2003-2004 Academic year
"UNPLUGGED" : benefit concert against the death penalty
Rights & Democracy Network Inauguration
The minister came to meet the students members of the Rights & Democracy Delegation of Laval University (town of Quebec), last April 14. He thus brings his personal support for the activities of the Rights & Democracy Network.
Publication: Where are the girls?
The presence and roles of girl soldiers in militaries throughout the world has been underestimated and misunderstood. It's a reality Rights & Democracy hopes to change with the launch of its groundbreaking study, Where Are the Girls? , at the United Nations in New York City next Wednesday, March 3.
Conducted over three-and-a-half years by authors Susan McKay and Dyan Mazurana with financial support from the Canadian International Development Agency, Where Are the Girls? examines the experiences and roles of girls in fighting forces, with emphasis on the wars in Northern Uganda (1986-present), Sierra Leone (1991-2002), and Mozambique (1976-1992).
A Fair Globalization: Creating Opportunities for All
Globalization can and must change, says a new, groundbreaking report presented the 24th of February to the International Labour Organization (ILO) urging that building a fair and inclusive globalization become a worldwide priority. A Fair Globalization: Creating Opportunities for All calls for an "urgent rethink" of current policies and institutions of global governance. The report was issued by the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization.
