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Florida farmworkers rally Taco Bell for fair wages.
05/31/2007 NEW YORK, May 31 (OneWorld) - U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law Congress' plan for continued war funding last Friday -- and with it, an attached proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from its current level of $5.15 to $7.25 per hour in 2009.
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Image: Florida farmworkers rally Taco Bell for fair wages. © Independent Media Center
Cooperative garden in downtown Caracas, Venezuela.
05/30/2007 SAN FRANCISCO, May 30 (OneWorld) - For the first time in recorded history, the majority of the world's population is living in cities.
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hard work need simple policies
05/29/2007 India's 93% workforce comprises the unorganised sector and drives one of the fastest growing economy in the world. A first ever study on the working conditions of this sector reveals 44% of its urban migrant workers are in construction and in desperate need for social security.
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Le attivitą del PPIAF nel mondo - da PPIAF
05/28/2007 La Campagna per la Riforma della Banca Mondiale valuta positivamente la decisione del Governo italiano di ritirarsi dal Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), il fondo gestito dalla Banca Mondiale che ha come fine ultimo la privatizzazione delle risorse idriche. L’annuncio č stato dato in maniera ufficiale dalla viceministra alla Cooperazione allo sviluppo, Patrizia Sentinelli, in occasione dell’incontro annuale dei membri donatori del PPIAF. Nel suo messaggio la Sentinelli ha sottolineato che ritiene “necessario sostenere una riflessione internazionale sulle conseguenze negative dei processi spinti di privatizzazione in settori cosģ delicati e che riguardano beni comuni”. Intanto, un gruppo di Ong internazionali chiedono al Financial Times di ritirare la nomination della ABN Amro per il premio di 'Banca Sostenibile' dell'anno.
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05/21/2007 The Indian government now plans to give degraded forest land to industry to ‘farm’ trees for raw material. This proposal follows hectic lobbying by the paper pulp industry and the controversial Special Economic Zone policy pursued so far.

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05/17/2007 The Centre for Civil Society is organising a Jeevika South Asia Livelihood Film Festival from 20th July to 23rd July 2007 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. The film festival is open to all film regardless of language but with subtitles in English
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Una foto di Terra Futura 2006
05/16/2007 Dal 18 al 20 maggio 2007 torna Terra Futura: la Fortezza da Basso, a Firenze, ospiterą la IV edizione della mostra-convegno internazionale delle buone pratiche di sostenibilitą ambientale, economica e sociale. "Dalla vita quotidiana alle relazioni sociali, dal sistema economico all’amministrazione della cosa pubblica, occorre ripensare in maniera globale il nostro abitare la terra, perché le questioni sociali, ambientali ed economiche sono assolutamente inscindibili le une dalle altre" - scrivono i promotori. Nell'ambito di Terra Futura, Fondazione Culturale Responsabilitą Etica con CRBM promuovono domenica mattina l'incontro-dibattito "Dalle 'banche armate' alla tutela dei Diritti umani: la finanza italiana alla sfida della sostenibilitą". La forma scelta č quella di un momento di confronto aperto, senza relatori predefiniti, per un dialogo su queste tematiche.
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Image: Una foto di Terra Futura 2006
Kulemba in Muxima Municipality, Bengo Province, Angola © Rebecca Wallace/ CAFOD
05/14/2007 Sotien ja köyhyyden runtelema Angola kasvattaa taloudellista, poliittista ja sotilaallista rooliaan Afrikassa. Asiantuntijan mukaan maa kilpailee jopa alueellisen suurvallan roolista Etelä-Afrikan kanssa.
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Image: Kulemba in Muxima Municipality, Bengo Province, Angola © Rebecca Wallace/ CAFOD
Logo del Cipsi
05/11/2007 Si svolgerą martedģ 22 maggio a Roma, presso il Parlamento italiano, il Convegno “La cooperazione vista da loro”, organizzato dal Cipsi. Tra i relatori, Mamadou Cissoko del Senegal, Flavio Silva Mello del Movimento dei Sem Terra del Brasile, Kek Galabrou di Licadho della Cambogia, S. Kousalya di Emmaus Internazionale, India. "Dopo 17 anni in cui in Italia si discute della riforma della legge 49 ripetendo sempre le stesse cose, riteniamo fondamentale ascoltare i diretti protagonisti per capire qual č oggi l’importanza ed il ruolo che loro attribuiscono alla cooperazione internazionale, su quali basi si debba fondare un rapporto di cooperazione per la difesa dei diritti fondamentali e dei beni comuni" - ha dichiarato Guido Barbera, presidente del Cipsi nel presentare il convegno.
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05/05/2007 Los dķas 19 y 20 de abril, la Red COMAL celebro su 7ma. Asamblea general ordinaria. Este evento es un espacio de debate interno sobre el rumbo de la organización de acuerdo al entorno social, polķtico y económico.
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05/04/2007 Megjithėse Kosova e ka nėnshkruar qė nė dhjetor tė vitit tė kaluar nė Bukuresht, ende nuk dihet se kur do tė fillojė zbatimi i Marrėveshjes pėr Tregti tė Lirė tė Evropės Qendrore, qė njihet me emrin CEFTA, qė ėshtė dashur tė hyjė nė fuqi mė 1 maj.
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Un immigrato al lavoro nel settore turistico- da Migra
05/04/2007 Da una recente indagine contro il lavoro sommerso promossa dal Ministero del Lavoro e della Previdenza Sociale sono circa 3 milioni e mezzo i lavoratori nel sommerso in Italia. In Trentino, sono oltre 30 mila i lavoratori stranieri assunti e una percentuale rilevante č impiegata nel settore turistico alberghiero, asse portante dell'economia trentina. "Tra questi, tanti sono quelli senza volto e senza nome: un esercito fantasma che costruisce pezzo per pezzo un po' di Italia" - riporta Migra, Osservatorio sulla discriminazione degli immigrati nel lavoro. Dopo aver promosso un convegno a Cles sul caporalato nel settore agricolo e un dibattito a Riva del Garda su "turismo e immigrazione", Migra ritorna sull'argomento con un incontro a Predazzo (TN) il prossimo 8 maggio su "Turismo e immigrazione: opportunitą, discriminazione e lavoro nero".
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Image: Un immigrato al lavoro nel settore turistico- da Migra
05/03/2007 After the south Indian state of Kerala, it's now the turn of West Bengal in the east. Women from the Municipality of Howrah have proceeded to set up a group, named Prakash (Bengali for Expression) for ICT-based enterprise.
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Globalization: Who wins, who loses?
05/01/2007 NEW YORK, May 1 (OneWorld) - Worldwide, more people than ever think that global trade is threatening their jobs and causing damage to the environment, though there is still strong support overall for economic globalization, which many see as benefiting national economies, companies, and consumers.
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Image: Globalization: Who wins, who loses? © Gabrielle Hamm

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