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Newly Published Global Report Features BAN Toxics’ Successful Women Empowerment Initiatives in the Small-Scale Mining Sector

“Despite women holding up half the sky, they remain invisible in the mining sector. As we celebrate Women’s Month, it is crucial to recognize the value and significance of women miners and workers in small-scale gold mining, an already marginalized…

No deployment of NATO ground troops to Ukraine!

The Action Alliance against the NATO Security Conference has adopted the following declaration during its meeting on February 27, 2024: No deployment of NATO ground troops to Ukraine! Immediate initiation of negotiations between the Russian Federation and NATO! Immediate ceasefire!…

Women & War: World BEYOND War’s 2024 Virtual Film Festival

Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival! Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity. Each week, we’ll…

New sentence for Israeli conscientious objector Tal Mitnick

Refuser Tal Mitnick was sentenced yesterday to a third prison term of 45 days after serving two 30-day sentences, amounting to 105 days in prison. After his expected release in April, Mitnick is likely to be imprisoned again for his…

A meeting between women: Experience, force and communication

On the 5th of March, at 7 pm, in the Annette Cabelli space (Ribera de Curtidores, 2 – Madrid), a meeting will occur between women who will talk about themselves and their social actions. The event is organized by Convergencia…

Piñera and his Orwellian ending

Sebastián Piñera, former president of Chile, has died tragically in a helicopter crash in Lago Ranco, Los Ríos region. This event has provoked various reactions and reflections on his life and actions as a politician and businessman. In a critical…

BAN Toxics Supports Senator Binay over Glutathione ‘Drip Anywhere’ Issue

“We share Senator Nancy Binay’s concern regarding the use of intravenous (IV) glutathione due to its associated adverse health effects. The promotion of skin-lightening products and practices by public figures and influencers is troubling, as it contributes to the normalization…

Sofia Orr: “This is why I refuse to enlist in the Israeli army”

My name is Sofia Orr, and I refuse to enlist in the Israeli army because there are no winners in war. Only losers. Everyone living here is losing. In Israel, on the seventh of October, all of us, especially the…

PH dev’t NGOs: Take People Power to Local Communities as Nation Commemorates EDSA Uprising 

The Caucus of Development Non-Government Organization Networks (CODE-NGO) enjoins the Filipino public to keep the spirit of the 1986 EDSA Uprising alive by putting ordinary people at the front and center of local development and local autonomy – ideals, among…

Gaza, MSF speaks to the UN Security Council: “An immediate and lasting ceasefire is needed”

The speech of the MSF secretary-general to the UN Security Council has just finished. Christopher Lockyear, secretary general of Doctors Without Borders [ Médecins sans Frontières] (MSF), in a speech to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), urged member states…

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