Trade unions and civil society organizations have demanded that India take a firm stand by urging for replacing the ailing global financial architecture by a new one embodying principles of economic justice and equitable development.

Political scientist and pan-African campaigner Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem died on 25 May in a car accident on his way to Nairobi Airport. Firoze Manji writes.

The Global Action Week (April 20 to 26th), organized by the Global Campaign for Education is now in motion. This year the focus is on Youth and Adult Education and "The Big Read" is the action planned on this occasion.

With traditional tourism hit hard by the global recession, Costa Rica is seeking to draw foreign visitors by offering low-cost, high-quality health care – especially targeting people from the United States, where the same medical procedures can cost up to four times more.

"The male latex condom is the single, most efficient, available technology to reduce the sexual transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections."

The International Civil Society Forum (FISC, for its Portuguese acronym) is an international event on Youth and Adult Education, to be held in Belém, capital of the state of Pará, Brazil, between May 16th and 18th, 2009.

In a crowded room with an intense participation of the public, the National Campaign for the Right to Education launched the publication "Funding education within the government Lula".

A new ITUC report on core labour standards in Guatemala demonstrates how trade unionists are being discriminated against, threatened and even murdered as a result of their trade union activities.

The World Social Forum ended its ninth edition Sunday in Belém with its "Assembly of assemblies" adopting dozens of resolutions and proposals to be the subjects of a program of mobilizations around the world in 2009.

As another gathering of activists from around the world unfolds in Belém, Brazil, IPS asked Oloo for his views on the Forum's past and future.