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Vanessa Baird

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As seen in: New Internationalist, The Guardian, Memory Studies, Kirkus Reviews, Utne Reader, Resilience.org, Klassekampen
Journalist, writer and contributing editor, New Internationalist
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Country Profile: Peru

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By Vanessa Baird Verified
| New Internationalist Verified
Star ratings Income distribution Inequality is average in global terms, but poverty is increasing. Almost 30% are classed as poor, 5.7% in extreme poverty. Regional differences are marked despite framework for redistributing tax revenues from mining. Literacy The rate is high and stable at 94.5% for adults. Female rate (92%) lower than male (97%). Life expectancy Estimated to be 77.8 (Chile 81.4, UK 81.6), 60th in the world. Position of women 70% of women affected by gender violence do not report it.
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'I oppose genocide. Is that ok?'

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By Vanessa Baird Verified
| New Internationalist Verified
It started quietly, almost imperceptibly. Tourists milled around Parliament Square as usual on a sunny Saturday in mid-summer. A few people, mainly elderly, sat quietly on the steps in front of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi. I joined them and got chatting to a woman with a bunch of yellow and white roses in her hand. After 12.30pm the crowd seemed to be growing. People gathered to sit on the grass, as though preparing for a picnic.
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Can mining save the world?

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By Vanessa Baird Verified
| New Internationalist Verified
You may not know them by name, but by the time you get up, turn on a device or have your first cup of tea, you will have engaged with multiple critical minerals. As it springs into action, a dozen will come into play inside your mobile phone – materials with exotic names like indium, terbium, gallium and praseodymium, as well as the more prosaic nickel. Each volt of electricity you use will be brought to you along gleaming wires of copper – a cornerstone critical mineral.
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