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World Trade Organization - WTO   How trade, the WTO and the financial crisis reinforce each other Myriam Vander Stichele, SOMO, argues that the call made by the World Trade Organisation and some European leaders to finalise the Doha round at the same time of financial reform talks (so-called Bretton Woods II) completely ignores that this would impose on the South exactly the same recipe of deregulation and liberalisation of financial services that caused the crisis in the first place. In fact, Free Trade Agreements already signed by both nations in both the North and the South are already likely to make increasing regulation of the financial sector difficult, if not impossible. [see more]   The global financial crisis: implications for the South   Statement on the G-20 summit on the financial crisis "The summit of a selective group of 20 widely diverse countries meeting in Washington moved the discussion of a new global financial architecture a step further, but it was a baby step, not the giant leap that is urgently needed not only to reverse the financial crisis but also to restructure fundamentally the global financial and economic systems" said the Transnational Institute Working Group on the Global Financial and Economic Crisis on a statement in reaction to the G-20 Summit held 15 November 2008. [see more]   Gender in economics   Gender equality at the centre of Financing for Development "The upcoming Review Conference on the Monterrey Consensus, to be held in Doha, Qatar, next 29th November ­ 2nd December, provides the EU with a new opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to policy coherence in the context of gender equality and women´s human rights by ensuring that macroeconomic issues are linked to development and social policy objectives." [see more]   International Monetary Fund - IMF   The IMF is dead; long live the IMF Rumors of the International Monetary Fund's demise appear to have been greatly exaggerated. While the IMF has spent most of the last three years looking for clients and "relevance," the end of the U.S. housing bubble and the resulting global credit crunch seem to have given the institution a new lease on life. However, it is on its track record on which the IMF should be judged as today's financial and economic crises unfold. The IMF's policy advice is always designed to reflect the best interest of investors. [see more]   International Criminal Court   Strategy for U.S. engagement with the International Criminal Court The virulent campaign against the International Criminal Court waged by conservative hardliners in the Congress and Bush administration has alienated America from its allies and isolated the United States from the court’s application and enforcement of atrocity law, including the “crime of aggression”—with major implications for U.S. military engagements overseas, write David Scheffer and John Hutson in a new paper for The Century Foundation. The lurid worst-case scenarios spun out by ICC foes have patently not come to pass, the former war-crimes ambassador and former judge-advocate-general of the Navy point out, and the next President and Congress need to engage the United States closely in the court’s work. [see more]   Making literacy a priority   Forging partnerships towards a renewed vision of adult education in Africa The African Platform on Adult Education, composed of four networks: ANCEFA, FEMNET, PAALAE and PAMOJA is convinced that the 6th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) will offer the opportunity for policy dialogue and advocacy on adult education which will lead to a renewal of commitment at the national, regional and interna-tional levels. A civil society report of the Platform aims to contribute to both the Regional Preparatory Conference in Kenya in November 2008 as well as to CONFINTEA VI in May 2009 in Brazil. [see more]   Subscribe to receive what’s new on Choike.  Syndicate this site.   World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings - 11-13 October 2008, Washington D.C. Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development - 29 November - 2 December 2008, Doha, Qatar La Via Campesina: call to action on the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights D.R. Congo: Tracking the Eastern Congo Conflict Global call to action to demand a new economic system Selected news Sustainable Development - Wed Nov 19 2008 Poison fire: oil and gas abuse in Nigeria A new film - Poison fire - follows a team of local activists as they gather “video testimonies” from communities on the impact of oil spills and gas flaring in Nigeria. November 2008. Source: Friends of the Earth International People /Society - Tue Nov 18 2008 ASEAN Peoples' Forum 2008 Civil society organizations and social movements from across Southeast Asia will gather in Bangkok for the ASEAN Peoples' Forum (APF), from December 12 to 14, 2008. Source: ASEAN Peoples' Forum 2008 Human Rights /Gender - Thu Nov 20 2008 Signatures from around the world against the veto "We hope the democratic system returns the rights your veto has violated to all Uruguayans." See more ... Intelectual Network for the South - INSouth INSouth embodies an understanding, from a South perspective, of the new and emerging issues in the international arena, and the challenges and opportunities they pose for the South. Border Thinking on Migration Migrants are commonly seen as both unwanted intruders and powerless victims, but Laura Agustin own ideas work to break down this duality and think about power in different ways. Laura Agustín writes as a lifelong migrant and sometime worker in both nongovernmental and academic projects about sex, travel and work. Go to NGO directory

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