2005/08/02
UK Company Accused of Multiple Violations
This week sees the launch of a major critical report on India's largest mining company, Vedanta Resources plc, based in London.

2005/07/25
NGOs review India's progress on MDGs
New Delhi: It is now over a year since the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government took over the reigns in India in May 2004. As part of the action to ensure that the Government delivers on promises made, civil society organizations in India undertook a detailed review of the Common Minimum Program (CMP).

2005/06/28
Social Watch participation in the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development
The High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development took place at UN Headquarters in New York on 27 and 28 June 2005. The overall theme of the High-level Dialogue was "The Monterrey Consensus: status of implementation and tasks ahead".

Members of Social Watch participated in the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development.

2005/06/24
Social Watch participation in the Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly
The Informal Interactive Hearings of the General Assembly with non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations and the private sector were held on 23 and 24 June 2005, in preparation of the Millennium Summit+5 that will take place in September 2005.

2005/06/23
Advance Social Watch Report 2005 - Press Conference
Press Conference: Mr. Roberto Bissio, Social Watch Coordinator, Dr. Karina Batthyany, Social Watch Head Researcher, Ms. Rehema Kerefu-Sameji, Social Watch Tanzania, and Ms. Barbara Adams (moderator), Chief of Strategic Partnerships and Communications at UNIFEM, to discuss Social Watch's publication, "Advance Social Watch Report 2005: Unkept Promises. What the numbers say about poverty and gender."

[Webcast: Archived Video - 31 minutes]

2005/06/23
Invitation to the launch of the Advance Social Watch Report 2005
You are invited to the launch of the ADVANCE Social Watch Report 2005

"Unkept Promises What the numbers say about poverty and gender"

2005/06/21
Advance Social Watch Report 2005
The Advance Social Watch Report 2005 titled "Unkept Promises. What the numbers say about poverty and gender” is now available at the website.

2005/05/11
The 2004 Social Watch report will be launched in Cairo
The Arab NGO Network for Development (ANND) organised a press conference for the launching of the Arabic edition of the Social Watch 2004 Annual Report at the Flamenco Hotel in Cairo, the 11 of May 2005. Representatives of various Arab Civil Society Organizations, from 14 Arab countries: Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco, Tunis, Algeria, Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt will attend the press conference.

2005/04/12
Social protection network
In 2000, the civil society international network “Social Watch” submitted its first evaluation of the World Summit for Social Development 1995-2000. On such occasion the recommendation was “to create social protection networks” with the participation of the different sectors for the purpose of contributing to the eradication of poverty.

2005/04/01
Social Watch Asia Regional Meeting in Cambodia
The Social Watch Asia Regional Meeting was held in Siem Reap, Cambodia from March 30 to April 1st 2005.