Countering Shrinking Space through SOLIDAR Members’ Actions | Global Week of Action 2022
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Countering Shrinking Space through SOLIDAR Members’ Actions | Global Week of Action 2022

This 20 February 2022 marked the third year of SOLIDAR’s mobilisation for the World Day for Social Justice. In the span of a week, SOLIDAR and its members shared about their work to further social justice in Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America and how they keep doing so despite their space for action…

Asia Regional ESRM Report 2021
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Asia Regional ESRM Report 2021

The SOLIDAR 2021 Economic and Social Rights Monitor (ESRM) Reports have a special focus on countering shrinking space with particular attention to Asia. For this reason, SOLIDAR has compiled an ESRM Regional Report in collaboration with SOLIDAR Suisse to address the developments of shrinking civic space in Asia.   In Asia, respect for labour rights has been…

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RIGHTS REPORT – CAMBODIA
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ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RIGHTS REPORT – CAMBODIA

The political environment in Cambodia, within which independent trade unions, other workers’ organizations and civil society organizations operate, has become more and more difficult. There is continued repression of labour unrest, accompanied by a regression in labour regulations. Employer practices such as the widespread use of fixed-duration contracts, harassment and violence against union leaders and…

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RIGHTS REPORT – THAILAND
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ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RIGHTS REPORT – THAILAND

Although the pro-democracy movement has reached an unprecedented scale in Thailand, political participation is not without risk, given the ongoing restrictions on fundamental political and social rights such as freedom of association and freedom of expression. There also remains a lack of enforcement for decent work standards and practices, and the context of extreme inequality which has become even more…

REAL_DEAL project kick-off: enhancing citizen deliberation and participation in a just green transition
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REAL_DEAL project kick-off: enhancing citizen deliberation and participation in a just green transition

February 1, 2022 February 1st 2022 marked the kick-off of a new, exciting project for SOLIDAR! Titled REAL-DEAL, which stands for ‘Reshaping European Advances towards green Leadership through DEliberative Approaches and Learning’, it is a 3-year project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme and mainly coordinated by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS). The overall objective…