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In Photos: All Women Protest during the Opening of the 30th ASEAN Summit
An all women protest led by Philwomen on ASEAN was held today in Manila on the opening of the 30th ASEAN Summit. The protestors raised human rights concerns and held ASEAN governments accountable for...
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Employment Crisis & Free Trade Agreements: Why Workers Must Reject RCEP
2017 May Day - Workers Solidarity Long Live! India is facing a severe employment crisis. It is estimated that given the number of youth entering the work force, the Indian economy needs to generate...
View ArticleShalmali Guttal on challenging the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Embedded video for Shalmali Guttal on challenging the Asian Development Bank (ADB)2017 marks the 50th year of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Shalmali Guttal, Executive Director of Focus on the...
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Ending ADB Immunity & Impunity Amidst Lack of Transparency, Shrinking CSO...
Manila—FOCUS on the Global South led a thematic discussion on lack of transparency, increasing oppression, and shrinking of CSO space as part of the conference called “Asian Peoples' Call on...
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Marking ADB’s 50 years, Protest Actions in Over 100 places in India
New Delhi—People’s movements and other civil society organizations across India are holding over 100 actions of protest in 21 states of the country between May 1 and 7 to mark the 50th anniversary of...
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Asian Peoples Challenge ADB's Immunity
April 20, 2017PreambleSince 1966, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has peddled the illusion that it is an institution committed to making the region free from poverty. According to the Bank, it has...
View ArticleVideo: Lack of Transparency, Oppression and Shrinking CSO Space Workshop
Embedded video for Video: Lack of Transparency, Oppression and Shrinking CSO Space WorkshopA workshop organized by Focus on the Global South in part of the "Asian People's Call on Challenging the ADB's...
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Video: The Changing Asian Development Finance Landscape: New Struggles and...
Embedded video for Video: The Changing Asian Development Finance Landscape: New Struggles and ChallengesKeynote speech/presentation by Shalmali Guttal, Executive Director of Focus on the Global South,...
View ArticleInternational Workers' Day in the Philippines 2017 - Video and Photos
Embedded video for International Workers' Day in the Philippines 2017 - Video and PhotosFocus on the Global South joined thousands of workers, labor groups, civil society organizations,...
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Focus on the Global South Newsletter: Special Edition on the ADB@50
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the second largest source of development finance in the Asia-Pacific region, next to the World Bank Group. In the last five decades,...
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Den Kamlae and the Fate of the Disappeared: Justice Still Out of Reach
It’s been over a year since the late afternoon on 16 April 2016 when Den Kamlae went missing on his way to collect forest items. Material evidence was later discovered between 23-25 March 2017. Today,...
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Labor Groups Raise Serious Concerns Over RCEP
Manila -- Representatives of major Philippine trade unions in both the public and private sectors are concerned about the possible impacts of the Regional Economic Comprehensive Partnership Agreement...
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Call to ASEAN Leaders: Reject RCEP & Oppose Unjust Trade Deals
Statement of Trade Justice-Pilipinas on the 18th Round of RCEP talks in ManilaTrade Justice Pilipinas, a broad platform campaigning for just trade and investment policies, expresses its opposition to...
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[KHMER LANGUAGE] The “Engine of Economic Growth”: An Overview of Private...
The English version is available here: https://focusweb.org/content/engine-economic-growth-overview-private-inv...Reportprivate-investment-in-cambodia_kh.pdfCampaigns & Programmes: The...
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WE CONDEMN THE DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW!
Statement from iDEFEND on the declaration of martial law in Mindanao, the PhilippinesOn Tuesday night, President Rodrigo Duterte declared Martial Law on the entire Mindanao Island while on a state...
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Radio interview with Mary Ann Manahan on politics, resistance, women and...
While in Ecuador this month, Mary Ann Manahan from the Philippines team gave a radio interview to Pressenza Internacional En La Oreja. Click here to hear the interview in Spanish, or read the...
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Civil Society Interventions on the RCEP
In the recent[c1] “RCEP 18th Round of Talks,” members of civil society organizations and social movements presented their positions vis-à-vis the RCEP during the official Stakeholders’ Engangement,...
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Focus on the Global South Newsletter Special Edition on the RCEP
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), a mega-regional free trade agreement being negotiated by the 10-member ASEAN regional bloc and its FTA partners China, India, Japan,...
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Press Release: Farmers Marching for Agrarian Reform and Justice Blocked by...
May 31, 2017 Malolos, Bulacan— Around 150 farmers, women, senior citizens, and children who were part of a "Lakbayan" (march) from Bataan to Malacanang to request President Rodrigo Duterte to help get...
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Press Release: Amidst “Martial law-like rule”, forcible eviction, harassment,...
01 June 2017After four days of walking and marching from Hermosa, Bataan, armed only with their conviction that they needed to do this to get their lands under the government’s agrarian reform program,...
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