Category: Asia/World
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[CSIPM] Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations demand a globally coordinated policy response to tackle food crisis
Link to original post here. 29 September 2022. Rome, Italy.The dominant economic and food systems...
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A work scene of loading a container for coastal shipping onto a ship. May 7, 2011. Photo by Gazouya-japan, Container terminal = 鹿児島港北埠頭【 Pictures taken in Japan 】--②, CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan’s Human Rights Due Diligence Guidelines: A Small Step Forward or a Monkey Wrench?
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo[i] Last month, Japan publicly released the draft of the Guidelines...
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Seminar on Human Rights and Business for Civil Society in Asia, 19 September 2022, at UNCC Bangkok, Thailand.
Towards A Stronger Corporate Accountability in Asia
On Monday, 19 September 2022, as part of the Asia Task Force on the Legally Binding Treaty (ATF),...
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[email protected]: End of the Road
Focus on the Global South organized an online press conference titled “[email protected]: End of the Road” to...
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UN-chartered vessel Brave Commander sets sail from the port of Pivdennyi in Yuzhnyi, Ukraine, on 16 August carrying 23,000 metric tons of wheat. Photo: WFP/Anastasiia Honcharuk
Famine, Food, Fertilizer, Fuel, Finance: The Intersectional Crises of the Ukraine War
By Anuradha Chenoy* The Global Food Crisis, this time A dossier by Focus on the Global...
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Event Summary: Online Webinar on the Impact of the War in Ukraine on Women Globally: Voices from the Global South
On September 8, 2022, Focus on the Global South co-organized a webinar on “The Impact of the...
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A woman is selling Khmer Noodle from a boat in Tonle Sap, Cambodia, November 2021. Photo by: Ridan Sun.
Southeast Asia and South Asia in the Grip of the Food Crisis
by Bianca Martinez and Raphael Baladad With contributions from Focus on the Global South –...
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Collection of seeds exhibited at the farmer to farmer exchange and workshops on agroecology practices at the Community Seed Festival which was conducted on 26th – 27th March 2022 in Battambang Province, Cambodia.
Is the Global Value Chain Breaking Up? The “Perfect Storm” and the Crisis of Capitalist Agriculture
By Walden Bello* Abstract: Throughout the global South, protests have been triggered by the...
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On Monday, 8 August 2022, Dr. Walden Bello was arrested on two counts of libel and cyber libel filed by a former staff of Vice President Sara Duterte over statements made by Bello during the electoral campaign.
STATEMENT: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER IS NOT A CRIME: DROP CHARGES AGAINST WALDEN BELLO, DECRIMINALIZE LIBEL & CYBERLIBEL
9 August 2022 Focus on the Global South We at Focus on the Global South condemn in the strongest...
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After some reported bureaucratic delays, Bello was temporarily released on bail at around 17:30 Manila, 9 August 2022. Photo from Laban ng Masa.
Press Release: The Outpouring of Support for #FreeWaldenBello
Focus on the Global South Tuesday, 9 August 2022 On Monday, 8 August 2022, our founding...
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Cover photo by Afsar Jafri, Focus on the Global South India Office, during the #EndWTO Mobilisation in Nairobi, Kenya, December 2015.
Big Pharma and Big Tech Win at the WTO — #MC12 Fails the Global South
The outcome of the 12th Ministerial Meeting (MC12) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is a big...
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Photo from GTW Action.
Governments Must Break Big Pharma-WTO Stranglehold on Access to Medicine by Taking Immediate Action to Prioritize Human Lives Over Pharmaceutical Monopolies
More than two years into a pandemic that has killed 15 million people, World Trade Organization...
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