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The IYCW in a symposium on global digitization in Germany

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Created: 12 January 2019

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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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Second Issue of IYCW Bulletin: "The Gender Challenge"

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Created: 14 December 2021

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The Gender Challenge

The IYCW is a movement committed to young workers, which wants to respond to their needs and class aspirations and tries to represent all their diversity. Since 2016 in the framework of its campaign for Just Work with adequate Social Protection for all, the movement developed, among others, specific campaigns in the sector of precarious work (production chains, work in the maquilas/FTZ...), in the informal sector and the Social Solidarity and Economy.

Likewise, the IYCW has intensified the debates and actions on the gender dimension, because regardless of the situation in the different sectors of society, exploitation is still more pronounced towards women as a whole, and especially towards young women workers, whom we are reaching.

In the processes of action and organization we have carried out, we have become aware of the imbalances and inequalities that exist in society with regard to the rights of men and women, although the laws contemplate them, it is almost always "wet paper". At this point in the history of mankind, technical development and global progress in all aspects, has not been able to pass on the benefits of human development equally between men and women. Why is that?

In this issue we want to address the transversal nature of the gender dimension through an analysis of what is happening at the international level, recognizing the progress made and paying special attention to the activities and actions that the YCW movements are developing in the countries. We also collected testimonies on adult support for actions and programs in this sector.

In June 2022, the IYCW organized a webinar on the topic and this publication also makes the link to that activity. By focusing on this dimension, we want to make what is happening visible and bring elements to the debate in the society.

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In the footsteps of Cardijn

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Created: 09 June 2022

A celebration in memory of Joseph Cardijn in Namur

A mass was celebrated in memory of Cardinal Cardijn in the Saint-Nicholas church in Namur, Belgium, on May 8, 2022, on the initiative of former members of Catholic action movements who used the See-Judge-Act method created by the founder of the Young Christian Workers, a movement whose 100th anniversary will be celebrated in 2025 and which has branches in some fifty countries around the world and an international secretariat in Schaerbeek, Belgium.

At the request of Mgr Warin, Bishop of Namur, the mass was presided over by Fr Joseph Bayet, former JOC-F chaplain and former vicar general in Namur, assisted by Fr Jacques Hanon, IYCW collaborator, and Fr Pierre Dejardin, the parish priest.

During the service, the Philippine Leizyl Salem, treasurer of the IYCW, who was accompanied by the Brazilian Arlindo De Oliveira, in charge of the International Cardijn Association (ICA), recalled that Joseph Cardijn's parents had accepted that their eldest son study to become a priest instead of going to work in a factory, because he wanted to help young workers to find answers to their difficult living conditions, using the famous See-Judge-Act method that he proposed later on.

Quoting testimonies from members of different branches of the IYCW, the dynamic spokesperson showed how Cardijn's legacy is still relevant today and how important it is for those young people to be part of the movement which "since its foundation, has always been committed to the development and transformation of young people's lives and work."

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First Issue of IYCW Bulletin in a new format

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The International YCW is proposing a new issue and a new format of its bulletin. Together with the International Cardijn Association (ICA), we want to provide you with information that summarizes our analysis as well as the actions carried out in the different countries where we have and build IYCW member movements. This new format will hopefully attract new readers and serve as a training tool for young workers and all those interested in the International YCW.

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JOC Europe Publishes European Parliament Votes

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Created: 13 December 2021

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Who is voting against a waiver for the intellectual property rights on Covid vaccines? What does the European Parliament say about a right to disconnect from work? These and other questions are part of a campaign JOC Europe is starting on Twitter and Instagram. With the help of Vote Watch Europe and in cooperation with ACV, there will be publications in the upcoming weeks showing how the different groups in the European Parliament are voting on relevant topics. Follow @EuropeJoc on Twitter or @joceurope on Instagram to keep up to date.

IYCW at UNESCO: Invest in Strong Social Protection

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The IYCW was invited to the 41st UNESCO general assembly which took place at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France from 9-24 November 2021. As an official partner of UNESCO, the IYCW was invited to provide its views on the issues currently under the attention of UNESCO.

Sarah Prenger, the IYCW president, shared her views on education, work and youth. She appreciated the director general of UNESCO highlighting the impact of educational disruption due to the pandemic on almost two billion learners.

“I thank the director general of UNESCO for pointing out that in the year 2020, 1.6 billion learners were affected by an unprecedented educational disruption. These data just show how billions of people around the world are far from living in dignity,” Sarah said.

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  1. IYCW at the ILO Conference: Who Profits Must Contribute to Ending Inequality and Discrimination
  2. Errol Samarista: All Fishermen to Receive Adequate Social Protection
  3. Paraguay YCW: 80 Years of Life, Struggle and Workers' Action
  4. Pope Francis to the YCW: Advance the Kingdom of God through the building of a more just and equitable society
  5. We Are Called to Act! We Are Connected! Act for Change and for Social Justice
  6. In Baudour, a small town in Wallonia (Belgium), former YCW members have kept the values of the YCW alive for over 40 years!
  7. Young Workers for Change Towards Decent Work and Fairer World
  8. 75th Anniversary of UNESCO: Youth to Take the Lead
  9. News from the ICA: Welcome to our New Members!
  10. Pope Francis to the ILO: Calls for Economic Reforms and Social Protection to be Strengthened for Every Worker to be Respected
  11. History is a dynamic and infinite process
  12. Uncertain Dreams of European Young Workers in the Shadow of the Covid-19 crisis
  13. CIOs Addressing the Impact of Covid-19: Young Workers, Informal Economy Workers, Migrants and Women are the Most Vulnerable
  14. The IYCW Stands Strong with Colombian People for Peace, Ending Human Rights Violations
  15. The IYCW Echoes the Workers’ Voice in ILO Conference: Act for Social Justice and Respect Everyone’s Dignity
  16. The IYCW called on 187 ILO Member States to Act in Solidarity for Stronger and Transformative Social Protection System
  17. The Impact of Covid-19 on Young Workers: an analysis by the International YCW
  18. YCW-Info 2018
  19. International Conference of NGOs at UNESCO: The IYCW Calls for Empowering Programs for the Youth
  20. Statement of the Civil Society Organizations that attended the International Labour Conference

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