Advancing Social Justice In Europe and Worldwide

• 14 Jun 2013
  Flooding in Germany - SOLIDAR Members in Action

  Thousands of people are affected by the floods in Germany, having to leave their homes, losing their belongings and needing support. SOLIDAR German members AWO and ASB are working in the flooded areas. AWO facilities in the affected regions are (...)

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• 14 Jun 2013
  European Commission and EEAS: Step Up for Freedom of Association and Peaceful Assembly in Turkey

  While the police continued to violently crackdown on peaceful demonstrations on Taksim Square and in Gezi Park, a fourth person died in the protests and over 50 lawyers have been arrested while protesting in an Istanbul courthouse. In addition, (...)

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• 14 Jun 2013
  Editorial: Coup d’éclat - coup d’état!

  On Tuesday the Greek government, encouraged by the Troika, used emergency powers to close down the state broadcaster ERT. All employees were fired with immediate effect. And this happened in Europe, in a country which gave birth to the concept (...)

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• 14 Jun 2013
  International Day against Child Labour: Governments Need to Ratify C189

  On 12 June, the world celebrated the International Day against Child Labour, but the ILO report ‘Ending Child Labour in Domestic Work’ published on the occasion shows there is not much to celebrate. An estimated 10.5 million children worldwide are (...)

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• 14 Jun 2013
  Social Investment Package: Further Implementation Needed

  Last Friday (7 June), the European Commission organised a stakeholder meeting of the European Platform Against Poverty and Social Exclusion (EPAP) to discuss how to further implement the Social Investment Package (SIP), published in February. (...)

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• 14 Jun 2013
  Persecution of Independent Civic Organisations in Russia

  The EU-Russia Civil Society Forum CSF Steering Committee has issued an alert on the growing persecution of independent civic organisations in Russia in the course of the implementation of the repressive legislation on “foreign agents”. SOLIDAR (...)

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• 14 Jun 2013
  Educational and Labour Market Opportunities for Socially Vulnerable Youth

  On 10 June, SOLIDAR was a discussant at the presentation of research results from the EU-funded Marie Curie programme “Education as Welfare” that critically examined transitional pathways of socially vulnerable youth after compulsory schooling. (...)

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• 07 Jun 2013
  Editorial: From Tahrir to Taksim - A Square is Not a Dead End!

  In the last week, what started as a peaceful demonstration against a building project in Gazi Park in Istanbul has turned into violent clashes with brutal oppression by Turkish police and security services. Furthermore, human rights defenders, (...)

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• 07 Jun 2013
  Strengthening the Social Dimension of EU Enlargement

  On May 30, SOLIDAR was invited to a consultation between DG Enlargement and international and non-governmental organisations on the progress made by candidate and potential candidate countries. The inputs gathered during this consultation will (...)

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• 07 Jun 2013
  Rising Social Unrest Risk in Europe

  According to the International Labour Organisation’s World of Work Report released this week, the risk of social unrest has increased, especially in Europe. The report states that in the European Union this risk is likely to be due to the policy (...)

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