Guest editorials

03.01.2004 Glen Tarman of the Trade Justice Movement argues that increased pressure on governments can help tip the balance of trade in favour of the poor and the environment.

22.12.2003 There has never been a more dangerous time for aid workers, says Jonathan Potter, Director of People In Aid, and their security has become a prime concern--hence the importance of the new Code of Good Practice.

11.12.2003 Kailash Satyarthi, Founder-Chair of the Global March Against Child Labour, advocates an integrated model embracing quality education, social protection to combat child labour, and people-centred development if we are to achieve education for all and eradicate extreme poverty by 2015.

02.12.2003 Countries that consider themselves human rights champions are still reluctant to ratify the convention on protecting migrants’ rights. Rosaura Audi, Editor of December 18, argues the need for better communication between states, citizens and migrants.

24.11.2003 We are rapidly consuming the Earth’s non-renewable endowment, Lester R. Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, reminds us, and need to stabilize population and climate and eradicate poverty at wartime speed.

17.11.2003 Poor and rural people are being squeezed out of the frame by the mass media. And the dot com revolution is hardly in sight for them. Information not technology is the critical issue for WSIS, warns Nalaka Gunawardene – Panos South Asia director.

10.11.2003 Women more than men are displaced by mining and forced out of traditional land-based work into marginalised and often abusive labour roles. TWN-Africa's Allan Lassey and MMP (India) highlight the gender distribution of costs and risks.

03.11.2003 The resurgence of TB, which kills 2 million people a year worldwide – the majority of them in Asia - demands equal attention to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, says freelance writer Renuka Naj.

27.10.2003 Anuradha Vittachi, founding editor of OneWorld, describes a surprisingly effective example of participatory problem-solving, centring on AIDS education, in Kisumu, Kenya.

24.10.2003 October 20, 2003
UNICEF consultant Maggie Black writes about an organisational genius and leading expert in the treatment of tuberculosis in Africa who embodied humility and commitment right up to her untimely death.