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Stop the Food Crisis 2008: Mobilising around the world
On June 3-5, world leaders met in Rome to discuss ways to address the current global food crisis. GCAP called for a global day of action on or around June 1, to demand that governments Act Now to End Poverty and Inequality and Stop the Food Crisis.
Mobilization in Kenya
• mobilising emergency funding to prevent starvation
• removing perverse incentives to turn food into biofuels
• managing financial speculation
• tackling the underlying causes by ending harmful trade policies and investing in sustainable agricultural productivity in developing nations
• honouring their commitments to the Millennium Development Goals
GCAP Activities around the world
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Global
An online petition in partnership with Avaaz gathered over 360,000 signatures and was handed over to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon during the summit.
Africa
A regional statement was issued
- Kenya – organized a concert and meeting with the government
- DRC - issued statement and organized a radio broadcast
- Senegal – participated in a national conference of civil society seeking solutions to hunger and unemployment
Arab region
A regional statement was issued
- Palestine – wrote an open letter to the leaders meeting in Rome
Asia
A regional statement and position paper were issued
- Philippines - gathered testimonies of women affected by the crisis and generated great media coverage with a press statement
- Indonesia - gathered testimonies of women affected by the crisis and took part in a protest
- Singapore – signed up to the petition and broadcast a radio programme
- Pakistan - organized an event and received good media coverage
- Afghanistan - held a press conference on May 29th in Kabul, and a gathering on June 1 with civil society organizations, womens’ groups media and parliamentarians. They also produced a short film clip, which was broadcast on 2 television channels.
- Australia – encouraged signups to the petition
Europe
- Azerbaijan - organized a question & answer radio programme
- Spain – generated great media coverage and promoted the petition
- Azerbaijan, Germany, Scotland, Slovenia – all participated in some way with petitions and media work
- Portugal –participated with petitions and by joining Walk the World
Latin America and Caribbean
- El Salvador - gathered testimonies of women affected by the crisis
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