to show how the right to adequate housing and related rights are…
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The publication aims to show how the right to adequate housing and related rights are threatened by climate change, increasing urbanization and environmental degradation, by highlighting ground-level experiences from Africa, Asia and Latin America. It aims to encourage an integrated approach to policy-making and to present examples of community-led tools and solutions from five countries: Cameroon, El Salvador, Nigeria, Peru and the Philippines. The report concludes with recommendations to national governments, local governments and the UN human rights mechanisms.
The full report is available in English. You can find the summary of the report in German, Spanish and French.
The following documents discuss different ways of supporting marginalised people with…
The following documents discuss different ways of supporting marginalised people with shaping their change processes in a self-determined manner. This document is the outcome of the ongoing learning process around ‘people-led development’ of MISEREOR, selected partner organisations and their partner communities in Asia. It looks more closely at the roles and responsibilities MISEREOR, the partner organisations and marginalised communities could play in transformation processes, and the ‘how’ of project-related, yet self-determined, change processes with people at the centre. It critically reflects on ‘project business’ and the crucial roles of change facilitators and their organisations that endeavour to ideally respond to the needs of donors without compromising the participatory and empowering potential of such processes.
Reading the electronic version of the text provides the reader with additional short texts examples, explanations and comments that are not included in the printable version.
Treasure chest or another Pandora's box? In focus: the Pacific. Published 2016.
Dirty Profits 6 report released by Facing Finance highlights the investments of ten…
Dirty Profits 6 report released by Facing Finance highlights the investments of ten European banks in ten transnational extractive companies like for example Glencore, Vale, Rio Tinto and others, variously which continually violate human rights and the environment. Violations cover contamination of land, water and air; silencing community activists using violence, threats and intimidation; labour violations and forced labour; and failure to provide the remedy communities deserve. The Dirty Profits 6 report shows that the ten selected European banks alone provided capital of over €100 billion to these 10 extractive companies between 2010 and 2017. Most banks, particularly those that made the most capital available, are not taking strong enough action to ensure that mining and extractive companies respect human rights and environmental concerns. The authors of the report expect banks to take responsibility for human rights and environmental concerns in their decision making, e.g. by improving transparency and making public all relevant information related to engagement and by taking a proactive approach to identifying non-compliant companies.
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The diversity of cultivated plants is dwindling worldwide. This brochure shows the…
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The diversity of cultivated plants is dwindling worldwide. This brochure shows the central role played by farmers in four Sahelian countries - Senegal, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali - in the conservation and further development of famers' varieties such as millet, sorghum and cow peas. The inclusion of farmers as equal partners by national plant breeders offers great opportunities, especially in the agro-ecological transition of agriculture and for strengthening resilience in times of climate change.
Additionally to the brochure there are the following 3 related practice briefs:
Violence wounds both the body and the soul. Stable peace and long-term development are…
Violence wounds both the body and the soul. Stable peace and long-term development are only possible when people are able to overcome their fear, their generalized mistrust, and their grief. This is where trauma work comes into play.
Despite Covid-19, evictions are being carried out, and many households are threatened with losing their flat or house. Capital market-oriented companies are going on a shopping tour, creating facts to use the crisis in their favour.
Resistance is necessary, but how can it be organised? Which strategies are effective and helpful? Misereor organised an exchange on these questions between urban justice and housing rights initiatives from Berlin, India and South Africa on 28 October 2020.
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MISEREOR calls for a political U-turn during the German EU Council Presidency
