Five years after the Colombia Peace Agreement was signed between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP), inequality and violence continue to persist in the country, affecting especially marginalised people and those fighting for their rights, in particular human rights defenders and indigenous community leaders. Among the latter, the Awá community, composed…
How can the European Union (EU) better contribute to building an enabling space for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in El Salvador? How can the EU support the progressive realization of Economic and Social Rights – that is to say Freedom of Association and the Right to Organise, Decent Work and the Right to Social Protection for…
Impact of COVID-19 on Central America – Analysis and Recommendations for the European Union SOLIDAR is a network of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that are working to improve economic and social rights inside and outside of Europe. One goal of SOLIDAR´s Organising International SOLIDARity (OIS) programme is to monitor the progress of economic and social rights in Central…
International Workers´ Day – Central America’s maquilas workers: falling off the boat in the coronavirus storm? With almost 25 million jobs predicted to be lost as a consequence of the COVID-19, it is clear that the pandemic is not a health crisis only, it is an economic and social crisis. Among the sectors whose workers are being strongly…
Left behind?: Maquila workers in Central America and the COVID19 crisis About 400.000 people working in the maquilas (factories in the free trade zone) in Central America, are at risk to be left behind due to the coronavirus crisis. The group includes mostly women, many of them poor, with low level of education, single mothers, head of…
Impact of COVID-19 in Central America: Economic and Social Rights cannot be kept on hold! SOLIDAR members in Central America joined together to analyse the impact of COVID-19 on the region, looking particularly to economic and social rights – enabling environment, decent work and access to health. This analysis also includes recommendations to the European Union to…
SOLIDAR network is active in Colombia with its partner organisation to enhance the progressive implementation of Economic and Social Rights, namely freedom of association, the right to social protection and decent work for all. In 2019, our network held two meetings – led by the Escuela Nacional Sindical (ENS) – to discuss the current situation of Economic and Social Rights (ESR) in…
How can the European Union (EU) better contribute to developing an enabling space for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in El Salvador? How can the EU support the progressive realisation of Economic and Social Rights, namely Decent Work and Social Protection for All, in line with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? Led by Asamblea de Cooperación por la…
Since the advent of democracy in Guatemala, national social expenditure increased. However, major problems, such as social inequalities, persist and impact particularly indigenous people, women, and citizens from rural areas. Although some progress has been made, the country is still distressed by social unrest, stigmatization of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and individual Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), and increasingly frequent violence. Guatemala seems…
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