Greece: Information Note of the “Committee on Family Law and Consensus Joint Custody” 27 May by
Committee on Family Law and Consensus Joint Custody
Since November 2020, 24 women’s organizations and collectives have set up the “Committee on Family Law and Consensus Joint Custody”, expressing our strong concern about the Greek government’s initiative to introduce a bill entitled “Reforms regarding parent-child relations and other issues of family law”, which changes and alters the child-centered character of Greek Family Law, including provisions that violate the Istanbul Convention, International Human Rights Law and the International Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The bill has been strongly criticized both for its legal quality and for the violation of human rights, by the Association of Greek Judges and Public Prosecutors, by scientific bodies such as the Family Law Society, the Child Psychiatric Society of Greece, by distinguished law professo
North Africa and the Middle-East: A new wave of debt
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The economic response to the crisis benefits large companies
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Stop blaming the victims of the microfinance crisis! 24 May by
Nedha de Silva
The exponential growth of the microfinance industry in Sri Lanka does not correspond with its contribution to reducing poverty. Instead, it has escalated indebtedness among women, pushed them below subsistence and made victims of both personal and structural violence. The Satyagraha which commenced on March 8 by the Collective of Women Affected by Microfinance in Hingurakgoda, Polonnaruwa, was the latest manifestation of the microfinance crisis. The female victims were exposing the failure of the government, the Central Bank, and the microfinance service providers to address fallouts in lending.
In Chile, the traditional parties collapse 19 May by
“New constitution now”
Since Sunday night, the Chilean press is piling on the superlatives in its attempt to describe the political earthquake that has shaken the country from the Andes to the Atacama desert to the cold Magallanes region: an electoral shock, the collapse of the traditional parties, a ‘night of the long knives’ for the right, the beginning of the end for Pinochet’s legacy, an enormous defeat for president Sebastián Piñera, a victory for social movements. Chileans voted on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 May in four simultaneous elections: mayoral elections, local council elections, gubernatorial elections, and a vote to select a body that will write the country’s new constitution.