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How to measure human well-being, equity and sustainability

Published on Thu, 2012-06-14 08:36

Photo: Chad Magiera/Flickr/CC

The international community must find new indicators to measure the performance of the countries and the world on economy, equity, well-being, human rights and sustainability, suggests the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives, made up of 18 leading activists and scholars from all over the planet.

G20, finances and human rights

Published on Wed, 2012-06-13 15:33

“Human rights considerations have no place” in the discussions of the Group of 20 (G20), “nevertheless their actions have significant impacts on the realization and enjoyment of human rights,” and the members of the bloc “cannot disregard their human rights obligations in any forum, including multilateral economic institutions,” warned the initiative "A bottom up approach to righting financial regulation" in its fourth issue.

Ecuador: Las mujeres van

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. Published on Tue, 2012-06-12 11:37

Reflection Group proposes changes that future justice for all will require

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. Published on Tue, 2012-06-12 11:27

Civil society organizations calls on the EU to re-commit to Rio Principals

Published on Tue, 2012-06-12 08:26

Danish minister Ida Auken, EU
commissioner Janez Potocnik
and Danish expert Mikkel
Aaro-Hansen at the Environment
Counicil this week.
(Photo: European Council)

Civil society organizations from around the world are calling on the EU to unreservedly re-commit, in both letter and spirit, to the Rio principles adopted 20 years ago. EU Environment Ministers, who meet in Luxembourg on Monday 11 June, are being urged to demonstrate that EU policies and practices pursued within and outside the EU will be consistent with the principles of sustainable development.

Hanaa Edwar: Iraqi women fight for their rights

Published on Tue, 2012-06-12 08:23

Hanaa Edwar, interviewed by
Euronews. (Image: Euronews)

With insecurity and economic hardship, Iraqis are still paying the price of years of oppression and war, and women carry a heavy burden. Human rights activist Hanaa Edwar has never stopped fighting for women’s rights, said reporter Valerie Gauriat in a special coverage for Euronews TV network.