Full Coverage: Social Exclusion
June 2008
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06/26/2008
The Tajik government has torn down the only synagogue left in the country, bringing worship services and food aid programs for the Jewish community to a halt.
Read moreFrom: Forum 18 Related: [Tajikistan] [Shelter & Housing] [Social Exclusion] [Religion] [Governance] [Law] |
06/23/2008
One month after the largest, single-site workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of residents of Postville, Iowa are unable to work or feed their families as they await deportation orders that could take months.
Read moreFrom: New America Media Related: [United States] [Mexico] [Guatemala] [Labor] [Migration] [Civil Rights] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/21/2008
Un mes después de la mayor redada de inmigración en un solo lugar de trabajo en la historia de los EE.UU., las familias de Postville todavía viven con el miedo de que regresen los agentes de inmigración.
Read moreFrom: New America Media Related: [Guatemala] [Mexico] [United States] [Labor] [Migration] [Civil Rights] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/19/2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (OneWorld) - Over 37 million people were living as refugees from conflict or persecution at the end of 2007, marking the second straight year of increases after a five-year decline, said a concerned UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) this week.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Africa] [Refugees] [Conflict] |
06/18/2008
Wastepickers in Delhi, who live and work in profoundly unsanitary conditions, won a major concession earlier this month from their local government: a portable toilet.
Read moreThe Advocacy Project From: Advocacy Project Related: [India] [Poverty] [Water/Sanitation] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Governance] |
06/18/2008
Jerusalem's Domari Gypsies, chronically ignored and discriminated against in the midst of a wider conflict, find pride in their culture at a Community Center designed especially for Gypsy women.
Read moreFrom: Peace X Peace Related: [Israel] [Education] [Social Exclusion] [Capacity Building] [Activism] [Civil Society] |
06/17/2008
Through their own vivid and emotional photography, Romanian children living with HIV share their feelings on issues from discrimination and alienation to hope.
Read moreFrom: JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. Related: [Romania] [Youth] [HIV/AIDS] [Communication] |
06/17/2008
The aftermath of a recent immigration raid in Iowa demonstrates the human cost of removing migrant workers from their families and community, writes journalist Lynda Waddington.
Read moreFrom: Reproductive Health Reality Check Related: [United States] [Guatemala] [Children] [Labor] [Migration] [Business] [Civil Rights] [Religion] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/13/2008
The Ethiopian army is responsible for widespread "executions, torture, and rape" of civilians in the country's eastern Somali region, committed as part of Ethiopia's campaign against rebel insurgents, states a new report from an international human rights watchdog.
Read moreHuman Rights Watch Related: [Ethiopia] [Refugees] [Race Politics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] [Terrorism] Image: In Ethiopia's Somali region. © Nick Wadhams and Zoe Alsop / Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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06/12/2008
JEBALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza, Jun 11 (IPS) - In the brightly painted new intensive care unit wing of al-Awda, northern Gaza's only emergency medical facility in the massive Jebaliya refugee camp, doctors, nurses, aides, and administrators are ready to provide emergency surgery services for the area's 300,000 people.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Israel] [Palestine] [Health] [Disease/treatment] [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] [Governance] Image: Kids in the Gaza strip. © Thatcher Cook / Mercy Corps
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06/10/2008
The Iraqi women's movement has a long history of male and female support, but the current violence has undermined the struggle for equal rights, says Iraqi activist Haifa Zangana.
Read moreFrom: MADRE Related: [Iraq] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Conflict] Image: Iraqi women at a protest for civil rights. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/10/2008
The Organization of American States adopted a resolution last week condemning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, but new laws must be implemented and enforced for the resolution to be effective, says a human rights watchdog.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Latin America and the Caribbean] [Northern America] [Social Exclusion] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Sexuality] |
06/06/2008
The Peruvian government must protect the livelihoods and lands of isolated tribes in the Peruvian rainforest, said a South American indigenous federation after photos were taken of uncontacted tribes living along the Brazil-Peru border.
Read moreFrom: Survival International Related: [South America] [Brazil] [Peru] [Land] [Forests] [Indigenous Rights] [Governance] |
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