Social Watch News

Egypt: Authorities accused of inciting sectarian violence

Published on Thu, 2011-10-20 11:59

Clashes in Maspero
(Photo: Youm7)

Twenty-one human rights organizations (among them the Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement, focal point of Social Watch in that country) accused this week the interim government in Cairo and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of inciting the sectarian violence that caused almost 30 deaths this month in Maspero.

Uma Década Perdida na Luta Contra a Pobreza

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. Published on Thu, 2011-10-20 10:12

jeronimo gama

O Social Watch, uma rede de Organizações da Sociedade Civil dedicada à monitorização das políticas sociais em todo o mundo, e representada em Portugal pela Oikos, acaba de lançar a edição mais recente do Índice de Capacidades Básicas (ICB), integrado por indicadores de bem-estar humano que mostra progressos muito lentos nos últimos 20 anos. Este Índice desacredita as avaliações do Banco Mundial segundo as quais a pobreza extrema se teria reduzido para metade entre 1980 e 2005.

Uma década perdida no combate da pobreza

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. Published on Thu, 2011-10-20 10:06

Texto Cristina Santos

A rede, Social Watch, verifica progressos muito lentos nas últimas duas décadas, em particular na educação, saúde e nutrição. O Índice de Capacidades Básicas apenas aumentou 10 por cento, entre 1990 e 2010.

Social Watch launches 2011 Basic Capabilities Index

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. Published on Wed, 2011-10-19 10:25

Nepal: Activists want the World Bank out from the Green Climate Fund

Published on Wed, 2011-10-19 09:22

Photo: WB Out of Climate Finance

The Nepalese Campaign for Climate Justice Network (CCJN) and other groups organized a demonstration on Oct. 12 near the office of the World Bank in Kathmandu against the role of that international financial institution in the Green Climate Fund.

Costa Rica, Uruguay y Georgia reducen sus emisiones de dióxido de carbono

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. Published on Mon, 2011-10-17 17:37

Protests to “make sure economy and democracy work together”

Published on Mon, 2011-10-17 12:03

Mounted NYPD at Occupy Wall
Street
(Photo: Thimoty Krause/Flicrk)

Tens of thousands people took the streets of New York, Vancouver, Madrid, Rome and dozens of other cities in North America, Europe and other regions this weekend, to protest against corporate greed and the steps taken by the governments to put an end to the economic and financial crisis. This movement “is taking off all over the world,” said Armine Yainizyan, expert with the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, one of the focal points of Social Watch in that country.