Building Solidarity from Below: The Intensifying Wars in Myanmar and Palestine, their effects on People’s, and the role plates by regional and global powers By Joseph Purugganan The International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE) Philippines, an educational and research organization …
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By Joseph Purugganan The International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE) Philippines, an educational and research organization that spearheads the annual Asian regional school for social activists, together with Focus on Global South, International Peace Bureau, LABAN Kababaihan (Women F …
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Originally posted on FORUM-ASIA website here. The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS), Focus on the Global South, Front Line Defenders, Asia Democracy Network are profoundly saddened and outraged by the tragic death o …
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originally published here. On the opening day of the World Bank’s 2024 Land Conference, organizations of small-scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples, workers, grassroots communities, and civil society denounce the World Bank as a major actor of land grabbing and ecosystem destruction. They call f …
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If there are two names that many identify with international activism, they are most likely those of Vijay Prashad and Walden Bello, two leading public intellectuals from the global South. Prashad is the director of Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and author of forty books, including O …
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Join our board member Peter Rosset from El Colegio de la Frontera Sur and La Via Campesina as he provides a critical look at the adverse impacts of monocultures on climate and health, challenging mainstream climate solutions and emphasizing the crucial role of food sovereignty in addressing global e …
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By Galileo de Guzman Castillo[i] (The text below is based on the panel presentation made by Focus on the Global South during the 50th Anniversary of the Chulalongkorn University Social Research Institute (CUSRI), International Seminar on “Making Social Research Matter: How Co-production of Kn …
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Focus on the Global South joins the nation in mourning the passing of one of the icons of the struggle against the Marcos dictatorship–former Senator, human rights defender and freedom fighter Rene Saguisag. Almost 20 years ago, a small team in Focus visited Senator Saguisag in his residence in Maka …
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17 April 2024 Solidarity Statement on the International Day of Peasant’s Struggles In commemoration of the International Day of Peasant’s Struggles, Focus on the Global South calls for an urgent stop to the criminalisation of small-scale food providers and their advocates across the world, and to en …
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While celebrating International Women’s Day last month, I was delighted to stand in solidarity with women in Cambodia and around the world. During the ceremony, the local government outlined plans for education, roads, and infrastructure development in our community, which is indeed welcome news. Ho …
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