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GCAP Blog 2009-06-19T09:07:38-05:00 feb4f88eebf570d2d6297acf5acf65a4 fatsyndication 10 days of action - countdown to commitments http://plone.org/ 85e1171ffb7734f987ea83aea59a0140 The 10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments is a mobilization tool to help raise awareness, build momentum and deliver key civil society messaging around the UN Conference on the Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development, scheduled for 24 – 26 June, 2009, at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Helena Suarez 2009-06-19T09:07:38-05:00 2009-06-19T09:07:38-05:00 Press the G8! Online action http://plone.org/ b33fab514679b5aa58c23f6a06f6228e GCAP launches an online action supporting mobilisation around the G8 in July in Italy. Helena Suarez 2009-06-02T05:36:28-05:00 2009-06-02T05:45:39-05:00 GCAP Peru acts in solidarity with the struggle of the Amazonian Peoples of Peru http://plone.org/ 1ee32220dfad576a267f2047c0709b93 For over forty days, indigenous organizations of the Peruvian Amazon have mobilized against the deforestation and pollution of the environment carried out by mining, oil and logging companies. Oil exploration and logging affects fishing and hunting, the only way of life of the Amazonian Peoples, and poison the waters. Helena Suarez 2009-05-28T03:23:45-05:00 2009-05-28T03:24:01-05:00 Humanitarian crisis in Pakistan http://plone.org/ a8829f4a22ab8c67cebd5fd0852561ca According to the UNHCR, Pakistan is facing the worst kind of human crises of its 62 years history due to growing extremism and military operation in the northern region - Malakand Division. This is the biggest displacement in last 15 years (after Rwanda) in the world. Helena Suarez 2009-05-26T04:11:28-05:00 2009-05-26T04:11:28-05:00 Global Call to Action against Poverty shocked and saddened by the death of Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem in Nairobi http://plone.org/ 7824be31d7223a5f38a0b550c12b5e67 The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our beloved colleague, Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, in a fatal car accident in Nairobi. Helena Suarez 2009-05-25T08:04:33-05:00 2009-05-25T08:06:55-05:00 Reports on UNCTAD Meetings - Conclusion http://plone.org/ 43c9ecd21d3ea5dc9194101c97471965 18 and 19 May 2009 will become a landmark, the inauguration dates of a great step taken by the United Nations: the creation of a space for the expression of civil society’s analyses and proposals on the financial crisis, which as from this analysis is known to be a systemic crisis. GCAPFTF 2009-05-20T00:00:00-05:00 2009-05-22T07:54:47-05:00 Reports on UNCTAD Meetings - Day 2 http://plone.org/ 2a999c2f09fda0cc5b0e992d24f61e78 The liberalization of economic policies along with globalization and how swiftly this phenomenon took over in the world resulted in the disappearance of the national state. Today, however, in the light of the fire sparked by the several crises that converge in the crisis of the economic model of unbounded accumulation, international organizations cannot put out the fire and some of them do not even have the juridical frameworks, legitimacy, institutionalism and structure that national states do have to manage the solutions agreed with the aim to redirect the role of the economy in the life of our societies. GCAPFTF 2009-05-19T00:00:00-05:00 2009-05-22T08:07:22-05:00 Reports on UNCTAD Meetings - Day 1 http://plone.org/ 59bd3f18edbadee426cbadc67872122f The public Symposium “Global economic crisis and development – the way forward”, organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in cooperation with the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS), opened today. Helena Suarez 2009-05-18T00:00:00-05:00 2009-05-22T07:51:18-05:00 On the road to Copenhague: GCAP partners with Global Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA) http://plone.org/ 7adadc0d2f13414987bb7fb9feafe5b6 GCAP joins forces with GCCA to mobilise around climate change and environmental justice on the road to Copenhage. Helena Suarez 2009-05-08T09:09:37-05:00 2009-05-08T09:09:37-05:00 Participation matters! Get your country's voice at the UN Summit in June http://plone.org/ 073fa89b79b4a65b604c4f06d2eab378 All heads of state and finance ministers, from northern and southern countries alike, should take part at the upcoming UN High Level Conference on the global financial and economic crisis and its impacts on development. Helena Suarez 2009-05-08T09:03:34-05:00 2009-05-14T07:12:26-05:00 Civil G8 presents its demands to G8 Sherpas http://plone.org/ c2c610c4e2be2e19c7f75c65c746ba86 While the G8 Sherpas listened, civil society representatives gathered at Rome for the Civil G8 outlined our demands and questions for the upcoming G8 meeting. Press the G8! Helena Suarez 2009-05-08T07:19:29-05:00 2009-05-08T07:20:09-05:00 Civil society meets in Rome in preparation for G8 meeting http://plone.org/ a97eb2a3333e5cc564df6e5865fbd0f2 The Civil G8 dialogue started yesterday in Rome with participants representing civil society from across the world set to produce demands to be presented to G8 Sherpas for discussion at the main summit in July. Helena Suarez 2009-05-05T03:38:08-05:00 2009-05-05T03:38:25-05:00 El día de los trabajadores es un día para celebrar también el Día de las trabajadoras. http://plone.org/ 19f1881715954b8efed4192b0b4360c7 Mujeres por un Futuro Sin Hambre, Soberanía Alimentaria YA! agrupa desde 2008 a organizaciones y movimientos de mujeres trabajadoras asalariadas, artesanas, campesinas, pequeñas productoras urbanas y rurales, trabajadoras independientes, informales, trabajadoras familiares y comunitarias no remuneradas, sindicalistas y feministas. Helena Suarez 2009-05-01T12:15:34-05:00 2009-05-01T12:15:34-05:00 Primer Congreso Regional sobre "America Latina buscando el camino hacia una Paz Sostenible. Herramientas y aportes" http://plone.org/ 926c4f98993f784f57a456d3180e2853 El Centro Latinoamericano de Investigacion por la Paz (CLAIP) y el departamento de Relaciones Internacionales de la Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP) invitan a docentes, investigadores/ as, estudiantes y activistas a presentar propuestas de ponencias, paneles y/o talleres para el Primer Congreso Regional sobre "America Latina buscando el camino hacia una Paz Sostenible. Herramientas y aportes" que se realizara en la ciudad de Lima del 17 al 19 de setiembre del 2009. Helena Suarez 2009-05-01T12:02:13-05:00 2009-05-01T12:02:13-05:00 GCAP Annual Report 2008 http://plone.org/ f491df79e6806586fe30ebd6ca03d307 The GCAP Annual Report 2008 gives an overview of external and external activity from GCAP national coalitions and partners at national, regional and global levels. Helena Suarez 2009-04-30T09:10:56-05:00 2009-04-30T10:24:12-05:00