Pacific

According to UNESCO estimates, globally, 132 million girls are out of school, including 34.3 million of primary school age, 30 million of lower-secondary school age, and 67.4 million of upper-secondary school age. UNICEF reports 15 million of those girls come from the East Asia/Pacific region. Every fifth girl in the region was unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10 according to 2020 figures. The pandemic has also caused increases in gender-based violence, early marriage and teenage pregnancy. One way of pushing for increased education for girls is through projects such as PAWA...

Thanks for keeping us updated on activities of the Alliance for Workers Liberty. We send you news of the political situation in Mauritius and news of LALIT. You can of course also find more in-depth articles, many in English, on our website www.lalitmauritius.org should you wish for more detail. SYSTEMIC CRISIS IN MAURITIUS The systemic crisis in Mauritius with the collapse of the sugar industry that had been the backbone of the economy and with the collapse of the textile industry, is unfolding in the context of world economic crisis, exposed by the recent US sub-prime lending crunch. The...

From Labourstart: A few weeks ago the New Zealand union Unite launched the first-ever strike at Starbucks. Now they've taken on McDonald's, and they are serious about challenging one of the most ruthlessly anti-union corporations on the planet. They're signing up workers, taking the company to court, and launching a global campaign to flood McDonald's in New Zealand with thousands of email protest messages. Your support for this effort is essential. If we can compell McDonald's in tiny New Zealand to cave in and finally respect both the law and the basic human rights of its employees, we can...