The story of María Roa, an Afro-Colombian leader, is one of the most-watched series on Netflix in Latin America. Learn about the union that is transforming the working conditions of domestic workers in Colombia. 👇
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🛜 Join the program! Most sessions are held online.
From April 14–17, as global leaders convene at the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings, we are advancing a collective agenda for economic justice, human rights, and climate action at #CSPF.
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Land reform delays in #SouthAfrica are not just slow progress; they reflect a failure to address the legacy of apartheid. @calsza.bsky.social argues this inaction breaches constitutional & human rights obligations.
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In the early hours of Feb 26, the agroecological project of MUFRAS-32 in El Salvador was deliberately set on fire—destroying 25+ years of community work.
This attack is part of the growing violence against land defenders.
We call for accountability and protection.
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Our Thuto Gabaphethe and Lulama Madyaka discuss why South Africa is far from meeting its 2030 targets for land reform.
As a member of @escrnet.bsky.social, CALS is intervening in litigation to address government's failures around land reform.
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📣 We’re thrilled to welcome #MisunWoo as ESCR-Net’s new Executive Director!
We are excited for this new chapter of collective leadership, solidarity, and transformation at ESCR-Net.
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📢Members of @escrnet.bsky.social call on governments at #COP30 to decolonize climate action and center peoples-led solutions. Checkout the 6 pillar policy brief here: www.escr-net.org/resources/co...
✨ Historic: The @corteidh.bsky.social has recognized Care as a Human Right. 🌍 Thirty of our members contributed arguments and lived experiences to this process.
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✨ Histórico: La @corteidh.bsky.social
reconoce el cuidado como derecho humano.
🌍 30 de nuestras miembras aportaron argumentos y experiencias en este proceso.
👉Conoce más en: www.escr-net.org/es/news/2025... @giescr.bsky.social @cels-argentina.bsky.social @observadesca.bsky.social
🇵🇸 In Bogotá, Global South countries took concrete steps to end the genocide in Gaza. At @ESCRNet, we’ve long challenged corporate capture—exposing how corporations profit from apartheid, occupation, and genocide in Palestine.
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The Inter-American Court has spoken: the climate crisis is a human rights emergency. States have binding legal duties to act, prevent harm & ensure justice. A powerful tool for climate justice—fueled by over 260 civil society inputs, including us.
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@ciel.org
Condenamos el intento de asesinato, detención arbitraria y agresión policial contra Mabel Robledo, defensora garífuna de @ofraneh.bsky.social y testigo ante la Corte Interaméricana de DDHH. Exigimos justicia, protección y el fin de la persecución al pueblo garífuna. @criteriohn.bsky.social
Tax justice pays dividends – fair corporate taxation grows jobs, shrinks inequality. Guest blog from Daniel Bertossa @psiglobalunion.bsky.social and Séverine Picard of Progressive Policies
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🚫 Stop public funding for fossil fuels.
As #FFD4 nears, demand real climate finance for a #JustTransition — not polluters.
🌍 Fund people. Fund the future.
#EndFossilFinance #ClimateFinanceNow #FFD4People
New #oped in The Diplomat: Why Asia Must Step Up to Rein in Corporate Accountability By Shohel Hajong, Debbie Stothard & Emilie Palamy Pradichit - The LBI is a chance to push back on corporate impunity.
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🇦🇷 From Argentina, we welcome SOCRA to #FPAR!
Their research will highlight the Delia Parodi cooperative—led by women and LGTBIQ+ workers—providing community-based care. They’ll advocate for the recognition and formalization of caregiving as essential to economic and social well-being.
🇹🇿 From Tanzania, we’re excited to welcome WATED (Women’s Action Towards Economic Development)! Their research will spotlight care work’s role in sustainable economies, women’s climate leadership, and gender-responsive climate finance—grounded in community resilience and intergenerational knowledge.
🇵🇸 From Palestine, we’re proud to welcome Bisan Center for Research and Development. Their research will explore how women navigate caregiving and survival under occupation and patriarchy, documenting solidarity-based economies that center care and collective well-being.
🌏 From Papua New Guinea, we welcome Porgera Red Wara Women’s Association. A grassroots, women-led group supports communities affected by the Porgera Gold Mine. Their research will uplift disrupted care systems and promote regenerative economies grounded in Indigenous knowledge.
We are thrilled to announce the selected participants of our Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) project—an 18-month journey to build collective knowledge and advocacy for care-centered, regenerative economies grounded in climate and economic justice. www.escr-net.org/news/2025/an...
Cityscape of Seville, Spain under clear skies on the left, with bold white text on an orange background on the right reading: "The Global South is showing up for #FfD4. Will European countries step up?" At the bottom right corner is the logo of the Center for Economic and Social Rights.
While the Global South brings urgency and solutions to upcoming #FfD4, Global North governments remain absent in presence & ambition
Europe is blocking progress on just debt resolution & democratic tax reform. It’s time to back UN-led financing for development centered on rights.
#EraOfJustice
🗣️ How can we protect #EnvironmentalDefenders?
We urge the #IACtHR to incorporate the protections from the Escazú Agreement into its Advisory Opinion on the #ClimateEmergency as a vital complementary standard to existing global and regional human rights frameworks.
#EscazúInTheIACtHR
⚡ A medida que el mundo avanza hacia las energías renovables, las violaciones de derechos humanos suelen ser ignoradas: la minería de litio y cobalto devasta a comunidades vulnerables e indígenas. Lee nuestra presentación al Relator Especial de la ONU.
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⚡ As the world shifts to renewable energy, human rights violations are often ignored—lithium and cobalt mining devastate vulnerable and Indigenous communities. Read our submission to the UN Special Rapporteur.
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Hunger and starvation in Gaza are worsening under the devastating impact of the Israeli blockade. Over 300 civil society organizations worldwide demand that governments launch a diplomatic humanitarian convoy to Gaza. @almezan.bsky.social #alhaq_org
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🔴 Hoy denunciamos la detención arbitraria de Ruth López en El Salvador — abogada anticorrupción de @cristosal.bsky.social y una de las 100 mujeres más influyentes del mundo según #BBCMundo (2024). Criminalizar la defensa de derechos es inaceptable.
📢 NEW BLOG: The Political Economy of Violence (PEV) reveals how repression, land dispossession, war, and militarization serve the interests of corporations and elites—prioritizing profit over people.
📖 Read more. Our content is available in EN, SP, FR, and AR.
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