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16 days of activism to end violence against women

“The PSI WOC members endorse this common work to transform gender relations, including the historic sexual division of labour, the undervaluing of women’s work and the fight for the real materialization of women's rights, including their sexual and reproductive life,” says Juneia Batista, PSI WOC Chair #16days #StopVAW #orangetheworld #MeToo
Solidarity fund for Turkish unions

Since the failed coup, the Turkish government has arrested thousands of workers and trade unionists. PSI calls on affiliates to contribute to a solidarity fund to help trade unions and workers operate under these difficult conditions. #SolidarityTurkey
A better future with #PublicHealth4All

Join PSI's global campaign for the Human Right to Health - the campaign to influence the formulation and implementation of policies leading to Universal Public Health Coverage (UPHC). Now is the time to unite and fight for #PublicHealth4All.
Support Fair and Ethical Recruitment: #NoRecruitmentFees

Join the PSI campaign to abolish the practice of charging recruitment fees on migrant workers. Sign on to the Manifesto and use it to shift policy and practice towards fair and ethical recruitment.

Highlights

Miguel Ángel Mejía: “Since 2009, workers' rights have been decimated in Honduras”

In an interview for PSI, the president of the Union of Medical, Hospital and Similar Workers (Sitramedhys) talks about the situation in the Central American country after suspicions of electoral fraud. “Our perspectives for the future, once the will of the government is imposed, are not very encouraging”.
International Anti-corruption Day, 9 December - Who is protecting the workers who fight corruption?

In view of increasingly more visible cases of corruption, dishonesty and fraud, the public is demanding an improvement in public governance through efficient and transparent public policies. Corruption is now perceived as a social illness that harms the common good that democratic states have the duty to defend.
PSI Denounces Decision by United States Trump Administration to Pull Out of the UN Global Compact on Migration

As delegates from United Nations Member States, international organisations, civil society organisations and various stakeholders gather in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for the Stocktaking Meeting to prepare for the negotiations for the UN Global Compact for Migration in 2018, the Trump Administration announces that the United States is pulling out of the process.