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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 Istanb...

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...

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 ...

Women and Nature: Towards an Ecosocialist Feminism 4 May by It was hot outside that day. In the remote area of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa a young man watched as five men approached him on the porch. “Could we have a drink?” one of them asked. As they finished the water they asked if they could go inside and thank the woman that lived there. The young man led them in the front door. Moments later shots rang out as the men gunned down the young man’s grandmother and environmental organiser, Fikile Ntshangase, and raced out. The death of Ntshangase removed a thorn in the...

Latin America and the Caribbean are facing a serious debt crisis Part 4 In the previous three parts we have observed the evolution of the DCs’ external debt over the last twenty years. The first part shows a dramatic increase of indebtedness, which multiplied by 2.5 with a steep acceleration from 2008 onward. The second part highlights the main threats on the DCs’ external debt, among which the growing significance of bonds, the evolution of interest rates and the depreciation of their currencies against the US dollar. The third part examines the various factors that lure DCs into the de...