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from The Malta StarThe new pension system which came in force at the beginning of the year discriminates against Maltese women - it makes it more difficult for them to obtain an adequate pension and avoid living below the poverty line. Social Watch, the international network of citizens’ organisations struggling to eradicate poverty, slammed government for not doing enough to ensure that the new pension system does not leave women, low income earners, and other groups without a suitable old age pension.In its annual report for 2007, “Social Watch 2007 report - in dignity and rights”, the platform of NGDOs states: “The parametric reforms are driven by the objective of increasing revenues and decreasing ‘generosity’ in terms of the annual pension benefits paid out, and thus they...

from Malta Today Clayton Mercieca and Angie Farrugia are two social workers currently promoting one of the least talked about issues on the world stage. Development policy is certainly almost non-existent on the political agenda, although at governmental level, a draft for Malta’s development policy on international aid is yet to be crystallised. In the meantime, the Malta NGDO (non-government development organisations) platform strives to bring development issue to the fore of political agendas.“It’s an issue related to of human development, and taking into account those factors, such as human rights, environment, poverty, economic development, which affect human beings in other less developed parts of the world and future generations. Malta too has a role to play in the human...

Access to health care and human rights of asylum seekers in Malta: Experiences, results and recommendations (Médecins du Monde, 2007) [text] Fighting HIV/AIDS together with refugees and internally displaced populations: Summary of 2006 UNHCR Missions (UNHCR, Sept. 2007) [text] Impact Assessment of the Gokwe Integrated Recovery Action Project Zimbabwe (Feinstein International Center, August...