GI-ESCR in the media

Changing the narrative on economic, social and cultural rights 

We constantly look for innovative ways to effectively further social and economic justice, gender equality and human dignity. Changing the narrative is at the core of this mission. We seek to reach out to people, by engaging with their diversity, values and experiences and, as far as possible, in their own languages. For us, media outlets represent an important bridge that meet this goal. As we work in many countries around the world and at global level too, we strive to engage with media outlets worldwide, focusing not only on articles but also on interviews and open editorials as a human voice relaying people’s experiences and alternatives for transformative change.   

GI-ESCR welcomes all media-related enquiries on human rights issues. If you are interested, please contact communications@gi-escr.org

2023

8 March 2023 - Social Europe (UK) - How to strengthen women’s resilience to disasters. Op-Ed by our ED Magdalena Sepúlveda on International Women’s Day.

20 February 2023 - The Standard (Kenya) - Step up campaign for equity in the provision of public services. Op-Ed by Ashina Mstumi and Valentina Contreras on Social Justice Day, about the Santiago Declaration, a direct result of the Our Future is Public conference held last December in Santiago de Chile.

18 January 2023 - La Nación (Argentina) - América Latina debe dejar de ignorar el elefante en la sala. Op-Ed by our ED Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona and Vicente Silva, on the need for the Latam region to achieve global, sustainable and equitable taxation.

18 January 2023 - El País (Costa Rica) - Colombia propone primera cumbre latinoamericana para una tributación global.

2022

6 December 2022 - Social Europe - Taxing super-profits to beat inflation, defend rights. (Op-Ed by our ED Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, which has been published in 24 media outlets in 23 countries as well as in some global and regional outlets. The Op-Ed is available in 5 different languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Italian.

30 November 2022 - El Acento (Dominican Republic) - Abogan porque países latinoamericanos trabajen juntos para implementar reformas fiscales progresivas.

22 November 2022 - El Mostrador (Chile) - "Nuestro futuro es público", la conferencia que realizará GI-ESCR

18 November 2022 - Observatorio Ciudadano (Chile) - Recomendación sobre los derechos de las mujeres y niñas indígenas de CEDAW considera recomendación presentada por GI-ESCR.

16 November 2022 - Nexos (Mexico) - El cambio climático a juicio de derechos humanos. Op-Ed by José Antonio Guevara Bermúdez.

13 October 2022 - EFE Agency (Spain)- Winds of Change: the future of tax reforms in Latin America.

11 October 2022 - Norrag (Switzerland) - Are commercial private schools improving transparency in education?

22 September 2022 - México Social (Mexico) - Llamado a Chile y Colombia para un nuevo pacto fiscal.

1 September 2022 - France24 (France) - Chile new constitution: Activists fight to stop spead of fake news ahead of vote

13 August 2022 - El Mostrador (Chile) - Los nuevos aires de la política exterior del Gobierno. Op-Ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda and Vicente Silva.

5 August 2022 - BioBio (Chile) - Es un deber democrático que la ciudadanía conozca la nueva Constitución. Op-Ed by Valentina Contreras.

5 August 2022 - Contexto Factual (Chile) - Las iniciativas que buscan analizar normas de la propuesta constitucional.

5 August 2022 - NewsClick ( India) - Commercialisation Deprives Kenyan Slum-Dwellers of Proper Healthcare.

3 August 2022 - The Niche (Nigeria) - African CSOs decry private sector takeover of education, dying public schools.

28 July 2022 - RWI (Sweden) - Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Headed for another Cold War? (Op-Ed by our ED, Magdalena Sepúlveda)

24 July 2022 - Violeta Radio (Mexico) - De Rebeldías y Resiliencias Ambientales Feministas.

17 July 2022 - Notre Voie (Côte d’Ivoire) - Le MIDH revisite les principes d’Abidjan sur le système éducatif.

1st July 2022 - Le Jour Plus (Côte d’Ivoire) - Système éducatif ivoirien: Un atelier du Midh pour contribuer à l'amélioration de la qualité.

30 June 2022 - L’Expression (Côte d’Ivoire) - Marchandisation de l’école. Le Midh fait des recommandations.

19 June 2022 -ABC Net (Australia) - Reembracing the spirit of public service.

19 June 2022 - Mexico Social (Mexico) - La Constitución es Nuestra (The constitution is ours).

10 June 2022 -Bianet (Turkey) - "Umut insanlara geri dönüyor" ("Hope returns to people"). On Chile’s constitutional process and our work in the country, featuring GI-ESCR Representative in Chile, Valentina Contreras.

8 June 2022 - Open Global Rights (Global) - Can commercialized healthcare systems help us adapt to the climate crisis? The article quotes our report: Patients or Customers? The Impact of Commercialised Healthcare on the Right to Health in Kenya during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

7 June 2022 - El Mostrador (Chile) - Cumbre de las Américas: la oportunidad de Boric contra los paraísos fiscales. Op-Ed by Rodrigo Echecopar, GI-ESCR Director of Strategy and Advocacy.

30 May 2022 - Bio Bio (Chile) - La Constitución es Nuestra. Op-Ed by Andrea Castellón, GI-ESCR Program officer. The article refers to our join project to disseminate information about the constitutional process in Chile.

27 May 2022 - Revista Haz (Spain)- La sociedad civil latinoamericana participa en el cambio de constitución chilena.

20 May 2022 - The BMJ (Global) - States cannot negotiate a pandemic treaty alone. Op-Ed by our ED Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona co-written with Tim Fish Hodgson and Mike Podmore.

11 May 2022 - Social Europe (Europe) - The post-pandemic recovery will be green and feminist or it will not be. (Op-Ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona).

25 April 2022 - Encuentro internacional Servicios Públicos Universales y de Calidad para el nuevo Chile.

16 April 2022 - People’s Dispatch (India) - Civil society organizations criticize World Bank Group for privatization of healthcare.

15 April 2022 - World Education Blog (Global) - The World Bank delivers a blow to commercial practices in education.

13 April 2022 - TV 47 Kenya (Kenya)- A report on the impact of commercialized healthcare in Nigeria has been launched.

9 April 2022 - G5 Noticias (Chile) - Lanzan en Chile primera resolución centrada en la emergencia climática y su alcance con los derechos humanos.

7 April 2022 - Pauta (Chile) - Análisis de las incipientes medidas de gobierno bajo la lupa de los derechos humanos.

7 April 2022 - Africa Rights Talk podcast (South Africa) - Reversing the commercialisation of public services with a particular focus on the right to health.

4 April 2022 - Poder360 (Portugal) - Plebiscito abre caminho para maior justiça fiscal no Chile, Op-ed on fiscal justice by Magdalena Sepúlveda and Ricardo Martner.

1 April 2022 - Reunión de Pauta (Chile) - Derechos de propiedad en la Convención: ¿Avance o regresión?.

22 March 2022 -Radio Universidad de Chile (Chile) - Our Director of Strategy and Policy, Rodrigo Echecopar, participated in the radio show La Política en vivo (as of minute 33) to discuss Chile’s constitutional moment.

8 March 2022 - An op-ed by our Executive Director Magdalena Sepúlveda on International Women’s Day gained worldwide attention. It is available in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.

8 March 2022 - El País (Spain) - Huelga Feminista para reconocer y reinventar el papel de los cuidados en Latinoamérica. Op-Ed by Valentina Contreras.

8 March 2022 - Red/Acción (Argentina) - Participación ambiental y energética para las mujeres de América Latina. Op-Ed by Alejandra Lozano y Valentina Contreras.

8 March 2022 - El Cohete a la Luna (Argentina) - En la Senda de Chile: La recuperación post-pandemia será verde y feminista o no será. Op-Ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona.

2 March 2022 - City Voice (Nigeria) - New report exposes failure of commercialised healthcare amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.

11 February 2022 - Infobae América (Latin America) - Cómo una política tributaria regenerativa puede reducir la desigualdad y por qué Chile tiene la oportunidad de llevarla adelante.

31 January 2022 - Radio Universidad de Chile (Chile) - Impulsan propuesta de norma para asegurar servicios públicos universales.

31 January 2022 - El Desconcierto (Chile) - A un día para cierre del plazo: 60 iniciativas populares de norma logran firmas necesarias.

29 January 2022 - El Ciudadano (Chile) - “Servicios públicos para la igualdad de género” (Public services for gender equality). An Op-Ed by Programme Officer Valentina Contreras and Nayareth Quevedo, PSI Secretary for the Southern Cone Subregion.

27 January 2022 - Página 19 (Chile) - Iniciativa Popular: Servicios Públicos Universales y de Calidad y Política Fiscal Justa para la Garantía de Derechos Sociales.

25 January 2022 - El Mostrador (Chile) - “Sin recursos ni servicios públicos no hay derechos": Sindicatos y organizaciones presentan iniciativa popular de norma para garantizar derechos sociales. Along with partners, GI-ESCR launched a popular initiative to include in the Chilean new Constitution the promotion of universal and quality public services and tax justice as mechanisms to guarantee economic, social and cultural rights in practice.

20 January 2022 - El Mostrador (Chile) - Servicios públicos para la igualdad de género: "La Convención tiene la capacidad de transformar las condiciones de vida de las mujeres". An Op-Ed by Programme Officer Valentina Contreras and Nayareth Quevedo, PSI Secretary for the Southern Cone Subregion.

19 January 2022 - Infobae América (Latin America) - Qué artículos se pueden incluir en una constitución para que apunte a garantizar la equidad de género.

17 January 2022 - Le Temps (Switzerland) - La justice fiscale n’est pas une bataille technique. Op-Ed by our ED Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona.

2021

29 December 2021 - Television: Mexico Social (Mexico)- Iniciativa global por los derechos económicos y culturales. Mario Luis Fuentes interviewed our ED Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona for TV show at Channel ONCE in Mexico.

22 December 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - "Más que juanitas": 26 organizaciones feministas se unen para que la nueva Constitución reduzca la desigualdad de género

13 December 2021 - Desinformémonos (Mexico) - Exige ONU a México y Francia información sobre imposición de proyecto eólico en Oaxaca

December 2021 - 23 media Outlets (Global) An op-ed by our Executive Director Magdalena Sepúlveda on Tax justice as a crucial tool to advance human rights, gained worldwide attention. It is available in English, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese.

2 December 2021 - Infobae América (Latam)- Por qué las constituciones más modernas incorporan el derecho a la vivienda digna y al hábitat saludable.

30 November 2021 - Aljazeera (Global)- Rich countries must stop blocking the COVID vaccine patent waiver. Op-ed co-signed by our ED Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona.

22 November 2021 - Diario Constitucional (Chile) - Se define periodo para presentar iniciativas populares para la Nueva Constitución

14 November 2021 - Open Global Rights (Global) - What Chile can learn from South Africa about social rights. Op-ed signed by Sandy Liebenberg.

8 November 2021 - La Tercera (Chile) - Columna de Meghan Campbell: El derecho constitucional de las mujeres a la igualdad. Op-ed based in one of the chapters included in the book “Social Rights and the Constitutional Moment in Chile”.

2 November 2021 - The Clinic (Chile) - Educación, vivienda y salud: por qué la Nueva Constitución debe profundizar en los derechos de niños y adolescentes

01 November 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - Derechos sexuales y reproductivos descentralizados en la Nueva Constitución

27 October 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - Organizaciones de la sociedad civil presentan propuestas para incorporar el derecho a la vivienda en la nueva Constitución

26 October 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - La emergencia climática y la urgencia de impuestos globales para el Sur Global (Climate emergency and the pressing need of global taxes for the Global South). Op-ed signed by Rodrigo Echecopar from GI-ESCR and Pedro Cisterna from Nuestra América Verde.

12 October 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - El rol de las mujeres indígenas en el desarrollo social, político y cultural de sus pueblos y en la construcción de un nuevo Chile

7 October 2021 - Le Quotidien (Senegal) - Education – Qualité de l’offre dans l’école élémentaire : La Cosydep dénonce une «privatisation rampante»

6 October 2021 - Seneweb (Senegal) - Primaire, Moyen et Secondaire : 5% des écoles privées ne sont pas autorisées.

5 -October 2021 - Nettail (Senegal) - Ecoles privees - Une étude de la Cosydep liste les carences.

September-October 2021 - Social Rights and the Constitutional Moment (Chile) - The launch of the book edited by GI-ESCR together with the University of Concepción (Chile) and the University of Essex (United Kingdom) was widely disseminated by news outlets in Chile:

27 September 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - Las dueñas de casa sin casa: el derecho a la vivienda desde una perspectiva de género.

September 2021 - La Constitución es Nuestra: launch of a digital platform to increase citizen participation in drafting Chile’s new Constitution led by GI-ESCR and partners.

7 September 2021 - Linfodrome (Côte d’Ivoire) - « Marchandisation de l’éducation » : Le Midh dévoile un rapport accablant

7 September 2021 - Abidjan.net (Côte d’Ivoire) - Un rapport du MIDH pointe de nombreuses défaillances du système éducatif ivoirien

6 September 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - Más que Juanitas. Magdalena Sepúlveda and Valentina Sepúlveda signed this op-ed about the need to apply a gender approach to incorporate economic, social, cultural and environmental rights in Chile’s new Constitution.

20 August 2021 - Le Club de MediaPart (France)- Une leçon de l'Italie : la commercialisation des services de santé peut tuer.

27 July 2021 - Open Global Rights (Global) - A cautionary lesson from Italy: commercializing healthcare can kill. Rossella De Falco and Rosa Pavanelli piece has been published by one of the leading human rights blog in the world, also being chosen as ‘Editors’ pick’. Available in Spanish and Italian as well.

27 July 2021 - Radio: Universidad de Chile (Chile) - Por la vivienda digna y por la ciudad democrática. Op-ed signed by 51 representatives of civil society organisations gathered in the platform Ciudad Constituyente. The articles highlights the Commitment to Dignified Housing launched by GI-ESCR, Techo-Chile, Fundación Vivienda, Urbanismo Social and Asociación Casa Abierta.

16 July 2021 - Open Democracy (Global) - El renacer democrático de Chile está en manos de la ciudadanía. Catalina Balla and Colombina Schaeffer, both from Ciudadanía Inteligente, signed this op-ed that highlights the participatory digital platform “La Constitución es Nuestra”, developed by GI-ESCR, Ciudadanía Inteligente, CONSTI TU+YO and the Friederich Ebert Foundation.

July 2021 - (4 media 0utlets) (Nigeria), awareness and advocacy action led by GI-ESCR and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) urging the Nigerian government to remove every obstacle to free and quality public education by supporting the Abidjan Principles. This demand is part of global awareness and advocacy efforts led by GI-ESCR with several other partners for States to support the Abidjan Principles and therefore advance the right to free and quality public education.

02 July 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - La vivienda como un derecho humano en la nueva Constitución. Vicente Silva, GI-ESCR Representative in Chile, contributed to this op-ed explaining how the newly elected Constitutional Convention has a huge challenge: to draft a new constitution that guarantees and represents the demands and aspirations of the citizens, including for the first time the right to adequate housing.

01 July 2021 - Altreconomia (Italy) - Cina-Lombardia: alla ricerca delle origini del virus. Written by Nicoletta Dentico Head of the Health Justice Programme, Society for International Development (SID), this article praises GI-ESCR’s policy brief on Italy’s experience during COVID-19 and the limits of privatisation in healthcare.

June 2021 - 21 media outlets (Global) - Defending public services is defending democracy | Magdalena Sepúlveda and Rosa Pavanelli’s op-ed published around the world in English, Italian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. See link for further information and related publications

11 June 2021 - Il Manifesto (Italia) - Invertire la corsa alla mercificazione della sanita. Rossella De Falco and Rosa Pavanelli's open-editorial makes the headlines of Italian newspaper Il Manifesto on one of the most important lessons from Italy’s experience during the crisis: commercialisation of healthcare can kill.

02 June 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - Crean plataforma de la sociedad civil para incidir en Nueva Constitución y Plan Nacional sobre Derechos Humanos y Empresas. The article mentions that GIESCR joined a network of civil society organisations to promote and ensure that economic actors comply with their human rights obligations.

01 June 2021 - La Tercera (Chile) - Una política fiscal para la garantía de los derechos en la nueva Constitución. Op-ed about the relevance of the Principles for Human Rights in Fiscal Policy for the Chilean Constitutional process. Signed by Vicente Silva, GI-ESCR’s Latin America representative; Octavio del Favero, executive director of Ciudadanía Inteligente; and Sergio Chaparro, programme officer at the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR).

31 May 2021 - Qué Pasa (Chile) - Marcos Orellana, relator de la ONU sobre productos tóxicos: “La tragedia sufrida en Arica revela que el mero reconocimiento constitucional del derecho a vivir en un ambiente sano no es garantía suficiente”. Interview of Marcos Orellana, UN Special Rapport on toxics and human rights and GI-ESCR board member. This interview was prepared by GI-ESCR Officers in Chile, Valentina Contreras and Vicente Silva.

30 May 2021 - El Mostrador (Chile) - 20 mil toneladas de desechos tóxicos en Arica: el crimen ambiental del que Suecia ni Chile se hace cargo. Op-ed by Marcos Orellana, UN Special Rapport on toxics and human rights and GI-ESCR board member.

28 May 2021 - Mexico Social (Mexico) - ¡Paremos ya la pobreza menstrual! . Op-ed by GI-ESCR’s Executive Director, Magdalena Sepúlveda and Catarina Albuquerque, Chief Executive Officer, Sanitation and Water for All. On the occasion of the International Menstrual Hygiene Day.

28 May 2021 - The Daily Beast (USA) - Women’s Equality Starts With Ending the Tampon Tax - Op-ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda. On the occasion of the International Menstrual Hygiene Day, GI-ESCR’s Executive Director Magdalena Sepúlveda and Catarina Albuquerque sign a vibrant op-ed about "menstrual poverty" . See related news on our website: Women’s Equality Starts With Ending the Tampon Tax.

07 April 2021 - Les Nouvelles News (France) - Quand les riches contribuent à payer la production de bien-être - The article, written by Rebecca Wolozinsky explains how, in several countries (but not in France) the taxation of the richest is increased in order to better pay the poorest, who are often women, assigned to care for others. The author draws on Magdalena Sepúlveda’s reference to a fiscal pact.

29 March 2021 - TerraFemina (France) - Pourquoi les féministes américaines se battent pour "taxer les riches" - The article, by Clément Arbrun, refers to the fiscal pact Magdalena Sepúlveda has made extensive reference to as a key solution to the current economic and social crises.

21 March 2021 - El Economista (Mexico) - Gravar a multinacionales y súper ricos, necesario para la recuperación económica - Interview of Magdalena Sepúlveda suggesting a global minimum tax rate to fight multinationals’ tax avoidance, which would help cope with the economic and social crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 2021 - 22 media outlets (Global) - Taxing the richest for more inclusive and feminist societies - In this opinion piece, published in more than twenty major media outlets around the world and available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian, our Executive Director Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona recalls the horrendous impact of the pandemic on women and girls, and the critical need to invest in public services to ensure gender equality. See the link for more information.

Available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian.

01 March 2021 - México Social (Mexico) - Energías renovables: ¿transición justa para las mujeres? - op-ed by Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona and Alejandra Lozano Rubello.

February 2021 - 4 media outlets (Global) - End financial abuse to save people and the planet | Magdalena Sepúlveda on behalf of the FACTI Panel

21 January 2021 - CEO Report on health care mentions the op-ed published in October 2020 by The Guardian and signed by six UN experts and Special Rapporteurs. See report When the market becomes deadly - Privatisation and the Pandemic - How pressures towards privatisation of health and long-term care put Europe on a poor footing for a pandemic, p.22.

2020

08 December 2020 – Cridem (Mauritania) | Marchandisation de l’éducation en Mauritanie (article by Norrag 01 Dec 2020) 

01 December 2020 – Norrag | Commercialisation of Education in Mauritania (EN and FR) 

29 November 2020 – El Mercurio (Chile) | Informe de Summa y la Iniciativa Global por los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales - El aporte de la experiencia internacional a las políticas educativas en la nueva constitución  

25 November 2020 - The New Humanitarian | Community aid and growing needs in Chile - interview of Magdalena Sepúlveda, by Sandra Cuffe 

23 November 2020 – Soy Chile (Chile) | Experto explica cómo las potencias incorporaron la calidad de la enseñanza en sus constituciones 

October 2020 - 15 media outlets (Global)- | 'Enough is enough': UN Experts' open editorial sparks worldwide media interest. Ahead of our ‘Enough is enough’ joint event on the impacts of privatisation on public services related to economic, social and cultural rights, five current and former UN Special Rapporteurs and a UN Independent Expert, including our Executive Director Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, Former UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, signed an open editorial, for which GI-ESCR managed to spark worldwide media interest.

02 October 2020 - Domradio (Germany) | Hilfswerke beklagen Verstöße gegen das Recht auf Wohnen Prekäre Wohnbedingungen und Vertreibungen  (Aid agencies complain about violations of the right to housing - Precarious housing conditions and displacement )

October 2020 - 3 media outlets (Global) | Magdalena Sepúlveda’s open editorial: Chile’s referendum: Towards guaranteeing dignity

August 2020 - 12 media outlets (Global) | Magdalena Sepúlveda’s open editorial: Women and Girls should not pay the bill of the pandemic. In her op-ed, relayed by 12 media worldwide, Magdalena Sepúlveda describes how women have been  again the first victims of the social and economic crisis caused by the pandemic, as well as the possible way out for a fairer and sustainable future. 

21 July 2020 - DowntoEarth (India) | Floods cost India Rs 4.7 lakh crore in last 6 decades

16 July 2020 - DowntoEarth (India) | COVID-19, climate change, inequality: Centering rights and environmental protection 

13 July 2020 - El País (Spain) | GI-ESCR’s Magdalena Sepúlveda discusses the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls 

11 May 2020 - The African Report (Regional) | IFC to freeze investment to for-profit education: small win in a long fight 

11 April 2020 - The Guardian (UK) | Stop spending millions on for-profit schools abroad, campaigners tell UK

March 2020 - 16 media outlets (Global) | Be a feminist, demand that the multinationals pay their taxes!

2019

December 2019 - 12 media outlets (Global)- | Beirut and Santiago in the Streets: Why Multinationals Should Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes

28 October 2019 - Devex | Watchdog to investigate IFC support for Bridge private schools in Kenya

07 May 2019 - Mondafrique | Mauritanie, on privatise les écoles, les amis d’Aziz s’enrichissent

13 February 2019 - Open Global Rights | UN Human Rights Committee brings new vitality to the right to life

05 January 2019 - Mediaterre | Rapport sur la Privatisation et Marchandisation de l'Education en Mauritanie