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Care rights: a major agenda for the left

Jose Soeiro analyses why it is important to put care at the centre of the political debate to fight inequalities, and why making care a universal social right and collective responsibility should be the aim of a demanding democracy.

Care Rights: A Major Agenda For the Left (transform-network.net)

ITUC calls for financing of social protection

There is an urgent need to coordinate an international response to the major financing gaps affecting social protection systems around the world.

ILO Development Partners Meeting: ITUC calls for stronger international financing of social protection – International Trade Union Confederation (ituc-csi.org)

World Bank’s scandal-hit ‘Doing Business’ seeks redemption with revamp

The World Bank is bringing back its flagship annual report on the ease of doing business worldwide after a data manipulation scandal marred the last version, prompting the bank to scrap the project in 2021. There’s a new brand, a revised methodology, and a reformed mission focused on capturing a more honest snapshot of conditions for the private sector.

Waiting to see – World Bank’s scandal-hit ‘Doing Business’ seeks redemption with revamp | Devex

Take time to reflect on water!

ILO conference on water, this most basic of all basic commons we have!

Take Time to Reflect on Water | United Nations

Should we automate the CEO?

There has been a lot of buzz about how AI might eventually replace lower-rank workers. But why not start with the highest-paid corporate executives?

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Standing strong in the face of global challenges

The Reality of Aid:

Throughout the network’s 30-year existence, issues surrounding aid and development have evolved into a more chaotic web of complications, prompting deeper injustices and poverty. Despite and because of this, any door of opportunity must be seized to magnify the calls of the people for rights-based, people centered development and for quality financing in areas concerning public services and climate justice, among others.

Read ‘The Reality of Aid”s new Report

Poverty Reduction and Climate Finance

Economic growth, poverty reduction, and climate action are deeply interlinked: none can move ahead without the other. So why isn’t more happening?

Read the article on Development Matters

The Push to Bring Back Child Labour

Rather than offering wages attractive to adults, employers want lawmakers to push teens into some of the most dangerous jobs in the country.

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European norms and values

Workers drill holes in the roof of a building where refugees, denied the legally provided shelter, are protected from snow, rain and wind. This is Belgium

ITUC’s international women’s day

On this International Women’s Day, workers around the world call for a gender-transformative New Social Contract that prioritises equality, inclusion, peace and democracy.

International Women’s Day 2023 – International Trade Union Confederation (ituc-csi.org)

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