Human Rights Day | New Publication and Podcast Series “Building Back Better: A Call for Courage”

13 authors including Magdalena Sepúlveda, GI-ESCR’s Director, contributed to the publication and podcast series “Building Back Better: A Call for Courage”, published and released today by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES). They shed light on the fragility of the global system. They discuss the effects of the pandemic on vulnerable groups, as well as on their enjoyment of human rights, and social and economic protection and provide concrete and realistic policy recommendations.

The publication as well as the podcasts delineate concrete and possible avenues in different policy areas towards a world of prosperity and equality for all. This pandemic is not the last crisis our world looks set to run into. To Build Back Better, we need to focus on prevention rather than response. Thus, the authors’ recommendations are possible ingredients for a future in which “Building Back Better” is a success and not another failed attempt.

The authors of the 13 think pieces, who are also the speakers of the related five-part podcast series, are from diverse backgrounds working for international organisations, NGOs, and trade unions.

The publication is already available in English, French and soon in Spanish.

Read more and access the podcast on FES website.