MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH ASSOCIATE-Philippines
Focus on the Global South Philippines Programme is in need of a MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH ASSOCIATE to join a team working on various thematic programmes – deglobalization and trade, the commons, alter- natives, peace and security and climate justice.
Focus on the Global South is looking for a Communications Coordinator (CC) to be based in New Delhi, India for a full time position.
We are looking for a candidate to join a team working on various thematic programmes – deglobalisation and trade, the commons, alternatives, peace and democracy and climate justice. The CC will play a key role alongwith our Communications team in revamping and reinventing Focus’ communications strategy and tools.
Call for Civil Society’s Participation
In the 2nd ASEAN Peoples’ Forum / 5th ASEAN Civil Society Conference
18-20 October 2009
Cha-am, Phetchaburi Province, Thailand
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Asian People's Solidarity for Climate Justice
The Gr8 Climate Sale
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The issue of climate change has come to the forefront and people both in the North and the South have been feeling the devastating effects of global warming. However, the links between the neo-liberal system and the model of over consumption to the climate crisis are not clearly stated.
Rock Against the Round 2008
Musicians Against the WTO
Filipino musicians are Rocking Against the Round this Friday, July 25 at Mogwai in Cubao X, Metro Manila, PHILIPPINES, joining activists around the world in the global call to reject the Doha “Development” Round.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is holding a Mini-Ministerial this week – July 21-26 in its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. This informal meeting being hosted by WTO Director General Pascal Lamy aims to conclude the Doha “Development” Round but is only being participated in by around 30 trade ministers out of the more than 140 plus members of the WTO and is using unfair and imbalanced texts as the basis of negotiations.
Launched in Doha, Qatar, seven years ago, the Doha Round of negotiations has moved farther and farther away from its promises of development for developing countries. Instead, what can be seen from the texts being used in the talks is the push of developed countries for more market access in goods and services, while refusing to heed the demands of developing countries for rich countries to end their trade distorting subsidies in agriculture.
Civil society organizations, social movements and activists around the world are calling for the rejection of the Doha “Development” Round. Many have stated that Doha is the problem, not the solution to the current global crisis of rising food prices.
“What is happening in the WTO, the domination by the rich over the poor, the powerful over the powerless is colonialism revisited. Only now it goes by the name globalization. Artists today like those that resisted colonialism in the past must act against and inspire resistance to the oppression and domination” said musician Jess Santiago.
Filipino musicians are joining this worldwide call to reject the so-called Development Round. Musicians including Noel Cabangon, Jess Santiago, Pedicab, Peryodiko, Radioactive Sago Project, Village Idiots and Sandwich are all Rocking Against the Round this Friday, July 25 at Mogwai in Cubao X.
“In these times, for musicians and artists to be apathetic in face of a reprehensible anti-people force like the WTO is a criminal act” said Lourd de Veyra of Radioactive Sago Project.
The event, Rock Against the Round is co-organized by Focus on the Global South, Freedom from Debt Coalition, Jubilee South-Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development, Stop the New Round! Coalition, Tambuyog Development Center and Kilusang Mangingisda.
Entrance is free. Show starts at 8pm, Friday, July 25 at Mogwai, Cubao X.
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Focus on the Global South, a programme of development policy research, analysis and action, opens its 2009 Volunteer/Internship Program. The Focus internship is a non-salaried programme that is designed to provide exciting opportunities and exposure to highly-motivated college students, graduate students and fresh university graduates. Accepted interns/volunteers will have a chance to assist in a research on climate change.
The initiative People’s Agenda for Alternative Regionalisms, involves regional alliances such as Hemispheric Social Alliance (Latin America), Southern African People’s Solidarity Network- SAPSN (Southern Africa), Solidarity for Asian People’s Advocacy – SAPA (South East Asia), People’s SAARC (South Asia) as well as organisations and networks in Europe, including Transnational Institute (TNI), that struggle for “Another Europe”. These networks and the organisations part of them, share a strong commitment on the need to RECLAIM the regions, RECREATE the processes of regional integration and ADVANCE people-centered regional alternatives.
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