May
1st Celebrations, with Garment and Sex Workers held at WAC. See
the full details of the day here!
March 8th International Women's Day, see
what we did here!
The untold story: "Inside
Asia, CNN"
The
2nd Peoples' Caravan on December 04, 2005
Today’s
event is part of the Asian Peoples’ Caravan which is being
held in 12 countries in the lead up to the World Trade Organization’s
(WTO) Sixth Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong on December 13th.
It is a vehicle of people’s struggle against the unfair
rules of the global trading system, represented by the WTO which
is controlled by the interest of the rich countries’ corporations,
and draws attention to some of the local impacts of international
economic and trade policy. [more...]
The
People’s Caravan spreads message to end violence and discrimination
“We are here today to raise our voices against violence
and discrimination, including discrimina-tion from big pharmaceutical
companies that have a bigger say in the WTO rules, deals and regu-lations
than the people of the world" [more...]
Visit Peoples'
Caravan website here! [external
site]
If you would like to listen to Rosanna's (WAC co-ordinator) radio
interview on WNUR Chicago you can hear it at http://www.thisishell.net/archives.html
or directly at http://server.wnur.org/thisishell/archive/20050806_1.ram
(*Note:
you will need RealOne Player
to hear the broadcast. The entire show is recorded with Rosannas
interview beginning about 9 minutes into the program and going
for over half an hour.)
During
2005 the Cambodian government is going to debate a draft Law on
Industrial Zones (‘the Draft Law’) that will lead
to the formation of Export Processing Zones (EPZs) in Cambodia.
[More...]
Many workers did not know anything about the end of the quota
system or the potential factory closures. [More...]
Interviews
provide insight into rural life in Cambodia. [More...]
WAC presents field research relating to debt, neo-liberalism and
globalisation in Svay Rieng, Takeo, Kompong Cham, Prey Veng and
Battambang provinces. Click
here to learn more.
