Social Watch News
Published on Thu, 2011-09-15 10:01
Source: International Federation of Human Rights More than 170 national, regional and international civil society organizations sent an open letter to Dr. Nabil El Araby, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, urging the bloc to put pressure on Syria’s government to effectively end the crackdown on peaceful opposition, release all political prisoners and provide compensation for victims. |
Published on Wed, 2011-09-14 09:05
Source: Afronline As hunger threatens 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, a study by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) of the response to Kenya’s last devastating drought found that investments to increase the mobility of livestock herders – a way of life often viewed as “backward” despite being the most economical and productive use of that country’s drylands – could be the key to avert future food crises. |
Published on Tue, 2011-09-13 11:58
Sources: ETAN, La’o Hamutuk The government of Timor-Leste must "keep the nation debt-free and refrain from borrowing money from international lenders […] to protect its future generations," warned 137 civil society organizations based in 32 countries. Dili has not borrowed foreign funds since its independence in 2002. |
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Organizaciones de la sociedad civil y personalidades de Argentina, encabezadas por el Foro Ciudadano de Participación por la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos (FOCO), y de otros países, entre ellas Social Watch y el Instituto del Tercer Mundo (ITeM), reclamarán al gobierno de Cristina Kirchner que impulse en UNASUR, el Grupo de los 77 y el de los 20 la instauración de un impuesto a las transacciones financieras internacionales (ITF) a través de una declaración cuyo proceso de adhesión comenzó esta semana. |
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Waxing eloquent in a heated television debate or appearing on the national news network is one thing, and being a good Parliamentarian is another. Unfortunately, most people do not even know the names of the best performing members of Parliament (MPs), some of whom don't even get re-elected at times. |
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Social Watch (SW), an international network of citizens devoted to eradication of poverty and an end to all forms of discrimination, has begun a three-year programme to improve the capacity of its members in developing countries through a series of workshops in Africa, Asia and Latin America. |
Published on Mon, 2011-09-12 08:31
Sources: Associated Press, TunisiaLive, Agence Tunis Afrique Presse, Leaders, in French The Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH, one of the focal points of Social Watch) held its annual congress for the first time in 11 years from Friday to Sunday. The group, barred from carrying out all activities under president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s regime, called on the country's next authorities for an independent justice system, respect for women's rights and the end of capital punishment. |
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Published on Fri, 2011-09-09 10:19
Source: Ghana Nation A two-day African Regional Capacity Building Workshop for members of Social Watch Coalitions on the continent was held in Accra this week, with the aim to strengthen the capacity of members to actively monitor the implementation of social policies and programmes by their governments. |
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Published on Fri, 2011-09-09 10:17
Source: Mizzima The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute and NGOs representatives, including Mr U Aung Htoo, Secretary General of the Burma Lawyers’ Council (focal point of Social Watch), discussed the call for a UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) into war crimes in that country with European Union (EU) diplomats ahead of a European Council meeting on human rights in Brussels on Monday. |
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