Social Watch news
Published on Fri, 2011-07-15 08:40
Source: Social Watch “The current growth model that has evolved since the early 1980s has become economically inefficient, socially unstable, environmentally damaging and politically unsustainable. So it must be changed. But getting there will probably lead to increased social conflict,” said Juan Somavia, ILO Director General, in his message to the Social Watch Global Assembly in Manila. |
Published on Fri, 2011-07-15 08:27
Source: Social Watch International advocates of social and economic justice attending the 5th Social Watch Global Assembly in Manila urged governments to ratify the implementation of Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers following its adoption by the United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO) in June. |
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Published on Fri, 2011-07-15 07:57
Source: Social Watch The Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND), European Solidarity Towards Equal Participation of People (Eurostep) and Social Watch urged this week to the European governments to rethink its “priorities and approaches in its cooperation” with the Arab countries in this “period of change and quest for a new social contract between citizen and the state”. |
Published on Thu, 2011-07-14 11:45
"Today, Social Watch is more necessary than ever before," said ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia, who defined himself as "a great supporter" of this network. In a message sent via Youtube to the Global Assembly of SW in Manila, Somavia added that this international alliance of civil society organizations "has proven its worth" and "persistently reminded governments as well as international organizations, business and NGOs of the need to act" on their commitments. |
Published on Thu, 2011-07-14 09:24
Source: The Star. Income inequality in Canada is widening as the rich get richer while poor and middle-income people lose ground, says the Conference Board of Canada in a report released Wednesday, according to The Star newspaper. “While the poor are minimally better off in an absolute sense, they are significantly worse off in a relative sense. And where is the middle-class in all of this? These are important questions for society,” said board president Anne Golden in an interview. The 33-year trend which has accelerated since 1993 raises questions about the country’s economic well-being, including whether Canada is using all the skills and talents of its citizens and whether social cohesion and fairness are being undermined, says the report titled "How Canada Performs: Is Canada becoming more unequal?" |
Published on Wed, 2011-07-13 11:28
Sources: Manila Bulletin, GMA News. Philippine government has no reason to apologize for the persistent diaspora of workers, said Vice President Jejomar Binay in the opening session of the 5th Social Watch Global Assembly on Tuesday in Manila, according to Manila Bulletin newspaper. |
Published on Wed, 2011-07-13 08:06
Source: Inesc (in Portuguese) Brazil’s Annual Report on Women, released this month by the government, shows that 43.1 per cent of women have suffered some kind of violence in their own homes. The percentage falls to 12.3 per cent in the case of men. “The Annual Report is essential for the political struggle in favour of women’s rights”, said Eliana Gracia, expert of the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies (Inesc, one of the focal points of Social Watch in Brazil). |
Published on Tue, 2011-07-12 14:35
Source:InterAksion, news portal of TV5: The principles of accountability are universal and “the ‘naming and shaming’ mechanisms are essentially the same", but the means for attaining those principals vary from country to country, said Roberto Bissio, Social Watch coordinator, on Tuesday, the first day of the network's Global Assembly that is taking place in Manila, Philippines. Bissio explained, in short, that when "a situation of injustice or rights violation is detected, information is gathered, a demand is articulated, solutions are proposed and the authorities are engaged to solve the problem or remove the obstacles." |
Published on Tue, 2011-07-12 08:04
Source: PressTV: http://bit.ly/mQW8F2 The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO, focal point of Social Watch) warned about a rise in the number of residents in Gaza looking for medical treatment in the West Bank who are arrested by Israeli forces at the Erez crossing. |
Published on Mon, 2011-07-11 08:19
Sources: The Philippine Star, The Daily Tribune. Leading Philippine newspapers and other media are paying attention to the Social Watch 2011 Global Assembly that will begin tomorrow in Manila. The participation of Vice President Jejomar Binay in the first session, where he will deliver the inaugural speech, was stressed by The Philippine Star, The Daily Tribune and InterAksion, news portal of TV5. |
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