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Tuesday October 02, 2007 19:19
by Chris Murray
Highlight on Japan FTAS And Burma
The monthly Isis Women e- newsletter is just released with its focus on International
Women's Rights and Issues. Generally these are related to trade and its effects on
indigenous communities as well as journalism that encompasses huge regions
around the Pacific Basin and further afield. This Month's blog section is studying the
Japan-Chile, Japan-Thailand FTAS (Free Trade Agreements) and how Japanese
corps are buying legal rights over biodiversity in developing nations- or 'biopiracy"
There is a set of Links and articles on the Japanese Biopiracy story :-
http://www.grain.org/articles/?id=29
The microorganism assets of the corporations will be owned when patent registrations are completed.
http://www.bilaterals.org
The Photessays and CIM blog reports on the Burmese situation (including timeline)
http://www.altsean.org/Reports/MonksvsSPDC.php
http://www.altsean.org/Photogalleries/ProtestsMap.php
Colombia:- http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/86349
The attacks on the Badi Community in Nepal:-
http://www.kantipuronline.com/holnews.php?&nid=121890
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Event coverage and news includes the GK3 meeting in Malaysia.
UNESCO launching a community radio tech manual
The Aftermath of the Kenya elections which is also featured in the actions page of Amnesty International.
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http://www.isiswomen.org also contributes to gender reform programmes with ACP
countries at the UN , this is envisaged as the ability of National Governments to prove
in measurable terms the amelioration of women's conditions in relation to international
rights and treaties.
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