Rebecka Rosenquist
Rebecka Rosenquist joined AlertNet in 2007 after completing a Master's degree at the London School of Economics, where she focused on aid coordination and independence. Along with internships at the International Crisis Group and the U.S. State Department, she has previously worked in American politics, training and supporting women interested in running for elected office.
Humanitarianism on the medical frontline
Author: Rebecka Rosenquist
In an emergency situation doctors may have to watch one patient die in order to save another. This is part of the process known as triage, an evaluation of who to treat and who to leave. A technical decision with great moral implications. This dilemma is at the heart of a documentary about Dr James Orbinski, formerly a doctor with aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) who became the organisations president and accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on their behalf. ...
Author: Rebecka Rosenquist
In an emergency situation doctors may have to watch one patient die in order to save another. This is part of the process known as triage, an evaluation of who to treat and who to leave. A technical decision with great moral implications. This dilemma is at the heart of a documentary about Dr James Orbinski, formerly a doctor with aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) who became the organisations president and accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on their behalf. ...
Are the radicals of 1968 the humanitarian hawks of today?
Author: Rebecka Rosenquist
A period less like 1968 I cant imagine. That's what British playwright David Hare says about the world today, when he thinks about a British foreign policy that not only includes wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but, as he sees it, is closed for public discussion. Did the radicals of 1968 become the humanitarians of the latter part of the century? What happened to their ideals and their mistrust of state power? What are we supposed to think when we look at Bernard Kouchner, once co-founder of international relief agency Mdecins Sans Frontires and now Frances minister of foreign affairs, a man who wanted everyone to speak out against the war in Nigerias Biafra in the 60s and then backed intervention in Iraq on the grounds it would free people from Saddam Hussein? ...
Author: Rebecka Rosenquist
A period less like 1968 I cant imagine. That's what British playwright David Hare says about the world today, when he thinks about a British foreign policy that not only includes wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but, as he sees it, is closed for public discussion. Did the radicals of 1968 become the humanitarians of the latter part of the century? What happened to their ideals and their mistrust of state power? What are we supposed to think when we look at Bernard Kouchner, once co-founder of international relief agency Mdecins Sans Frontires and now Frances minister of foreign affairs, a man who wanted everyone to speak out against the war in Nigerias Biafra in the 60s and then backed intervention in Iraq on the grounds it would free people from Saddam Hussein? ...
MEDIAWATCH: Threat of food shortages as Tajikistan faces the worst winter in decades
Author: Rebecka Rosenquist
The Central Asian country of Tajikistan, the poorest in the region, is in the grips of an energy shortage that threatens to cause a severe humanitarian crisis. With all of Central Asia experiencing one of the coldest winters in decades, Tajikistans energy resources are particularly strained because of the countrys dependence on hydroelectric power, according to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Frozen rivers mean turning to neighbouring countries for energy supplies, but these imports have now been reduced as Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan face their own increased demand. While the main Tajik hydropower stations dont have enough water to run their turbines, frozen pipes have left much of the population without drinking water, the BBC reports. ...
Author: Rebecka Rosenquist
The Central Asian country of Tajikistan, the poorest in the region, is in the grips of an energy shortage that threatens to cause a severe humanitarian crisis. With all of Central Asia experiencing one of the coldest winters in decades, Tajikistans energy resources are particularly strained because of the countrys dependence on hydroelectric power, according to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Frozen rivers mean turning to neighbouring countries for energy supplies, but these imports have now been reduced as Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan face their own increased demand. While the main Tajik hydropower stations dont have enough water to run their turbines, frozen pipes have left much of the population without drinking water, the BBC reports. ...
MEDIAWATCH: Hunger and displacement still stalk E. Timor
Author: Rebecka Rosenquist
When riots broke out in East Timor in the spring of 2006, thousands were forced from their homes. Nearly two years on, an estimated 100,000 people, or nearly 10 percent of the population, are still displaced and living in camps, 30,000 thousand of them in the capital Dili. Some 1,500-2,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) are even camped out with their goats, pigs and chickens on the paths and corridors of Dili's national hospital, posing a health and security threat to patients and fellow IDPs. East Timor's "IDP problem" is a hard nut yet to be cracked. The government wants people to return home so much so that it has approved a cash compensation package for repatriated IDPs, to be paid out according to the level of damage done to their houses in the unrest. ...
Author: Rebecka Rosenquist
When riots broke out in East Timor in the spring of 2006, thousands were forced from their homes. Nearly two years on, an estimated 100,000 people, or nearly 10 percent of the population, are still displaced and living in camps, 30,000 thousand of them in the capital Dili. Some 1,500-2,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) are even camped out with their goats, pigs and chickens on the paths and corridors of Dili's national hospital, posing a health and security threat to patients and fellow IDPs. East Timor's "IDP problem" is a hard nut yet to be cracked. The government wants people to return home so much so that it has approved a cash compensation package for repatriated IDPs, to be paid out according to the level of damage done to their houses in the unrest. ...
