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30.04.2008 BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - As if the burdens they shoulder are not enough, Asia's women are being compelled to bear the additional weight of rising food prices, say women's rights activists from across the region.
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From: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Gender] [Poverty] [Food] [Agriculture]
Image: In Nepal. © Heifer International
29.04.2008 Women are the worst hit by the ongoing food crisis in Asia. According to Committee for Asian Women (CAW), female workers are compelled to take additional jobs in the informal sector, where there are no steady wages or social benefits.
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Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Gender] [Food]
25.04.2008 Kiista palkoista Nestlén ja sen Permissä Uralilla toimivan makeistehtaan työntekijöiden välillä on kärjistynyt. Ay-johtaja on esittänyt, että Nestlén on lähdettävä Venäjältä, ellei se paranna suhtautumistaan työntekijöihinsä.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related topics/regions: [Russian Federation] [Corporations]
Image: © Geographical
23.04.2008 Kahdeksan tunnin työpäivä on Argentiinan muotiteollisuuden paperittomille ompelijoille kaukainen haave. Bolivialaiset työläiset perustivat hikipajojen orjatyötä paetakseen oman osuuskunnan.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Argentina] [Bolivia] [Migration]
Wages under NREGA need to be standardised
22.04.2008 Centre for Science and Environment releases a two year study on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act as it becomes pan-Indian from April 1. NREGA can regenerate the village economy through productive assets on water conservation and afforestation and just wages for the people, says CSE.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [India] [Conservation] [Economy] [Poverty] [Development]
Image: Wages under NREGA need to be standardised © CARE India
Imagine a world of equality
22.04.2008 Women’s contribution to the economy and society remains largely unrecognised, underpaid and unpaid in most cases. The need for women to secure land and property is even more critical now, writes Dr Vibhuti Patel of SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, India.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Gender] [Human rights] [Land]
Image: Imagine a world of equality
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22.04.2008 Kansainvälinen työjärjestö ILOn konferenssi pohtii vihreiden työpaikkojen synnyttämistä Aasiaan. Vihreät työpaikat ovat töitä, jotka vähentävät tuotannon ja kulutuksen ympäristövaikutuksia.
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From: OneWorld South Asia
Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [Environment]
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Green jobs for green lives /Photo credit: ILO
21.04.2008 The ILO conference that opens today in Niigata, Japan, will focus on environmental impact on jobs and sustainable economies. Green jobs are activities that de-carbonize economies and protect ecosystems while saving energy. These new patterns of work will be crucial for adaptation and mitigation efforts to climate changes, says ILO.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Climate change] [Environment]
Image: Green jobs for green lives /Photo credit: ILO
21.04.2008 Kohtuuttoman pitkät työpäivät ja köyhyyttä ylläpitävä palkka ovat urheiluvaatteita ja –välineitä valmistavassa teollisuudessa pikemmin sääntö kuin poikkeus, kertoo kansainvälisen Play Fair –verkoston kokoama raportti.
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From: Suomen Ammattiliittojen Solidaarisuuskeskus
Related topics/regions: [Corporations]
21.04.2008 Venezuelan presidentti Hugo Chavez on ottanut valtion hallintaan maan suurimman terästehtaan. Tehtaan työläiset olivat vaatineet kansallistamista kiisteltyään kuukausia työnantajan kanssa palkoista ja eläkkeistä.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related topics/regions: [Venezuela] [Corporations]
18.04.2008 Hondurasin syrjäisen rannikkoseudun hummerinsukeltajat vaarantavat työssään henkensä, mutta ravuista saatavia tuloja he eivät näe. Nyt Miskito-sukeltajat ovat alkaneet järjestäytyä ja vaatia oikeuksiaan.
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From: global.finland
Related topics/regions: [Honduras] [Poverty]
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16.04.2008 Brittiläisen kansalaisjärjestö Oxfamin mukaan saksalaiset kauppaketjut, myös Suomessa toimiva Lidl, pitävät hedelmien hintaa alhaisena riistämällä työvoimaa Ecuadorissa ja Costa Ricassa.
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From: UnMundo América Latina
Related topics/regions: [Latin America & Caribbean] [Germany]
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An AIDS billboard in South Africa
15.04.2008 A new International Labour Organization report says the workplace is helping tackle HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination through greater tolerance and improved attitude towards affected co-workers. The report, which covers 650 workplaces in 24 countries, also notes an increased acceptance of condom use.
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Related topics/regions: [United Nations] [AIDS] [Social exclusion]
Image: An AIDS billboard in South Africa © Daily Mail & Guardian
Colombian farmers stood to lose a lot from the trade deal, said anti-poverty groups. Image
14.04.2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 14 (OneWorld) - Long-time critics of corporate-friendly free trade agreements are applauding House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for effectively putting the brakes on a deal with the South American nation of Colombia.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [United States] [Geopolitics] [Trade] [Economy]
Image: Colombian farmers stood to lose a lot from the trade deal, said anti-poverty groups. Image © Lutheran World Relief
14.04.2008 In India's business capital, an NGO Sanmitra helps HIV positive women ensure a life of independence and dignity by making them re-enter the mainstream workforce. The organisation’s thrust is on HIV prevention, care and support to the affected and infected people.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Gender] [AIDS] [Health]
Loom of despair / Photo Credit: Aparna Pallavi / Down to Earth
14.04.2008 With the arrival of computer-aided designs, the traditional Chirala saree weavers in southern India have been forced out of business. Despite straining themselves for hours to compete with the computerised mass production, upholders of this unique art are living in abject poverty with no support coming from the state government.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Business] [Poverty]
Image: Loom of despair / Photo Credit: Aparna Pallavi / Down to Earth
Garment workers face difficult conditions every day in Cambodian factories
12.04.2008
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Related topics/regions: [Cambodia]
Image: Garment workers face difficult conditions every day in Cambodian factories
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11.04.2008 Lakkoon ryhtyvät siirtolaistyöläiset vaativat tiukkojen ulkomaalaislakien kumoamista, paperittomien siirtolaisten virallistamista sekä siirtolaisia riistävien työnantajien rankaisemista.
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From: OneWorld Spain
Related topics/regions: [Spain] [Migration]
Image: - © Chandra Foundation
11.04.2008 The world's leading mobile telephone producer Nokia admitted that "the union leaders" at Nokia's plant in Reynosa in Mexico are appointed by the company itself. Thus the principle of free organising of labour, approved by Nokia in its code of conduct, does not materialise in practise at its very own plant.
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From: Trade Union News from Finland
Related topics/regions: [Mexico] [Corporations]
10.04.2008 "Show your support of trade agreements that assure job security and decent livelihoods, and take a stand against the NAFTA model that displaces millions from their homes and jobs and furthers environmental destruction," urges a group advocating fairer globalization.
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From: Global Exchange
Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Panama] [Peru] [South Korea] [United States] [Geopolitics] [Environmental activism] [Trade] [International cooperation] [Agriculture]
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