My Personal Feelings after the Military Coup
By Su Yati* I will start my story with how I became a civil servant before I share my thoughts on...
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Indonesian Workers in Crisis
by Muslim Silaen* The labour situation in Indonesia is currently facing the challenge of...
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The Post-Pandemic Workers’ Agenda: Who Is Saying What?
By Anusha Lall The COVID-19 Pandemic, Recovery and Impact on Workers The impact of the pandemic...
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From left to right (clockwise): (1) A street sweeper maintains cleanliness of major roads amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. (2) Garment Workers in Cambodia. (3) Healthcare workers in India taking details of a patient in a respiratory disease ward. (4) Supermarket cashiers wear masks and face shields to maintain physical distance as grocery shopping has changed amid COVID-19, Bangkok, Thailand. All pictures © ILO Asia-Pacific
FOR A JUST PANDEMIC RECOVERY WITH WORKERS AT THE CENTRE
1 May, 2022 Statement from Focus on the Global South Workers across the world have faced a series of immense setbacks with the advance of neoliberalism and expansion of global value chains that have been exacerbated in the past two years.
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2,000 individuals from different food producing sectors and communities held a protest march in Lucena City, Quezon Province on April 18 to shed light on the issues they are confronting and to challenge electoral candidates to respond to these problems. Photos from Danilo Carranza.
2,000 farmers, fishers, IPs mobilize for ‘radical reforms’
LUCENA CITY – To commemorate the International Day of Peasants’ Struggles last April 17, around...
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SALUTING THREE DECADES OF PEASANTS STRUGGLES
Solidarity Statement from Focus on the Global South on the International Day of Peasant Struggles...
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Photo Exhibition: Community Seed Festival 2022
Photo Exhibition: Community Seed Festival 2022 On the occasion of the International Day of...
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Thailand: Building Food Sovereignty through Solidarity!
For many of us organised in The Assembly of the Poor, agriculture is a way of life. Our members...
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Photo Exhibition: Peasants Life in Cambodia
Bak Roteh Village, Preaek Luong Commune, Ek hnom District, Battambang Province, Cambodia. 9th...
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Women from Peasant Communities in Cambodia Talk about Their Livelihood and Hope for A Better Future
Voice of Ms. Yin Pon Translation by: Ridan Sun, Focus on the Global South “The COVID-19...
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Meet the Filipino Socialists Challenging Rodrigo Duterte’s Right-Wing Rule
by Walden Bello Six years ago, I made the only recorded resignation on a question of...
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Reports of IGWG on TNCs & Intersessional Meeting on 2030 Agenda & HC/SG Thematic Reports and Item:3 General Debate - 29th meeting, 49th Regular Session of Human Rights Council. Source: media.un.org
Open Letter to the Chair of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on TNCs and Human Rights
Subject: Concerns after the presentation of the report of the 7th session of the OEIGWG by the...
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Position Paper of the Global Campaign on Due Diligence in Human Rights
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN The Global Campaign considers that human rights due diligence is a preventive...
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Press conference on 15 March: No to Nature Based Solutions!
As corporations and governments push “nature-based solutions” to fight the climate and biodiversity crises, over 360 organisations launch a statement exposing them as “nature based dispossessions” that will cause huge new land grabs and promote harmful practices like monoculture tree plantations and industrial agriculture.
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Statement: Solidarity with women of the world facing multiple crises!
The month of March 2022, widely known as Women’s Month, began under the looming shadow of...
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