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President Alpha Condé, who took power in December 2010, should address the profound human rights and governance problems that have underscored decades of abuse in Guinea, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Launching its Global Report on Equality at Work 2011, the International Labour Office (ILO) warns that in spite of continuous positive advances in anti-discrimination legislation, the global economic and social crisis has led to a higher risk of discrimination against certain groups of labour. Furthermore, the report finds that discrimination at the workplace has become more diverse, is largely based on multiple grounds, and is fed by weakened attention for anti-discrimination policies and workers’ rights in practice.
Entitled Equality at work: The continuing challenge, the report highlights that discrimination in the labour market continuous to be related to gender, nationality, age, race, ethnicity, religion, political opinion, sexual orientation, disability, lifestyle, HIV/AIDS or migrant status. For example, the report explains that women are still discriminated upon for pregnancy and maternity reasons. Moreover, women continue to earn less than men. On average, the report finds that women receive only 70-90 per cent of men’s wages. The report further shows that sexual harassment remains a significant problem experienced by both men and women, although to different extents. Persons with disabilities continue to experience very low employment rates; and mandatory testing can negatively impact work opportunities for people with HIV/AIDS. For migrant workers, the report notes: “migrant workers face widespread discrimination in access to employment, and many encounter discrimination when employed, including access to social insurance programmes.” (...)
The article:
http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?page=article_s&id_article=3418
The Report:
http://www.ilo.org/ilc/ILCSessions/100thSession/reports/reports-submitted/WCMS_154779/lang--en/index.htm
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Even though indigenous peoples are known for their rich cultures, knowledge and identities, they continue to be among the most marginalized groups in society, with no or limited access to decision-making processes that have an impact on their lives and future.
Quello che in molti temevano, dopo il plebiscitario referendum che ha sancito l'indipendenza del Sud-Sudan, sta accadendo: l'esercito del Sudan si è posizionato nella zona di frontiera ricca di petrolio al confine con il nuovo Stato indipendente e ieri il governo di Khartoum ha annunciato di aver preso il controllo dello stato di Abyei e che procederà all'evacuazione delle forse sud-sudanesi. Secondo fonti Onu la città di Abyei è stata bombardata con mortai e da una quindicina di blindati. Poi i militari sudanesi, probabilmente appoggiati dalle milizie etniche che si oppongono all'annessione al Sud-Sudan, hanno occupato la città. Il governo provvisorio sud-sudanese ha detto che ritiene questa offensiva una «Dichiarazione di guerra». (...)
L'articolo:
http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=10458
Sull'argomento:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38482&Cr=Abyei&Cr1=
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38552&Cr=abyei&Cr1=
http://www.zenit.org/article-26912?l=italian
http://blog.panorama.it/mondo/2011/06/14/sudan-la-partita-a-scacchi-di-omar-al-bashir/
http://www.galileonet.it/articles/4e1d652272b7ab26ae000004
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Intervista a mons. Cesare Mazzolari, Vescovo di Rumbek:
http://www.zenit.org/article-26994?l=italian
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Passato...prossimo:
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Darfur - The Sudanese Government’s Ongoing Attacks on Civilians and Human Rights:
I giornalisti in prigione nel Sudan dimenticato:
http://lepersoneeladignita.corriere.it/2011/05/28/i-giornalisti-in-prigione-nel-sudan-dimenticato/
Sull'argomento:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38798&Cr=Kordofan&Cr1=
http://www.zenit.org/article-27196?l=italian
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DHCSouthernSudan.aspx
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Darfur - La prima guerra climatica?:
http://www.geopoliticalcenter.com/2011/12/darfur-la-prima-guerra-climatica/
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The World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development provides us with an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the values of cultural diversity and to learn to “live together” better.
The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) came to a close on 13 May in Istanbul, Turkey, with the adoption of the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA) and the Istanbul Political Declaration, setting a clear target “to halve the number of least developed countries in the next decade.”
In the Istanbul Programme of Action, developed countries recommitted to realize 0.15-0.20 per cent of their gross national income (GNI) as official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs. Although countries already committed to these percentages 10 years ago in the Brussels Programme of Action, the majority of donor countries have failed to meet the targets. Current ODA levels for LDCs are less than 0.1 per cent of developed countries’ GNI collectively. Moreover, the IPoA encourages those countries that already give the committed percentage to further increase their aid levels. In addition to donor support, South-South cooperation was brought to the fore as a process that can complement existing North-South cooperation. (...)
The article:
http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?page=aldc4&id_article=3409
More information:
http://www.un-ngls.org/spip.php?page=ldc4
From UN website:
http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/ldc/home
The Conference website:
http://www.ldc4istanbul.org/
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Sull'ultimo Vertice del G8:
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Passato...prossimo:
