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UNICEF supports the EHHR campaign with a PSA

UNICEF teamed up with The Elders' Archbishop Desmond Tutu, creating this new campaign public service announcement for 'December's Rights of the Child' campaign theme.

Stand Up and Take Action - Official 2008 Clip

October 17th has arrived at the International Date Line, and this years 'Stand Up Take Action' event is underway. Watch this year's official clip for the big event.




Mark the 60th Anniversary with your 'Stand Up'

Starting in just 4 days, people around the world will 'Stand Up and Take Action' against poverty and injustice. The Elders' Desmond Tutu has sent out a message of support for participants, "by standing together, you could be the first generation to end one of the great injustices and human rights violations in history - extreme poverty..."

Madmundo.tv - Decent Work Forum

This fourth Decent Work film from Madmundo shows some of the highlights from the Liberia Decent Work Forum. The two day forum took place in Monrovia, bringing together NGOs, corporate managers and representatives of several African countries working to promote decent work throughout the continent.


Madmundo.tv - Monrovia

This third Decent Work film from Madmundo accompanies Mary Robinson to Liberia on her field visit of a concrete decent work program put in place by the ILO to create jobs in order to revive the national economy and increase local living standards. Mary Robinson found an opportunity to measure the extent of the impact...

Poverty Hearings Show People Behind Numbers

Is it possible that we are not on track to realize the Millennium Development Goals by 2015? An incredible story written by Mirela Xanthaki for IPS News captures some of the outcomes from last week's Poverty Hearings in New York, where GCAP shared some of the latest poverty figures and stories about the people behind the numbers.

Age Demands Action - HelpAge International

Standing up for the rights of older people - group commitment
In addition to thousands of people around the world standing up for the rights of older people as part of Help Age International's work, 1,500 people have signed on online pledge standing up for the rights of older people: declaring their believe "that everyone, without distinction, is entitled to the rights and freedoms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including the right to social security (Article 22). Every human has rights."

Madmundo.tv - Mary Robinsons & Juan Somavia

This second Decent Work film from Madmundo captures excerpts from a conversation between Mary Robinson and ILO Director General, Juan Somavia, during the Oslo Decent Work Conference. They discuss how the decent work agenda can improve the current model for trade and globalization, and some of the concrete steps needed to make it happen.

Madmundo.tv - Decent Work as a Right?

Madmundo.tv uses film to investigate globalization and the impacts it has on each of us. Their latest effort is focused on Decent Work. The Madmundo team filmed Mary Robinson and her colleagues at Realizing Rights on the "decent work road" from Oslo to Monrovia and to New York; filming events and interviews along the way.

Decent Work and the MDG's: Update from New York

Ela Bhatt delivered a call for Decent Work and renewed commitment to uphold human rights and end global poverty at the High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals at the UN on 25 September. We're collecting materials to bring you more detailed coverage of what was a big week for some of the EHHR campaign partners; in meantime, here is a recap from some of our partner's websites.

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