Conversations on Vietnam Development
VNN – BY Khoa Thư – July 19, 2019 – 09:00
HÀ NỘI — Meticulously wrapping a white linen scarf around her head, adjusting a silver necklace, Lý Thị Mai made the final touches before joining her friends. Tiếp tục đọc “Better access to information means better chances to thrive”
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than two dozen countries formally called for a U.N. investigation into thousands of killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, activists said.
Iceland submitted the draft resolution backed by mainly European states, they said. The text urges the government to prevent extrajudicial executions and marks the first time that the Human Rights Council has been asked to address the crisis. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippines faces call for U.N investigation into war on drugs killings”
euobserver.com – By LORA VERHEECKE –
Behind the smiles and handshakes, the signature of the EU-Vietnam trade and investment deals – being agreed on Tuesday (25 June) and to be signed at the end of this week – have dire consequences for human well-being and our ability to prevent climate and ecological breakdown.
The deals bear all the hallmarks of the ones with the USA and Canada that caused so much public outcry a few short years ago, but with a twist.
Once again, the inclusion of an Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system threatens public budgets and put social and environmental protections are under threat. Tiếp tục đọc “EU-Vietnam trade deal a bad day for workers’ rights”
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Giới tài chính Hồng Kông thấp thỏm vì các cuộc biểu tình
Chánh Tài Thứ Bảy, 15/6/2019, 19:01
(TBKTSG Online) – Căng thẳng giữa người dân với chính quyền đặc khu Hồng Kông tăng cao liên quan đến dự luật dẫn độ gây tranh cãi, khiến giới lãnh đạo và đầu tư trong lĩnh vực tài chính ở đặc khu này lo lắng về tương lai của một thành phố được ví là trung tâm tài chính của châu Á và toàn cầu.
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| Nhờ nằm ở vị trí cửa ngỏ của Trung Quốc và mô hình “một quốc gia, hai chế độ”, Hồng Kông trở thành một trung tâm tài chính của khu vực và toàn cầu. Ảnh: AFP |
The Supreme Court rejected a Pennsylvania case regarding school policy in a district which allows transgender students to use bathrooms of their choice.(Photo: Smith Collection/Gado/ Contributor/Getty Images)
The Supreme Court rejected a case regarding school policy in a district which allows transgender students to use bathrooms of their choice.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court denied cert to Doe v. Boyertown Area School District, a case concerning a gender identity bathroom and locker room policy at a Pennsylvania high school.
In declining to take up the case, The Supreme Court let stand the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit’s decision, which dismissed the concerns of students who did not wish to share intimate spaces with members of the opposite sex. Tiếp tục đọc “Supreme Court Rejects Case On Transgender Bathrooms. Here’s Why It’s Still a Huge Issue.”
Nguyễn Tiến Lập (*) Thứ Bảy, 29/10/2016, 14:43
(TBKTSG) – Tại sao việc xây dựng và ban hành một luật về hội ở Việt Nam cho tới nay lại gặp nhiều khó khăn, kể từ năm 1957 với Sắc lệnh số 102/SL-L004 do Chủ tịch Hồ Chí Minh ký ban bố luật về quyền lập hội? Tiếp tục đọc “Quyền lập hội, cần một góc nhìn đúng và cách tiếp cận khác”
21/05/2006 15:02 GMT+7
TTCT – “Ở VN có một số người sợ rằng nếu thúc đẩy xã hội dân sự (XHDS) sẽ có sự đối lập với chính quyền. Sợ như thế là hơi quá, là không tin vào người dân. Chính vì vậy, chúng ta cần phải nghiên cứu về XHDS”.
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| Ảnh: Việt Dũng |
* Thưa ông, phải hiểu khái niệm XHDS như thế nào?
– Qua nghiên cứu, chúng tôi nhận thấy XHDS đã tồn tại ở VN từ rất lâu. Nói nôm na, đó là các tổ chức xã hội nằm ngoài Nhà nước, nằm ngoài các hoạt động của doanh nghiệp (thị trường), nằm ngoài gia đình, để liên kết người dân với nhau trong những hoạt động vì một mục đích chung. Tiếp tục đọc “Đừng sợ xã hội dân sự!”
English: What Is The Difference Between “Gender” And “Sex”?
*Để tránh nhầm lẫn, trong bài dưới đây từ Gender được dịch là Giới và từ Sex là Giới tính
Khi hai từ có cùng một nghĩa, chúng ta gọi chúng là từ đồng nghĩa. Khi hai từ có nghĩa khác nhau nhưng lại được sử dụng thay thế cho nhau, thì ta cần tìm hiểu về ý nghĩa thực của những từ đó.
Lấy ví dụ về hai từ Giới – Gender và Giới tính – Sex. Trong khi nhiều người thường dùng hai từ này thay thế cho nhau, nhưng ý nghĩa và cách sử dụng của hai từ lại khác biệt đáng kể và do đó là rất khác nhau. Bởi vì chúng ta thường nói về con người khi sử dụng những thuật ngữ này, vậy nên điều cốt yếu là chúng ta hiểu được nghĩa đúng của các từ khi dùng để tôn trọng người mà ta nói đến
Từ sex có nghĩa là gì? Tiếp tục đọc “Phân biệt hai từ Giới (Gender) và Giới tính (Sex)”
dictionary.com
When two words have the same meaning, we call them synonyms. When two words have different meanings but people use them interchangeably, we write articles about what those words actually mean.
Take gender and sex. While people substitute one for the other on the regular, their meaning and usage are significantly—and consequentially—different. Because we’re most often talking about human beings when we use these terms, it’s critical we get them straight. Give respect to get respect, right?
First, let’s talk about sex (baby). Intercourse aside for these purposes, sex is “a label assigned at birth based on the reproductive organs you’re born with.” Tiếp tục đọc “What Is The Difference Between “Gender” And “Sex”?”
Gold standard: Deuter’s factory in Vietnam. Deuter is an outdoor wear company that has dealt with excessive overtime (a major trigger for harassment and abuse) and is an example of good practice and how brands can influence change. Photograph: Deute
Female factory workers producing clothing and shoes in Vietnam – many probably for major US and European brands – face systemic sexual harassment and violence at work, the Observer can reveal.
Tiếp tục đọc “Study finds workers in Vietnamese factories have been harassed, groped and even raped”
Updated 4:57 AM ET, Wed April 3, 2019
(CNN) When the tiny, oil-rich kingdom of Brunei first announced in 2013 that it would adopt strict Islamic laws, including death by stoning for gay sex, many in the country’s LGBT community considered fleeing.
But some stayed on, hoping that the law, which is set to be formally enacted on April 3, would never come to pass.
“It’s really scary,” says Khairul, a young gay man in Brunei who spoke to CNN over the phone.
He and others interviewed by CNN for this story asked that their real identities to be hidden over concerns for their safety and that of their families. Tiếp tục đọc “Brunei’s LGBT community flees ‘inhumane’ new stoning laws”
Updated 6:13 PM ET, Fri March 15, 2019
Washington (CNN) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the US will deny or revoke visas for International Criminal Court staff.
The move is meant to deter a potential investigation by the judicial body into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by US troops in Afghanistan.
Pompeo, speaking from the State Department Friday, said the restrictions include “persons who take or have taken action to request or further such an investigation.” He said the policy had already taken effect, but declined to say who had been restricted or would face future restrictions. Tiếp tục đọc “US denying visas to International Criminal Court staff”
TĐH: The clash of civil rights law prohibiting discrimination against LGBT on one hand and religious freedom to follow the Bible on the other hand is splitting America in halves and largely explains Trump’s rise to power with the support of the conservatives. The progressive left under Obama has pushed the issue to the degree of oppressing folks with religious beliefs, without carving out a religious exception for them, and thus created a cultural and legal war which is still in full throttle.
Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, accepts congratulations and thanks in his Lakewood shop after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 7-2 in his favor saying his religious beliefs do not violate Colorado’s anti-discrimination law after refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple on June 4, 2018. (Photo: Joe Amon/The Denver Post/Getty Images)
Colorado baker Jack Phillips is 2-0 now after state officials dropped their second attempt to coerce him into baking products that violate his beliefs.
Phillips, in turn, dropped a federal lawsuit.
“I have and will always serve everyone who comes into my shop; I simply can’t celebrate events or express messages that conflict with my religious beliefs,” Phillips said in a statement Tuesday. Tiếp tục đọc “Colorado Drops Second Case Against Christian Baker”
Tiếng Việt theo sau tiếng Anh
Vietnam Communist Party Expels Academic Over Facebook Posts
HANOI (REUTERS) – A Vietnamese academic has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party for posting comments on Facebook deemed to be critical of the party, the government said on Friday.
Tran Duc Anh Son, deputy head of the Danang Institute for Socio-Economic Development, was accused of “writing Facebook posts that were untrue and went against the party’s views and state policies and laws,” the government said in a statement.
Son had been critical at what he perceived as a soft approach by Vietnam on the South China Sea issue with China. Vietnam and China have long been embroiled in maritime disputes in the potentially energy-rich maritime territory. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam Communist Party Expels Academic Over Facebook Posts – Khai trừ Đảng với Phó viện trưởng viết sai sự thật trên Facebook”
U.S. Supreme Court has ended a long legal fight by ruling that a Texas death row inmate is intellectually disabled and thus may not be executed. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Finding that a Texas court hadn’t followed its instructions, the U.S. Supreme Court has declared that a Texas man who killed a store clerk during a botched robbery attempt “is a person with intellectual disability” and therefore cannot be put to death.
This is the second time the Supreme Court has weighed in on the case, which stems from a 1980 robbery in which Bobby J. Moore shot and killed a store clerk. The issue before the court has been whether Moore lacked the intellectual capacity to be put to death for his crime. Tiếp tục đọc “US Supreme Court blocks State of Texas from executing mentally disabled man”
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