Suvo Bosonto: Welcoming Spring with Songs and Dances
by Joseph Purugganan Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 14-17 A delegation from the Asian Music...
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October 2023 Round-up of Participations
October 2023 has seen staff members from Focus on the Global South taking part in several...
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States from the global south and civil society defend process to hold TNCs accountable for human rights violations amid attempt to re-open the debate on the mandate
GENEVA. At the 9th session of negotiations to elaborate a legally binding instrument to regulate...
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Joseph Purugganan delivered the intervention at the IPEF Fifth Negotiating Round: Bangkok In-Person Stakeholder Listening Session, which was held on Thursday, 14 September 2023 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Bangkok. Photo by: Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
IPEF and the battle for critical minerals: Implications on environment and human rights
by Joseph Purugganan* Thank you for this opportunity to speak at this stakeholder listening...
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Joseph Purugganan speaking at the Roundtable discussion Reality vs Expectation: BBM’s 2023 SONA.
Civil Society under the Marcos-Duterte Administration
By Joseph Purugganan [1] It is important to start by looking at a way to frame the relationship...
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Caption: Members of iDefend presenting key issues and recommendations at a CSO side event during the 4th cycle of UPR if the Philippines. 10 November 2022. Geneva. Photo by Neca Reyes of Lilak.
Challenges and Prospects for Social Justice within Government’s economic agenda
By Joseph Purugganan, Focus on the Global South* As Social Justice and human rights activists we...
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Why direct obligations for TNCs and having an International Tribunal are crucial for an effective legally binding treaty
A Perspective from Asia* By Joseph Purugganan, Focus on the Global South/Asia Task Force a member...
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Industrial Machine Near Crops. Photo by Johannes Plenio.
Agribusiness’ Solution to the Food Crisis: More of the Same
By Joseph Purugganan The Global Food Crisis, this time A dossier by Focus on the Global...
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First State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., 25 July 2022. Photo from the Office of the Press Secretary
A (PRO) BUSINESS-AS-USUAL ROAD AHEAD
Reflections on Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s First State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2022 July 28 ...
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MC12 will take place at WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 12 to 15 June 2022. The conference was due to take place in late 2021 but was postponed due to the outbreak of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Photo from https://www.wto.org/images/mc12/mc12wtobanner.jpg.
WTO MC12: What’s at Stake and what lies ahead for people’s resistance
by Joseph Purugganan Introduction The 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the WTO will...
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Precarious Road Ahead: The Continuing Struggle of Workers against Contractualization in the Philippines
By Joseph Purugganan In his final labor day address to workers, outgoing Philippine...
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Sama-Sama:Music Beyond Borders
AMP3’s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic by Joseph Purugganan A year before the pandemic, the...
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Trade Justice in the Era of Covid
Presented at the AEPF13 Plenary Session on Covid-19 and the Broken Economic System. 20 Ma7 2021....
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UNPACKING RCEP: What Governments are Not Saying about the Mega FTA*
By Joseph Purugganan INTRODUCTION Let me also begin by thanking Radhika Desai, and the...
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Informal worker doing food deliveries stopped by police amid lockdown. Photo by JL Burgos
Philippines: Informal Workers face brunt of COVID-19 Lockdown
By Joseph Purugganan* 17 April 2020 The Luzon-wide lockdown implemented by the Duterte...
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