Activity Updates


September 2010 - Launch of the maiden issue of the Focus on the Global South Policy Review

September 19 - In Malaysia will be held the forum called "Regional Strategy Meeting on Emerging Social and Cultural Concerns in ASEAN: Climate Change, South East Asian Peoples’ Right to Information, Labor Migration and Domestic Work and Platforms for Civil Society Engagement with the ASEAN."  Focus Philippines will make a presentation on "Building a Case for an ASEAN Protocol on Freedom of Information"

September 23 - 26 - Asean People's Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam. Fore more information, please send inquiries to the following: <apfhanoi-pc@aseanpeoplesforum.net>, <apfhanoi-ws@aseanpeoplesforum.net>. Ms Dorothy Guerrero, who is in the Bangkok office of Focus, seats in the Program Committee.

September 27 - October 1 - Freedom of Information Advocacy Week

September 23 - FOI Forum
     
September 27 - R2KRN will visit the Senate to renew the FOI campaign
     
September 28 - R2KRN will meet with Representatives of the Lower House

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FOP March 2009: Women's Month PDF Print E-mail
Dear Readers,

FOP marks women’s month with this March issue. This includes a report on women workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZA) badly hit by the crisis, socio-economic monitor on gender statistics on women’s labor and employment, analysis and statements from the Women’s March against Poverty and Globalization (WELGA ng Kababaihan), Alliance of Progressive Labor-Women and Partido ng Manggagawa and a section on the ASEAN PEOPLES FORUM held last month. This women's issue also includes a statement from the Task Force Subic Rape.

CONTENTS:

1.    DISPATCH FROM THE EPZA: Tale of Two Women
2.    SOCIO-ECONOMIC MONITOR: WOMEN’S EMPLOYMENT
3.     Partido Manggagawa STATEMENT
4.    Alliance for Progressive Labor WOMEN STATEMENT
5.    WELGA NG KABABAIHAN LABAN SA KAHIRAPAN AT GLOBALISASYON
6.    Task Force Subic Rape Statement
7.    ASEAN PEOPLES FORUM IN FOCUS
a.    PRESS STATEMENT FROM THE WOMEN’S CAUCUS
b.    APF STATEMENT
c.    TO ENGAGE OR DISENGAGE
d.    ASEAN’S CIVIL SOCIETY RESPONDS TO SEC-GEN’S COMMENTS
e.    ALTERNATIVE REGIONALISMS WORKSHOP SUMMARY

PHOTOS FROM welgawomen.multiply.com and apf2008.org
 
 
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