Category: Asia/World
CLIMATE BREAKDOWN AND THE FAILURE OF MULTILATERALISM
End of year statement from Focus on the Global South December 2022 Extreme weather events in 2022...
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THE CHANGING FACE OF ELECTIONS: REFLECTIONS FROM THE REGION
by Anusha LallWith contributions from Focus on the Global South – Power and Democracy Team...
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International Human Rights Day – International Statement
2022 December 10 Today, December 10, marks the 74th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of...
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Civil society and Indigenous Peoples urge the Committee on World Food Security to respond to the global food crisis
Originally published here. 05 December 2022. Rome, Italy. More than enough food is produced today...
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BEHIND THE BRANDS: Food justice and the “Big 10” food and beverage companies. Infographic by Joki Gauthier for Oxfam 2012. Source: 166 Oxfam Briefing Paper, 26 February 2013.
Pro-Corporate Multilateralism and Food Insecurity
by Shalmali Guttal The Global Food Crisis, this time A dossier by Focus on the Global...
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South China Sea seen from Manila Bay, the Philippines. Photo by Vyacheslav Argenberg for Wikimedia Commons.
STORMY WEATHER AHEAD IN THE ASIA PACIFIC?
Walden Bello’s intervention in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum Assembly,...
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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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“WTO’s 2022 Geneva Package” — Historic or Just Rhetoric?
ANALYSING THE 12TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE (MC12) OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION (WTO) ...
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Aragalaya—Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka on April 13, 2022 in front of the Presidential Secretariat. Photo by AntanO for Wikimedia Commons.
Sri Lanka: a cautionary tale of authoritarian neoliberalism
By Benny Kuruvilla* The Global Food Crisis, this time A dossier by Focus on the Global...
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[CSIPM] Women and Gender Diversities Working Group Statement on CFS Gender Equality and Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment
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[CSIPM] Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ movements gather in Rome to demand transformative policies to tackle the food crisis
Originally published here. Rome, Italy. 9 October 2022. Hundreds of civil society and Indigenous...
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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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