The Struggle over World Bank Safeguards
The World Bank’s “consultation” with global civil society on the proposed new safeguard policies in lending and project implementation took place in Washington DC on 11 October 2014. The proceedings of the session reflect wide
Published : 14 October 2014
Disappointing ICN2 Outcomes
Governments met in the FAO Headquarters in Rome from 10-12 October to finalize the Rome Political Declaration and the Framework for Action for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2). After 22 years, civil society
Published : 14 October 2014
USA: Home Is Where Car Is
SANTA BARBARA CA—For four years, the only life Paula Corb and her two daughters have known is the one inside their 2000 Mazda minivan, stopping once in a while for take-out, groceries and gas. Corb and
Published : 10 October 2014
How World`s Poor Farmers Subsidise TNCs
The conflict between “free trade” and food rights came to the fore again at the World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations in September, when India did not back down from its stance that a permanent solution
Published : 09 October 2014
Twiga Farm: Story of a Kenyan Land Grab
Landless citizens of a location just outside Nairobi have been fighting for their rights to land since Kenya’s independence 50 years ago. Successive governments – including those of two presidents, Jomo Kenyatta and his son
Published : 08 October 2014
New Report from HLRN`s Violation Database
For your Habitat October reading, please find here HIC-HLRN’s World Habitat Day 2014 report: Bearing Witness to Forced Evictions: Habitat II’s Broken Promise, Habitat III’s Missing Link. This year, the HLRN report from its Violation
Published : 06 October 2014
Haj 2014: Mecca’s Transformation
For a slide show of the changes to the City of Mecca since the 1950s, and prospects for future transformation, see Haj 2014: How Mecca has changed over the years
Published : 04 October 2014
The State of Land Grabs in Africa
What’s the Matter with the Global Financial System? As torrential water cannons, stones, and tear gas canisters pounded the thousands of protestors gathered outside, the European Central Bank managers met in the sumptuous Museo di Capodimonte
Published : 03 October 2014
O, Canada: Only State to “Veto” Indigenous Rights
Prime Minister Stephen Harper listens to speeches at the Canada-European Union Summit in Toronto on 26 Sept. Days before, the prime minister was in New York City attending UN climate summit events. | CP Canada singled
Published : 02 October 2014
