Social Watch News
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. |
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Butch Fernandez |
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?" |
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MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay is confident that the Philippines can soon get a Tier 1 rating in the global campaign against human trafficking. In his speech at the 5th Social Watch Global Assembly last Tuesday, Binay said, "The country’s modest achievements allow us to believe that we could achieve Tier 1 status at the soonest possible time." The Philippines had recently been removed from the human trafficking watch list and upgraded to Tier 2 status by the US State Department. |
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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. |
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Vice President Jejomar Binay on Wednesday expressed confidence that the Philippines will soon achieve a Tier 1 status in the global campaign against human trafficking. |
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By JC BELLO RUIZ |
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). |
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