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 […]
World Day for Decent Work, 7 October 2010
Following a decision of the 2nd World Congress of Global March Governing Board member the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in Vancouver, Canada, this summer, the ITUC is to convene the 3rd World Day for Decent Work (WDDW) as usual on 7th October 2010. In previous years, the WDDW has […]
Reports of persistence of child labour and trafficking in Francophone Africa
On 4th October, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) released a report on core labour standards in Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali, coinciding with the Trade Policy Review of these three countries at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The report found poor compliance with international labour standards, especially with regard to child labour […]
Unions call for rejection of austerity programmes and focus on job creation
Concerned by the faltering pace of global economic recovery, which has yet to produce real recovery for millions of workers and unemployed men and women, Global March Governing Board member theInternational Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and its Global Unions’ partners (among which is Global March Governing Board member Education International, EI) have called […]
Global March urges close attention to child protection and education in aftermath of Pakistan flooding
Global March has had recent contact with member organisations in Pakistan GODH (which translates as “Mother’s Lap” in English), SPARC (Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child) and the EPOCH Welfare Society. These organisations all focus on the rights and well-being of children in Pakistan, including child […]
Education For All – Child Labor For None!
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a member of Global March US affiliate the Child Labor Coalition, has published an article highlighting the link between the ongoing incidence of child labour worldwide and the need to advance the development goal of Education For All. The article was published in the […]
Global March Against Child Labour receives the 25th International Alfonso Comín Award
Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson, Global March against Child Labour received the 25thInternational Alfonso Comín Award. For the efforts to end child labour, condemning systems that require children to work, both at the global, national and regional levels, and exerting pressure to achieve political changes and jointly developing policies and actions to […]
Anti-trafficking movement hails landmark conviction by Visayan Forum Foundation Inc. (VFFI), Global March International Council Member
Anti-trafficking movement hails landmark conviction by Visayan Forum Foundation Inc. (VFFI), Global March International Council Member A multi-sectoral network against trafficking in the Philippines led by Visayan Forum Foundation Inc. (VFFI) hails a landmark verdict handed down by a local judge in Batangas City last June 30 against a female trafficker […]