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Is Access to Food a Human Right? Interview with Raj Patel, Sr. Fellow at Food First and Chris Jochnick of Oxfam America

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India's economy is on the rise, but with an estimated 421 million people living in poverty, its levels of malnutrition are still staggeringly high. The governing Indian National Congress Party is pushing to enshrine the right to food in the country’s constitution and expand the existing entitlement so that every Indian family would qualify for a monthly 77-pound bag of grain, sugar and kerosene.We want to hear from you: Should government guarantee the basics of human survival? What would you more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on August 17, 2010

Access to Medicine Index 2010

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Key findings:* The Access to Medicine Foundation’s major initiative is the Access to Medicine Index, which analyzes and ranks the access to medicine efforts of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. The Access to Medicine Index 2010 ranks 27 pharmaceutical companies on their efforts to provide access to medicines, vaccines and diagnostic tests to people living in 88 countries. The Index covers 33 priority diseases, including neglected tropical diseases, as well as the 10 more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on June 30, 2010

Public Health, Big Pharma, NGOs: An Unpredictable Mix

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How do foundations like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation distort the public health agenda? Is there a nexus between big pharmaceutical companies, health foundations and NGO's? What is state's responsibility? Newsclick talks to Prof. Shree Mulay to get answers for all these questions.

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on June 14, 2010

Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2009

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According to Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2009, produced by Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and Norwegian Refugee Council:• Number of countries covered by this report is 54• Number of people internally displaced by conflict or violence as of December 2009 is 27.1 million• Over half of the world’s internally displaced persons (IDPs) were in five countries: Sudan, Colombia, Iraq, DRC and Somalia. The region with most IDPs was Africa, with 11.6 more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on May 24, 2010

Reigning Injustice: Murderous Khap Panchayats

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In Haryana today, rapid capitalist transformation is accompanied by a regressive feudal consciousness. As education and political awareness spread among Dalits, women and backward sections, alongside there is a massive consolidation of caste (khap) panchayats in defence of the status quo. The number of cases in which the totally unconstitutional caste panchayats have openly defied the law of the land by issuing illegal diktats has increased manifold. Attacks on young couples, Dalits and more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on May 12, 2010

India Fraud Survey Report 2010 by KPMG

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Key findings:* The survey was conducted across 1,000 firms, both Indian business establishments and public institutions, with an annual turnover of Rs 500 crore to over Rs 10,000 crore.* Almost 75 per cent of corporate India surveyed felt the overall incidence of fraud was rising* 63% say the desire to exceed market expectations is the main reason to commit financial fraud * 81% say financial statement fraud is a major issue * 41% say they do not have a formal fraud risk management framework * more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on April 07, 2010

Santa's Workshop

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Sometimes we have no choice, we work till dawn. When you work all night you become dizzy and your eyes hurt because you can’t take any breaks. Santa's Workshop takes you to the real world of China’s toy factories. Workers tell us about long working hours, low wages, and dangerous work places. Those who protest or try to organize trade unions risk imprisonment. Low labor costs attract more and more companies to China. Today more than 75% of our toys are made in China. But this industry takes its more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on March 26, 2010

Study: Median Wealth for Single Black Women: $100, Single Hispanic Women: $120, Single White Women: $41,000

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The Insight Center for Community Economic Development released a report on the gender wealth gap to mark International Women’s Day. The report found nearly half of all single black and Hispanic women have zero or negative wealth, meaning their debts exceed all of their assets. The median wealth for single black women is only $100; for single Hispanic women, $120. This compares to just over $41,000 for single white women. We speak with the chief author of the report, Mariko Lin Chang and C. more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on March 15, 2010

Peter Eigen: Founder, Transparency International speaks about his fight against corruption (www.ted.com)

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As a director of the World Bank in Nairobi, Peter Eigen saw firsthand how devastating corruption can be. He's the founder of Transparency International, an NGO that works to persuade international companies not to bribe or play with corrupt governments. And it's working.Peter Eigen knows this. He worked in economic development for 25 years, mainly as a World Bank manager of programs in Africa and Latin America. Among his assignments, he served as director of the regional mission for Eastern more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on February 10, 2010

Michael Pollan on "Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual" (DemocracyNow)

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Michael Pollan, the author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, discusses the link between healthcare and diet, the dangers of processed foods, the power of the meat industry lobby, the “nutritional-industrial complex,” the impact industrial agriculture has on global warming, and his sixty-four rules for eating. “The markets are full of what I call edible food-like substances that you have to avoid,” says Michael Pollan. “So a lot of the rules are to help you, you know, navigate more...

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on February 09, 2010

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