3 November 2010: The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has submitted a new report to provide additional information to the General Council of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in its review of trade policies of Sri Lanka. In the report, the ITUC notes that although Sri Lanka has ratified all eight […]
Campaign continues for Global Financial Transaction Tax
As the G20 Summit in Seoul approaches (click here for more information), the pressing call for a Global Financial Transaction Tax continues. Global March members and partners will recall an appeal we launched on this issue earlier this year when members and partners were urged to sign up to the […]
New draft ILO Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Agriculture
Experts representing workers, employers and governments, meeting at the International Labour Organization (ILO) from 25 to 29 October 2010 have adopted a new draft Code of Practice on Safety and Health in Agriculture designed to improve working conditions in agriculture which employs some one billion workers worldwide. The new draft […]
Concern over impact of austerity measures ahead of Seoul G20 Summit
The build-up to the next G20 Summit to be held in Seoul, Korea, from 11 to 12 November 2010 is well under way, yet there is little room for much optimism in light of the ongoing austerity measures being announced and implemented by a number of industrial nations. There have […]
Global March welcomes election of new Brazilian President
1st November 2010: Global March welcomes the news that Ms Dilma Rousseff has been elected President of Brazil to succeed President Lula da Silva. Ms Rousseff, who takes up office on 1st January 2011, will become the country’s first woman president. In her victory speech, she said her first priority would […]
World March of Women closes 3rd international action 2010
The World March of Women (WMW) is closing its third international action in Bukavu, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), from 14 to 17 October 2010. More than 38,000 women have joined the action since it was opened on International Women’s Day 8th March 2010. Women and allies have been […]
The challenge of hunger: Focus on the crisis of child under-nutrition
2010 Global Hunger Index As the world approaches the 2015 deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which include MDG 1 to reduce the proportion of hungry people by half – the 2010 Global Hunger Index (GHI) offers a useful and multi-dimensional overview of global hunger. The GHI […]
Peace, principles and courage to fight crisis together
In a rousing call to action, Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director of Greenpeace International (pictured here), told 400 international delegates at the Quality Public Services – Action Now! Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, to challenge the threat to vital public services “peacefully, principally and courageously”. Describing austerity measures being advocated by some governments as […]
Lobbying for legislation to commit the US to a Global Education Fund
Despite world leaders committing to achieve universal primary education by 2015 as part of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Summit in 2000, this goal remains unfulfilled with limited progress and time running out. However, an article on the Education International web site points out that new legislation in the United […]
8th ASEM Summit closes calling for more effective global economic governance
The 8th Summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) was held in Brussels, Belgium, from 4th to 5th October 2010. The Summit addressed a range of issues, particularly the global economic crisis, and also focused on the relationship between the two regions. The objectives of these Summits are to strengthen political dialogue, enhance trade […]