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Asia-Pacific

Privatization Watch - 01/2017

30 January 2017

An overview of global trends in privatization of public services. Privatization Watch - Issue 01/2017

PSI Philippine affiliates roll-out PSI No Recruitment Fees campaign in Mindanao

24 January 2017

More than 60 representatives of trade unions and civil society groups attended the first regional public symposium on fair and ethical recruitment on 10 January 2017 in Davao City, Philippines. The regional roll-out of the PSI No Recruitment Fees campaign took place during this event.

GLU: Massive Open Online Course on decent work in global supply chains

23 January 2017

The new online course organized by the Global Labour University is online now!

140th WHO Executive Board

Date: 
23 January, 2017 to 1 February, 2017

The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. This year the annual Board meeting is held from 23 January – 1 February. The members will agree upon the agenda for the World Health Assembly and the resolutions to be considered by the Health Assembly.

WHO holds 140th Executive Board meeting in Geneva

23 January 2017

From today (23) until February 1, member states will be deliberating on a wide range of issues. PSI will be active at the Global Health Watch monitoring the public sessions and intervening on technical issues. The Global Health Watch is a forum for global civil society to question and challenge the influence of neoliberalism on health and global health policy.

Join the Global Women’s Movement

19 January 2017
Women's March

On 21 January, the day after Trump's inauguration, thousands of women have organized to march on Washington in support of women's rights. Hundreds of solidarity "sister marches" will be held on the same day in other major metropolitan areas around the world.

Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence

18 January 2017

The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, who was already in jail for nearly seven years, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release. Manning had been sentenced to 35 years for her role in leaking diplomatic cables to Wikileaks in 2010.

High-Level Policy Forum & OECD Health Ministerial (Paris)

Date: 
16 January, 2017 to 17 January, 2017

Public Services International (PSI) and The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) will be participating and contributing to the High-Level Policy Forum on 16 January and OECD Health Ministerial on 17 January 2017.

Health Ministerial Meeting: Joint trade union statement

13 Jan 2017

The Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) and the Public Services International (PSI) have prepared a joint statement prior to the OECD Health Ministerial Meeting taking place in Paris on 17 January where Ministers from over 35 OECD and partner countries will exchange their ideas, ambitions and challenges for The Next Generation of Health Reforms.

PSI briefing: The Future of Health

13 Jan 2017

PSI has commissioned a new briefing entitled “The Future of Health: Person Centred Care in Policy and Practice”, by Kate Baylis, SOAS, University of London.