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Dismantling the Dogmas of Austerity and Fiscal Injustice in Latin America
"Crucially, the briefing argues that clawing back the fiscal resources lost to corruption, tax evasion and avoidance, and illicit financial flows would contribute significantly to closing the gap in financing required to address complex problems such as poverty, climate change and compliance with the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."
Advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Journalism: What Funders Can Do
The failure of newsrooms to fully reflect their communities, to build a culture of inclusion that supports and retains diverse staff, and to foster equitable models of reporting that reflect the truth of people’s lived experiences is undermining trust in media and risking the sustainability of the press...Funders must therefore urgently refocus their efforts on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) as the right thing to do, both morally and strategically" (Polyak and Donnelly, 2019).
Reshaping governance for sustainability
This report “offers analysis and recommendations on how to strengthen inclusive and participatory governance and to overcome structural and institutional obstacles and gaps in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs” and includes a “call to action to world leaders” (Global Civil Society Report, 2019).
A Human and Constitutional Right to a Quality Public Education: Looking Ahead in the Struggle for the Rights of Teachers, Parents, and Students
The authors use the Declaration of Human Rights and the U.S. Constitution as a lens through which they examine how to ensure quality education and labor protections as fundamental human rights, why ensuring those rights is necessary, and how these protections can bring change and justice to classrooms.
Extractive Industries and Violation of Women’s Rights
This briefing discusses how “women are disproportionately affected by negative social and environmental impacts of extractive industries”, “ the human rights impact of business enterprises could be effectively regulated by a UN treaty on business and human rights”, and argues “such a treaty must comprehensively integrate a gender perspective” (Seitz 2019).
Towards Global Regulation on Business and Human Rights
This is the Statement of the Treaty Alliance Germany on the draft for a legally binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights.
Annual Report 2019
"This is the 2019 Annual Report for Stichting Greenpeace Council. Stichting Greenpeace Council commonly works under its operational name, Greenpeace International" (Greenpeace 2019).
Governing Ecologically
“This study looks at the government participation of the German Greens at the level of the federal states” and “tackles an area of politics and ecological modernisation which has had considerable influence on the public debate in recent times, from the summer heat wave...to international climate protection” (Jungjohann 2019).
World Report 2019
"World Report 2019 is Human Rights Watch’s 29th annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 100 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events from late 2017 through November 2018" (Human Rights Watch, 2019).
The Citizens’ Charter: Contributions to Poverty Reduction
"This brief discusses various aspects of the Citizens’ Charter approach to poverty reduction. These include incorporating a deeper understanding of poverty dynamics into the program’s architecture, engaging provincial and district level authorities and programs, promoting the strategic use of poverty data to inform policymakers, and testing and then scaling up pro-poor initiatives" (Institute for State Effectiveness, 2019).
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