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- Pakistani Women Claim Land Rights
- The government of Punjab-Pakistan has accepted the right to land for tenants and women peasants, and announced the process of preparing the papers for transfer of title deeds with in ten days. Our long march organized by AMP, WPS, AWAZ, GCAP-Pakistan's member Organizations and other CSOs on 9th of March 2010 for the right of land to tenants and women peasants in Punjab.
- Day 8 of Mobilization – March 15th "Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women"
- Advancing at the highest level – the new gender entity at the UN
- Day 6 of Mobilization – March 13th "Women and Economy"
- What comes to your mind when you think the economy? Issues of GDP, employment, inflation, etc., may flush through your mind. Most people’s perception of the economy is in terms of numbers, statistics, and incomes, extra. To understand women and the economy therefore, one needs to look behind the numbers, and gauge the contribution or inputs by women to these numbers, as well as outcomes or benefits for women, again in terms of these numbers.
- Join The World’s Longest Toilet Queue and mobilize to End Water Poverty
- To mark World Water Day on 22 March and to influence a High-Level Meeting on Sanitation and Water, the international “End Water Poverty” campaign invites GCAP National Coalitions and Constituency groups to join a mass global mobilization and form ‘The World’s Longest Toilet Queue’.
- Day 5 of Mobilization – March 12th ”Armed Conflict ”
- Fifteen years ago the Beijing Platform for Action called for increased women’s participation in conflict resolution and peacekeeping, peace-building and reconstruction. It also called for the protection of women living in situations of armed and other conflicts, displaced women and refugees. Over the last decade, gains have been made at the UN with the Security Council putting in place a stronger normative framework on women’s participation in peace processes, the elimination of sexual violence in armed conflict, and the protection and promotion of women’s human rights.
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GCAP Mobilisation
GCAP is hosting a series of Climate Justice Poverty Hearings and Women's Tribunals on Climate Justice in the run up to the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen. Check out the Climate Justice space for the latest updates. Earlier this year we mobilised on
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GCAP Around the world
There are national coalitions of the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) in over 100 countries worldwide. Click on a region or select from the dropdown menu to access regional or national information.
