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The IYCW in a symposium on global digitization in Germany

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Actively shaping digitization - worldwide!

In cooperation with KAB (National Movement of WMCW-MMTC), the World Emergency Office and KönzgenHaus, a two-day symposium entitled "Global digitization: risks and opportunities of work in the future" was held in Cologne/Haltern, last December 2018. Can global digitization - in the world of work and in daily life - really put an end to extreme poverty, inequality and injustice and also initiate an ecological trend reversal?

Digitalisation eats up resources - an ecological time bomb

"Digitalisation does not reduce our ecological footprint; on the contrary, the introduction of autonomous driving alone would increase the energy demand extraordinarily due to the extreme growth of data streams," emphasised Sven Hilbig, world trade officer at the development agency Brot für die Welt. “The battery of an electric car contains 10,000 times as much lithium as a cell phone battery. The resulting increase in demand for raw materials from Africa and South America is a serious problem for social and ecological sustainability in the global South. Digital trade, as here with raw materials, also threatens to restrict the scope for developing and emerging countries; above all the digital supply chains increase the added value of globally operating corporations and platforms.” 

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The Impact of Covid-19 on Young Workers: an analysis by the International YCW

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Silence is Not an Option, End Police Repression!

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Since 1997, every year on the 15th March, activists from various parts of the world call for protests and direct action against police repression or brutality. At the moment, it is difficult to gather together because of the pandemic but this does not mean that we will remain silent. Violence of authorities destroys local communities and creates a situation where any initiative is punishable not only by fines and days of imprisonment, but also by beatings and torture! While violence against political activists has to some extent fallen compared to the 20th century, today, violence against ordinary people is only increasing. This may be due to indifference, lack of solidarity or discrimination based on age or ethnical group.

On the International Day against Police Repression, the International Young Christian Workers is joining the working class, the civil society and social movements to condemn police violence and state repression.

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International Women's Day, March 8, 2021 – For the IYCW, “Young Women Are at the Forefront of Change”

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There is nothing very different in celebrating International Women's Day this year, except that the situation is even more precarious today and impacts a lot of young workers. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, young women workers were already suffering. With the conditions in their workplaces, many rights were neglected and not respected. Under the COVID-19 pandemic, young women workers in particular are being more affected, not only in terms of health risks, but also in terms of economic impact.

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“From crisis to conversion” - 11 international Cardijn-inspired movements call to use the crisis for holistic change

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The International Specialised Catholic Action Movements (Miacs) represent more than 500 movements around the world with a great diversity of countries and backgrounds. One year of exchanges about the impacts of the Covid on the respective members resulted in the common conviction that “a system that cannot solve these problems […] must change”. The pandemic brutally aggravates pre-existing problems such as unemployment, inequalities between genders, between rich and poor within and between countries as shown by various surveys carried out by Midade, Fimarc and the IYCW.

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To Meet Post Covid-19 Challenges, the IYCW Calls To Work With and For Young Workers

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Young workers have been particularly affected by the pandemic that hit all continents in 2020. Governments and actors of society have to unite to support them, as requested by the International Young Christian Workers (IYCW) based in Brussels and active on all continents. 

With the title “The impact of Covid-19 on young workers,” the International Young Christian Workers (IYCW) has published, in about twenty pages, an analysis based on the See-Judge-Act method of the movement. It was presented at the beginning of a webinar that brought together over a hundred participants from more than 30 different countries on Saturday, December 12, despite the time differences. They included current and former YCW leaders, but also partners and supporters from all over the world, from Australia and Venezuela to Belgium, from Gabon to Argentina, from Sri Lanka and Canada to Tanzania, including members of other movements and organizations, such as the International Labour Organization (ILO).

An In-Depth Study

Quoting testimonies of YCW members from Egypt, Peru, Haiti, Germany, Japan, Brazil and the Philippines, this analysis first shows that due to the spread of Covid-19, young workers were among the first victims and they lost their sources of income, but also that the digitization of the (working) world has accelerated with both positive and negative consequences. The survey goes on to indicate that gender inequalities and injustices are even more pronounced and that migrants are particularly impacted, especially in refugee camps where it is, to say the least, difficult to respect social distancing! The lack of social protection is even more blatant, health is endangered as it is not being guaranteed at work, and reactions within the society vary greatly, with on the one hand many actions of solidarity and, on the other hand, many questions as to the real societal priorities.

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  1. Listen to the Cry of the Most Vulnerable in the Most Crucial Time We Face as Humans! And Take Steps in their Favor!
  2. IYCW Statement on the International Day for Decent Work
  3. 63rd Anniversary of the International YCW: Fighting for a just and dignified world!
  4. IYCW demands valorization of domestic work(ers)
  5. Press release of the International YCW for 1st May
  6. On May 1st, the International YCW asserts the right to live and work in dignity!
  7. "Working for a Promising Future", IYCW Intervention at the ILO Centenary, ILC 2019
  8. International YCW Statement Regarding the Political Situation in Venezuela
  9. IYCW, MIJARC and FIMARC Setting a Course of Action Together
  10. The Philippines YCW held its 34th National Council in Taytay, Rizal
  11. James, our YCW brother yesterday, today and forever
  12. Celebrating May First?
  13. The International Council and its Relevance to the Future of the World of Work
  14. International Colloquy and Public Opening of the XIVth International Council
  15. International Plan of Action 2017-2020
  16. December 12, 2020: Join the IYCW for a Webinar on The Impact of Covid-19 on Young Workers' Reality
  17. IYCW and ICYCW celebration of Cardijn's Birthday: The Spirit of Cardijn alive in the action of YCW today
  18. IYCW Panel Debate: "Popular Education as an Organizing Tool
  19. IYCW International Seminar, Bandung, Indonesia - August 2018
  20. YCW Europe develops a continental vision

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