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Spotlight on Social Watch Bolivia

Published on Tue, 2010-08-31 09:10

This month’s “Focus on…” section highlights the work of Social Watch (SW) Focal Point in Bolivia: the Labour and Agricultural Development Research Centre (CEDLA, in Spanish), which will be hosting the next regional training workshop for Latin America, to be held from 20 to 22 October 2010 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

In search of the lost box

Published on Tue, 2010-08-31 08:57

Author:

Roberto Bissio - Coordinator, Social Watch International Secretariat

Growth with equity is one of the major challenges which national economies throughout the world are facing and which gives rise to the greatest differences even amongst developing countries. Although there is a certain amount of consensus regarding the fact that State and public policy play a fundamental role in redistributing wealth more equitably, there is still resistance to the concept of equality of rights. A glance at the latest data from Latin America and the Caribbean shows the principal obstacles to combining growth with equity.

Millennium Development Goals: negotiations on a difficult path

Published on Tue, 2010-08-03 16:43

Source: Third World Network

By Maria del Mar Galindo

New York, 1 August - With five years until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) launched in 2000, governments are at a crucial stage in preparations for a summit meeting of the annual UN General Assembly in September.

Social Watch: la promoción de la responsabilidad

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. Published on Mon, 2010-08-02 00:00

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Is global poverty reduction a political myth?

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. Published on Tue, 2010-07-13 00:00

Author:

Thalif Deen

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Cameroon: bill pushes for gender mainstreaming in development policies

Published on Sat, 2010-07-10 15:16

The Federation of Cameroon Civil Society Organizations (FOSCAM, for its initials in French), Social Watch’s Focal Point in Cameroon, participated in the elaboration of a bill that seeks to mainstream a gender perspective into national policies on growth and employment in the country.

“We will put our money where our mouth is” promises Lebanese minister of Finance at the launch of Social Watch report in Arabic

Published on Wed, 2010-07-07 13:24

“Poverty eradication and women empowerment are our priorities” said Lebanese minister of Finance, Raya Haffar Al-Hassan at the joint launch of the Social Watch report in Arabic and the Arab Assessment of the Millennium Development Goals that took place in Beirut on July 9. Speaking in Behalf of the Arab NGO Network for Development, Ziad Abdel Samad welcomed the minister as “one of us”, remembering her past association with civil society organizations and with the United Nations system, for which she worked before joining the government. He welcomed the public discussion of the budget that is currently happening “for the first time in Lebanon” and challenged the minister to go one step further and invite civil society organizations to actually participate in the elaboration of future budgets.

Social Watch strategy session: Economic crisis and opportunities to put people first

Published on Tue, 2010-06-29 13:59

Source: US Social Forum
Social Watch organized the strategy session "Economic crisis and opportunities to put people first at home and abroad" to identify emerging opportunities to address the economic and financial crisis in ways that advance human rights, social and economic justice and bridge the domestic and international contexts. The event that took place on 24 June 2010 was part of activities within the US Social Forum held in Detroit.

Civil society at MDGs+10 Hearings

Published on Mon, 2010-06-28 13:30

Several speakers from the Social Watch network and its member and allies intervened during the UN General Assembly hearings with civil society and the private sector in New York last June 14 and 15. The hearings were convened in preparation of the UN Summit on the Millennium Development Goals that will take place next September.

A more inclusive strategy needed for the MDGs

Published on Mon, 2010-06-28 12:50

Source: Third World Network
Geneva, 21 Jun (Kanaga Raja) - A fundamental problem in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been the lack of a more inclusive strategy of economic development that could integrate and support its "human development" ambitions, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).