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Global Demand for Universal Social Security

Click to expand Image A trader counts out Ghanaian cedi banknotes at a market in Kampala, Uganda, May 17, 2023. 2023 Katumba Badru Sultan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Washington) - Governments and international financial institutions should make a commitment to create social security systems that enable everyone to realize their rights, 43 human rights and economic justice organizations said today. Governments and financial institutions should end policies that have been failing millions of people. The groups sent a joint statement to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in advance of the 2023 annual meetings of both institutions in Marrakesh, Morocco, from October 9 to 15, 2023. The groups will hold an online meeting on October 4 to explain their call for change. Experts and activists will provide testimonies from Argentina, Chile, Uganda, and Sri Lanka. "Amid mounting poverty and soaring inequality, where millions grapple daily to realize their economic, social and cul ....

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Bandage on a Bullet Wound

Click to expand Image © 2023 Human Rights Watch The report makes several key findings. First, it finds that the Fund continues to rely on its traditional approach of expecting governments to reduce debt through fiscal consolidation, which raises significant human rights concerns. While “fiscal consolidation” refers broadly to reducing debt by cutting public spending or increasing revenues, the report finds that programs routinely include conditionalities that impose cuts to public spending and ....

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