Land Grabs and Injustice: The Struggles of Families in Tamol Leu Community
by Ridan Sun Mrs. Toun Seng, a 55-year-old resident of the Tamol Leu community, shared her...
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Online Dialogue Series – Agroecology: Possibilities and Challenges in India
The recent brush with the COVID-19 pandemic thoroughly exposed the inequities and frailties of...
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David Malpass, President of the World Bank, and Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, at the IMF-World Bank Spring 2022 Meeting. Both institutions have been singularly bereft of ideas on how to deal with the developing country debt problem that is about to explode. (World Bank photo)
Needed: A Bold Program to Address the Crisis of the Severely Indebted Developing Countries
By Walden Bello* As governments converge on Washington for the International Monetary Fund...
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Ms. Keo Vannak from Lor Peang village, Taches commune, Kampong Tralach district, Kampong Chhnang Province.
Voices from the International Women’s Day Celebration in Cambodia
On March 8th, women around the world celebrated International Women’s Day, a day to...
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Empowering Women in Rural Cambodia: Highlights from the International Women’s Day Celebration
Around 150 people from six villages gathered in the Lorpeang and Pich Chengva communities in...
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[OPINION] Why is the war in Ukraine so intractable? (https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/opinion-why-war-ukraine-intractable)
Why is the War in Ukraine So intractable? A Perspective from the Global South
By Walden Bello* An earlier version of this article was published on Rappler at the link...
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Conference on Agriculture, Land & Forests: Perspectives on the Crisis and Policy Alternatives
February 18—19, 2023, New Delhi, India Session 01 – Setting the International Context:...
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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) navigates Tokyo Bay on the way to Yokosuka Naval Base for a scheduled port visit. Yokusuka is the largest overseas U.S. naval installation in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ian Cotter)
The Perils of Semi-Sovereignty: Japan and the Philippines in the Grip of Geopolitical Rivalry
By Walden Bello* (This is a composite version of articles that originally appeared in MEER on...
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Kailangan kilalanin ng UN Committee on World Food Security ang intersectionality ng kagutuman, karahasang sekswal at base sa kasarian, at diskriminasyon
Originally posted in English here. Daan-daang mga samahang mula sa civil society, katutubo at...
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Unjustly accused women farmers surrender to DOJ to expose injustices to land rights defenders
In this year’s celebration of International Women’s Day, eight women farmers from Barangay Sumalo,...
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[CSIPM] The UN Committee on World Food Security must acknowledge the intersectionality of hunger, sexual and gender-based violence, and discrimination
Originally published here. Hundreds of civil society, Indigenous Peoples’ and women’s...
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The World Bank Group Headquarters sign — in Washington, D.C. Photo by Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The Political Economy of a Predatory State Revisited: The Marcos-World Bank Partnership
By Walden Bello* (Presentation at the International Conference on “Dynamics of Change and...
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Policy and Livelihood Challenges for India’s Fishing Communities: Fisheries, the Climate Crisis and the Indian state’s response
India’s fishing communities have had to grapple with multiple challenges over the past few years....
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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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Senate President Miguel Zubiri, main sponsor of Senate Resolution of Concurrence in RCEP issued statements to media that the country can withdraw from RCEP if an influx of imports occurs as a result of the agreement. Photo from Senate PRIB
Trade Justice Pilipinas: We are locked-in to obligations under RCEP. While withdrawal is possible, not so easily done!
Trade Justice Pilipinas’s reaction to Sen. Zubiri’s statements about possibility of PH withdrawal...
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