Just Transition, Human Rights and civil society participation: SOLIDAR meets in Guatemala
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Just Transition, Human Rights and civil society participation: SOLIDAR meets in Guatemala

How can we ensure a just and fair transition in Latin America? How can we learn from indigenous communities? What are the opportunities for civil society and trade unions to provide expertise to the European Union ahead of the upcoming EU-CELAC Summit? These are the key questions that we will discuss in Antigua, Guatemala, from…

Countering Shrinking Space through SOLIDAR Members’ Actions | Global Week of Action 2022
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Countering Shrinking Space through SOLIDAR Members’ Actions | Global Week of Action 2022

This 20 February 2022 marked the third year of SOLIDAR’s mobilisation for the World Day for Social Justice. In the span of a week, SOLIDAR and its members shared about their work to further social justice in Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America and how they keep doing so despite their space for action…

Promoting peace and preserving the environment: Awà indigenous women meet MEP Mónica Silvana González
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Promoting peace and preserving the environment: Awà indigenous women meet MEP Mónica Silvana González

Five years after the Colombia Peace Agreement was signed between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP), inequality and violence continue to persist in the country, affecting especially marginalised people and those fighting for their rights, in particular human rights defenders and indigenous community leaders. Among the latter, the Awá community, composed…

Impact of COVID-19 on Central America – Analysis and recommendations for the European Union
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Impact of COVID-19 on Central America – Analysis and recommendations for the European Union

Impact of COVID-19 on Central America – Analysis and Recommendations for the European Union SOLIDAR is a network of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that are working to improve economic and social rights inside and outside of Europe. One goal of SOLIDAR´s Organising International SOLIDARity (OIS) programme is to monitor the progress of economic and social rights in Central…

International Workers´ Day – Central America’s maquilas workers: falling off the boat in the coronavirus storm?
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International Workers´ Day – Central America’s maquilas workers: falling off the boat in the coronavirus storm?

International Workers´ Day – Central America’s maquilas workers: falling off the boat in the coronavirus storm? With almost 25 million jobs predicted to be lost as a consequence of the COVID-19, it is clear that the pandemic is not a health crisis only, it is an economic and social crisis.  Among the sectors whose workers are being strongly…