Full Coverage: Social Exclusion

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Dalit champion Ruth Manorama wins 'alternate Nobel Prize'

09/29/2006 Stockholm: Ruth Manorama a Dalit herself, 'for her commitment over Dalit women's causes, has bagged the 2006 Right Livelihood Award, better known as Alternate Nobel Prize, it was announced by Akob von Uexkull, the founder of the awards, during a ceremony at the Swedish Foreign Ministry's press room on Thursday.

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Related: [India] [Human Rights] [Gender]

Movimiento de los trabajadores sin tierra: la dif�cil construcci�n de un mundo nuevo

09/27/2006 Los campesinos organizados en el MST (Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra, de Brasil), durante a�os so�aron conquistar su tierra, y cre�an que eso resolver�a todos sus problemas... Sin embargo, la realidad ha mostrado ser mucho m�s dif�cil, ya que les esperaban sorpresas que nunca hab�an imaginado.

Landless Workers Movement: The Difficult Construction of a New World

09/27/2006 The campesinos of Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST, for the Portuguese initials) dreamed for years of reclaiming their land, believing that it would solve all their problems... However, the reality would prove much more difficult, for surprises they had never imagined lay ahead.

Image: Protesto do MST e outras organiza��es em favor da agricultura familiar. © Radio Netherlands / Radio Netherlands

Migrantes siguen siendo v�ctimas de abusos por los cuerpos polic�acos

09/26/2006 Los abusos por parte de los diversos cuerpos polic�acos, as� como por parte de las bandas, persisten en agravio de los indocumentados centroamericanos a su paso por territorio mexicano

Image: Heriberto Rodr�guez (www.uanm.mx)

VEGA Demands from Mayor Iseini to Present His Position or Resign

09/26/2006 �Vega� Humanitarian Organization from Skopje strongly opposes the idea of the local self-government in Suto Orizari Municipality to change the name of the �July 26� elementary school into �Arben Bajrami� Elementary. VEGA condemned the already adopted decision of the Local School Board that the name should change.

Image: VEGA demanded from Mayor Iseini to present his position or resign from office

VEGA bara Iseini da izleze so stav ili da dade ostavka

09/26/2006 Humanitarnoto zdruzenie �Vega� od Skopje se protivi na idejata na lokalnata samouprava vo opstina Suto Orizari za promena na imeto na Osnovnoto uciliste �26 Juli� vo O.U. �Arben Bajrami�. Od VEGA ja osuduvaat veke donesenata odluka na ucilisniot odbor za promena na imeto.

Image: VEGA bara da ne se menuva imeto na OU "26 Juli" vo Suto Orizari

Fondos de Reducci�n de la Pobreza no ir�n a los m�s pobres

09/21/2006 Edy Mc Naub, representante del grupo �tnico misquito denunci� hoy en Honduras: �Los gobiernos de Honduras no han querido focalizar para los grupos m�s vulnerables de la sociedad nacional, la inversi�n de los recursos de la Estrategia de Reducci�n de la Pobreza�

Foro Internacional de los Pueblos

09/21/2006 Concluy� el Foro Internacional de los Pueblos (FIP) contra el FMI y el Banco Mundial, que fue convocado en Batam del 15 al 17 de Septiembre. M�s de 500 indonesios y alrededor de 200 personas de 25 pa�ses representando al menos a 100 organizaciones participaron del mismo.

Image: Banco Mundial y FMI deben cambiar su modelo

Jueces califican reformas a Ley Penal Juvenil como violatorias

Pandilleros salvadore�os, con patriotismo en el pecho.

09/20/2006 El paquete de reformas propuestas para modificar la Ley Penal Juvenil que se discute en pleno legislativo, fueron rechazadas esta ma�ana por los operadores de justicia del sistema juvenil, ya que consideran que violan los tratados internacionales establecidos por la ONU.

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From: Diario CoLatino
Related: [El Salvador] [Youth] [Human Rights]

Image: Pandilleros salvadore�os, con patriotismo en el pecho. © Luis Gald�mez / Ra�ces

Poverty, illiteracy big evils of South Asia : NGOs

09/19/2006 Peace lovers from Pakistan and India have described weapons of mass destruction (WMD), poverty, illiteracy, intolerance and extremism as the root causes of economic instability in South Asia.

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NRC Demands Results, Not Just Excellent Projects

09/11/2006 The issue of education of the Roma population is eminently political and will demand greater practical engagement by the state and its institutions, believes the National Roma Centre from Kumanovo.

Image: NRC representatives demand action towards increased Roma inclusion in education processes

NRC bara rezultati, ne samo odlicni proekti

09/11/2006 Prasanjeto na obrazovanieto na Romite e eminentno politicko prasanje i ke bara pogolemo prakticno angaziranje na drzavata i nejzinite institucii, smeta Nacionalniot romski centar (NRC) od Kumanovo.

Image: Pretstavnicite na NRC pobaraa akcija za zgolemeno ucestvo na Romite vo obrazovniot proces

Maailmassa on yli 771 miljoonaa luku- ja kirjoitustaidotonta aikuista

09/11/2006 Yhdistyneet Kansakunnat kiinnitti huomiota oppimisen ja kehityksen v�liseen yhteyteen kansainv�lisen� lukutaitop�iv�n� kahdeksas syyskuuta. P��sihteeri Kofi Annan painotti lausunnossaan lukutaidon merkityst� ja oppimisen edellytyksi� kehityksen vahvistajina. My�s UNESCO:n p��johtaja Ko�churo Matsuura korosti lukutaidon olevan yksi kehityksen t�rkeimmist� v�lineist�, joka kehitt�� koko yhteiskuntaa.

RSF Not Satisfied with Roma and Egyptians Inclusion in Montenegro Society

09/08/2006 Roma Scholarship Foundation (RSF) concluded that the ongoing election activities in Montenegro confirmed, once again, that Roma and Egyptians are not involved sufficiently in public affairs and social and political life.

"Money yields power, but not equality, for Dominican migrant women"

09/07/2006 Dominican Republic women who migrated abroad to earn more money were empowered by their new roles as household breadwinners and decision-makers but were still expected to conform to traditional gender roles, according to a study released today by the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).

�Will getting our women shed purdah end bias?�

09/07/2006 A 2004 survey by political scientists Zoya Hasan and Ritu Menon found that key social indicators for Muslim women were more worrying than for other social groups. Examples exist of women who have broken away from the �compulsion of wearing long black robes� but the choice isn�t so easy for many others. Seema Chishti reflects in the Indian Express.

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Nepal:Maoist rebels drive a hard bargain

09/04/2006 Nepal's armed Maoist rebels are upping the ante, refusing to honour a recent United Nations-brokered agreement and calling instead for full resolution of overarching political issues ahead of promised disarmament.

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