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The Christian Cultural Movement has organized a series of events against child slavery in 30 Spanish cities, in commemoration of the anniversary of the murder of Iqbal Masih, a 12-year-old militant of the Front of liberation from forced labour in Pakistan. Iqbal was assassinated in 1995 by the mafia of the carpet industry. Child slavery […]

Europe is trying to create new jobs through the flexibility of the labour market but the phenomenon of unemployment continues to increase and to affect the weaker sections of society – especially immigrants, young people and women. Caritas-Madrid, the “Fraternities of Work” and Justice and Peace have organized a campaign aimed at raising awareness about […]

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A campaign launched by Caritas, Justice and Peace and the “Fraternities of Work” with a counselling and training service for the most disadvantaged

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“A chance to be exploited, not a destiny to be accepted”: that’s how globalization is described by the German Federal President Johannes Rau, in his “Berlin address” of 2002, which was dedicated to the theme and entitled “A chance, not a destiny – organizing globalization politically”. The speech was given in the Museum of Communication […]

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The 4th meeting of the delegates of the European Episcopal Conferences for the environment will be held in Venice (Island of San Giorgio, International Salesian Institute) from 23 to 26 May 2002. Promoted by the Council of the European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), in collaboration with the Office for social and labour problems of the Italian […]

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Great enthusiasm has been aroused among the Bulgarian population by the Pope’s imminent visit to their country. John Paul II will visit Azerbaijan and Bulgaria from 22 to 26 May. It will be his 96th apostolic journey. Recent surveys suggest that the majority of people in Bulgaria not only want this visit, but are eagerly […]

“The Church feels at home in Europe” and therefore “expects that its European citizenship be recognized”. In response to “certain attempts to ‘privatize’ them”, the Churches “hope that their own laws will be juridically recognized, so as to escape the arbitrary power of the political options of the moment”. So said the secretary for relations […]

the Convention

The plenary session of the European Convention for the future of Europe will be held on 23 and 24 May, the third after the inaugural session on 28 February (cf. SirEurope no. 9/2002) and the sessions in March and April. On the agenda is the debate on what functions should be assigned to the Union […]

On 22 May, the Commission for Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament will vote on a draft report presented by Van Lancker (Pse, Belgium) on health and sexual and reproductive rights. The report – which makes reference to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, to the Declaration and Programme of […]

health

The question of reproductive rights and rights connected with sexuality is on the EU’s agenda. Apart from the United Nations and the World Health Organization, the European Parliament too is about to intervene on the matter with a Report presented by Belgian MEP Van Lancker, “Health and sexual and reproductive rights”. The Report will be […]