The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday May 24th, 2022 – World Schizophrenia Day
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness affecting more than 21 million people worldwide according to the World Health Organization. The purpose of this day is to spread awareness about this illness, eradicate the myths and superstitions around mental illnesses in general. Schizophrenia is a psychiatric condition where certain chemicals in certain areas of the brain are out of balance. If that happens there can be a lack of co-ordination between thoughts, actions, and emotions.
New Efforts for Land Renewal by Rene Wadlow
The States Parties to the United Nations sponsored Treaty on Desertification have been meeting in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire from 9 to 20 May, 2022. The 197 member states agreed to an appeal to work more actively to prevent continuing desertification and to win back lands currently under great pressure. Because the conference was being held in Africa, much attention was given to the advances of the desert in the Sahel states and the possibility of building a “Green Wall” of trees to stop the advance.
The Treaty was designed to be the centrepiece of a massive worldwide effort to arrest the spread of deserts or desert-like conditions not only in Africa south of the Sahara but wherever such conditions encroached on the livelihood of those who lived in the desert or in its destructive path.
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Burnt Sky #poem #painting by Nikos Laios
“In the heat of the day they suffer,
The sky is glowing orange like hell
And they huddle on a beach
Waiting for boats to arrive
As the flames steadily
Approach.”
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Australian Disinformation Wonderland: The Federal Election 2022 by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
All elections are filled with the half-truths, mistruths and full-fledged lies. Victory is rarely bought on a platform of complete honesty. But the road to thecurrent Australian federal election has been potholed by more deception than most. This is bound to happen when policy platforms are weak and rickety, leaving the opponents large scope to undermine each other. The personal prevails over the substantive; ideas play little to no role.
Much of the influence of misinformation and its more aggressive twin, disinformation, is given a legendary status ahead of time. Commentaries abound about how to spot “fake news” from outlets that have themselves been prone to promote counterfeit material.
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Sceptic feathers #036 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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