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‘Poverty eradication - greatest global challenge’
- Part II:
Creating decent jobs and decreasing living standard differences
26. States are strongly urged to refrain from
promulgating and applying any unilateral economic, financial or
trade measures not in accordance with International Law and the
Charter of the United Nations that impede the full achievement of
economic and social development, particularly in developing
countries.
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Action research for teacher development
It is inspiring to see that the National
Institute of Education has initiated a very comprehensive project to
involve a selected number of teachers and teacher advisors in doing
action research aiming at their professional development under the
guidance of Dr Godwin Kodithuwakku, himself a professional
researcher and the Director of the Research Department and ADG of
the Faculty of Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences.
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The Sri Lankan Rights Watch
The issue of trafficking
I discussed recently three of the four problems
with regard to women raised in the last round of meetings of
Divisional Secretariat Reconciliation Committee meetings. The fourth
I thought had to be looked at separately, because it seemed
extremely serious. This was an issue raised by one of the Women
Development Officers, about a complaint made to her by a man whose
wife had been offered an overseas job by an employment agency.
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Global Scan
EU deal and the welfare state
It should be all too obvious to the world
community that the politico-social crises erupting in the West and
in some regions outside it are, at bottom, sourced by what may be
described as crises in development thinking. The Wall Street
protests in the heart of the West and the continuing bloody
political turmoil in parts of the Mediterranean and the Middle East
are pointers to the fact that the essentials of the welfare state
are of continuing profound relevance to the publics of the world.
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