http://www.whiteband.org Site Events daily 1 2007-02-28T07:31:58Z http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/climate-change-conference-2008/climate-change-conference No publisher adam Conference 2008-11-26T14:37:21Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/financing-for-development-2008/financing-for-development-doha-review-conference No publisher helena Aid 2008-11-27T08:31:28Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/responsive-actions/g20-emergency-summit-on-financial-crisis The leaders of the G20 nations, comprising 19 of the world's largest economies and the European Union, will be meeting in Washington on November 15 for crunch talks around the financial crisis. No publisher helena 2008-11-06T14:35:03Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/stand-up-2008/stand-up-and-take-action-against-poverty-and-inequality Last year, 43.7 million people in 127 countries took part and broke the world record for the most number of people to Stand Up against poverty on one day. No publisher helena MDGs 2008-09-17T16:03:57Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/day-for-decent-work-2008/world-day-for-decent-work No publisher helena 2008-08-15T08:31:20Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/mdgs-2008/un-high-level-event-on-the-mdgs-meet-and-exceed-the-millennium-development-goals The UN has called a heads of state meeting on the MDGs during the UN General Assembly. UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon said, ‘For the first time ever - governments, businesses, civil society organisations, NGOs and faith groups will all convene to mark the halfway point to the MDGs, take stock of progress, and agree additional steps the international community will take to accelerate action.’ No publisher helena MDGs 2008-08-08T14:28:12Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/mdgs-2008/day-of-voices-on-the-mdgs-poverty-hearings-and-womens-tribunals No publisher helena MDGs 2008-09-17T14:11:34Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/mdgs-2008/poverty-hearings-in-liberia On Wednesday September 17 2008, the Global Call to Action against Poverty-Liberia will host the first in a series of poverty hearings aimed at documenting the reality of life without access to basic rights and needs experienced by many people living in Liberia today. No publisher helena MDGs 2008-09-15T09:00:41Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/mdgs-2008/india-meets-to-discuss-mdgs In anticipation of the global attention on the Millennuim Development Goals in September this year and in order to build momentum for the achievement of the MDGs, the United Nations in India, through the United Nations Millennium Campaign and Wada Na Todo Abhiyan are coming together to discuss the critical areas for action highlighted in the Government of India,s report on the status of MDGs in India and explore how a joint strategy for the Local Monitoring of the MDGs can be made operational across networks and agencies working on the MDGs in India. No publisher helena Meeting 2008-09-12T17:40:25Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/mdgs-2008/peoples-assembly-against-hunger-and-poverty-nepal No publisher helena MDGs 2008-09-15T13:57:38Z Event http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/aid-effectiveness-2008/high-level-forum-on-aid-effectiveness-more-and-better-aid Tied aid, conditionality, the use of aid as a foreign policy tool, the use of concessionary loans as a form of development assistance, the use of debt cancellation to inflate ODA figures – all of this contributes to aid not being used for poverty reduction and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The organisation Reality of Aid estimates that only 25% of new aid resources from 2000 to 2004 was available for poverty reduction or MDG programs. No publisher helena Aid aid 2008-08-08T14:19:21Z Event