FROM THE UNITED NATIONS: The Impact of COVID-19 on Women

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 14Apr
" The pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems which are in turn amplifying the impacts of the pandemic". "Limited gains made in the past decades’ toward gender equality ‘are at risk of being rolled back’. The report suggests priorities on how to reverse this.
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Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) DEMOCRACY REPORT 2020 is out

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 14Apr
Press Release: the 2020 V-Dem Institute report is highlighting how autocracies are growing BIG TIME in this new era but as the same time, resistance movements are scaling up as well. The V-Dem Institute is an independent research institute and the Headquarters of the project based at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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STATEMENT: Canada set up COVID-19 Disability Advisory Group BY The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 13Apr
The Group will provide advice on the real-time lived experiences of persons with disabilities during this crisis; disability-specific issues, challenges and systemic gaps; and strategies, measures and steps to be taken. Areas of particular focus will be equality of access to health care and supports; access to information and communications, mental health and social isolation...
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PRESS RELEASE FROM THE EUROGROUP: Report on the comprehensive economic policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Apr
Yesterday night the finance ministers of the EU countries who have adopted the EURO found a compromise to relaunch the post covid 19 reconstruction. The so called eurobonds, a debt mutualization tool sought by Italy, Spain and France were not included but the final agreed text leaves space for further negotiations between the Heads of States in the days to come.
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PRESS RELEASE: African Union reaffirms its unwavering support to WHO

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Apr
Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa and Chairperson of the African Union, reaffirms how Africa believes in the work and in the mandate of the WHO.
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PRESS RELEASE : In times of crisis, solidarity between workers and employers is paramount( ILO)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Apr
The study, Managing Conflicts and Disasters: Exploring Collaboration between Employers’ and Workers’ Organizations , highlights specific cases where joint (and sometimes spontaneous) actions taken by social partners helped to mitigate some of the worst consequences of natural and human-made disasters
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PRESS RELEASE: Half a billion people could be pushed into poverty by coronavirus (oxfam)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Apr
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could push half a billion more people into poverty unless urgent action is taken to bail out developing countries, said Oxfam today.
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Resilient Health Systems: What we are learning from the COVID-19 crisis by Francesca Colombo,

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Apr
This op-ed piece written by Francesca Colombo, Head, Health Division, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD highlights: 1) need to strengthen disease surveillance mechanisms and health information infrastructures, 2) importance of having adaptable health systems, 3) strengthened co-ordination across countries
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Q&A: Global EU response to the coronavirus pandemic

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Apr
PRESS RELEASE: clarification on the EU global response to covid 19
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: COVID-19’s Devastating Impact on Children

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Apr
PRESS RELEASE: The COVID-19 crisis has a potentially far-reaching, long-term negative impact on children around the world, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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