Today is the International Day of Peace, which serves as a day devoted to strengthening international commitments towards peace and non-violence. This year, during the opening of the UN General Assembly, over 200 global peacebuilding organizations came together to encourage governments and the UN system to refocus on peace, justice, and inclusion in development, crisis response, and in addressing the climate emergency. Read the statement here.
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PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS
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The Fuller Project continues to report on stories of Afghan women in an ongoing series on women who are living under Taliban rule, or who have been forced to flee their homeland. They are also sharing the stories of women journalists who face a unique danger in this time.
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Social auditors have been linked to industrial tragedies after failing to flag issues in factories, farms, and workplaces. In their new report, Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and their Corporate Legal Accountability project explore how social audit firms can be held liable for human rights abuses.
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After more than 50 years of war in Colombia, this article explains how HU partner, Everyday Peace Indicators, is working with Colombians to use photography to express what peace and justice means to them. Learn more about the work of EPI here.
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Without comprehensive human rights plans or worker engagement, FIFA World Cup history will repeat itself, harming workers across North America. This open letter from the Migration that Works Coalition explains why FIFA should be actively engaging with migrant workers and civil society.
+Peace and a growing coalition of peacebuilders around the world are “taking space for peace in our cities” this summer through the peacebuilding days of action campaign, a two-month annual global campaign that celebrates and centers peacebuilding. Learn more here.
The WikiRate Project's latest report sets a vision for more and better labor data sharing amongst organizations. They also wrote a guest blog for HU on building an open and integrated data ecosystem for labor rights in supply chains. To learn more, watch the recording of their recent webinar on the topic.
This month, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante is celebrating 16 years of working to defend and protect the rights of migrant workers. To celebrate, they are sharing 16 videos featuring allies, supporters, and workers who have worked for justice with CDM throughout its history. Share your wish with CDM on Twitter by using the hashtag #MyWishForCDM.
Global Press Journal released a trailer for a mini documentary about how their all-female reporting team are reimagining international journalism.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT HU
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HU Managing Director Melanie Greenberg joined Maria Victoria Llorenta, Executive Director of Fundacíon Ideas para la Paz in Colombia, in conversation about peacebuilding in Colombia and the future of peace at the Innovate Philanthropy Symposium. Watch a recording of their conversation here.
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Earlier this month, HU Director Ame Sagiv joined Oceana, World Wildlife Fund, and other experts for a virtual media roundtable on tackling illegal fishing and forced labor in the seafood sector. Watch a recording of the conversation.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND US
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Join us on November 1-5 at this year's Global Investigative Journalism Conference, the premier international conference on watchdog journalism. HU Director of Independent Journalism and Media, Liz Baker, will participate on a panel on the topic of funding journalism. Register to attend here.
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OTHER NEWS & VIEWS
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Nigeria’s Twitter ban remains in effect, likely until the end of 2021. A new piece in Foreign Policy by HU’s Kehinde Togun and CDD West Africa’s Hassan Idayat explains why the country should listen to citizens' voices, not silence them.
An investigation by Mongabay, Tansa and the Environmental Reporting Collective shows that the abuses suffered by workers on a Dalian Ocean Fishing vessel that led to the death of four workers were widespread and systematic across the company’s fleet.
In this piece by The Committee to Protect Journalists, Jane Ferguson, a correspondent for PBS NewsHour and contributor to The New Yorker magazine, spoke to CPJ about her reporting in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover.
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