According to UNICEF, 50 percent of the world’s maternal deaths are largely reported to be in Sub-Saharan Africa. Worse yet, one out of 7 women is highly likely to die during birth or pregnancy, suffice it to say if the woman dies the newborns chances of survival are greatly jeopardized. It does not take a genius to see that many youth in sub Saharan Africa are off to a bad start from the very beginning.
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty is calling on the world to join social movements everywhere as we celebrate the ‘Day of the African Child’ and kick off an important 10-day initiative that will help deliver all of our demands to the world leaders at the United Nations Conference on the Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development on 24-26 June in New York City.
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty is standing in firm solidarity with the indigenous Peruvians of the Amazon whose human rights have been infringed upon for many years, and especially in the aftermath of the recent protests in Bagua where at least 50 people died and hundreds remain unaccounted for.
May 1 is the day to pay tribute to the generations of workers whose social and economic achievements have built the strength, prosperity and well being of countries.
While the G20 claims consensus was reached and mechanisms to control the financial markets now exist, GCAP is sceptical that the detail in the agreement is sufficient to protect the most vulnerable people, especially women and children.
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is calling on all leaders attending the G20 in London on April 2nd to take back control of the international financial system and use this crisis to undertake a root and branch reform that puts their voters, the people, first.
Manmohan Singh’s visit to G20 in London where leaders of the 20 most powerful economies meet in unprecedented circumstances offers a unique opportunity to deliver a new global deal that puts people and the planet first in the face of the world's worst economic crisis in several decades.
GCAP-Philippines joins the rest of the poor people in the world in saying ENOUGH OF POVERTY! ENOUGH OF INEQUALITY! ENOUGH OF THE RICH PLANNING THE LIVES OF THE POOR!
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is calling on all leaders attending the G20 in London on April 2nd to take back control of the international financial system and use this crisis to undertake a root and branch reform that puts their voters, the people, first.
The youth and religious leaders in Mwiki – Kasarani have today launched one year campaign to eradicate hunger in the area. Speaking during the launch, the National Coordinator of the Global Call to Action against Poverty said that urban food poverty incidence in Kenya increased from 38.3% to 40.5% between1997 and 2006.
Everyone has a right to live, express their needs, even to access basic knowledge.
Magna Charta and the Universal Declaration of Human Right are some of the declarations that state that human rights must be adopted in all nations. But until today, do all countries do that? Or is there violent still happening but remaining concealed?
December 5th, 2008; The final declaration of the UN Summit on Financing for Development this week lacks the depth of commitment required to address the growing disaster befalling millions of people living in poverty throughout the developing world. Campaigners from the Global Call to Action Against Poverty condemned the power battles that dominated much of the proceedings, the lack of timelines for delivering aid and implementing just trade rules, as well as the overall lack of urgency in tackling mounting hunger levels around the world.
Members of 250 civil society organizations and networks representing more than one hundred million citizens around the world came together in a Civil Society Forum (Doha, Qatar, 25-27 November, 2008) leading to the Review Conference for Financing for Development. We prepared and presented to the Review Conference a Civil Society Declaration under the theme “investing in people-centred development.” We addressed an open letter to the President of the General Assembly, citing our hopes and lead recommendations for the Conference.
Citizens all around the world will be joining demonstrations to demand urgent action on climate change from world governments at the UN Climate Talks in Poznan, Poland (1st – 12th December). Please see below for international contacts
The Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development welcomes the fact that the outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development in Doha goes far beyond the 2002 Monterrey Consensus with regard to gender equality. But this is not enough. We urge that gender equality policy commitments and actions on development, trade, finance, debt, aid and systemic issues will be strongly addressed in the follow-up process and the planned UN Conference at the highest level.
As one of the lead elements proposed for recommendation to the Financing for Development Review Conference, the Civil Society Forum supports an international summit on financial and economic architecture and global economic governance structures, in 2009. The Forum position challenges the proposal of some governments that the Bretton Woods Institutions (the World Bank and International Monetary Fund) organize an event, as well as moves to concentrate decision-making in the G-20 group of governments.
“Is the United States a ‘failed state’? Its financial mismanagement has triggered a world wide crisis.” Thus, Social Watch coordinator Roberto Bissio challenged some 300 civil society delegates, who meet today at the Ramada Plaza Hotel. The Civil Society Forum leading to the Financing for Development Review Conference is addressing the international crises that threaten our climate, development and social justice, developing recommendations for change to carry into the official Conference..
Members of the Global call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) from every continent will represent the voices of millions of people at next week’s FFD meetings in Doha, Qatar. The alliance, which last month helped mobilise 117 million people worldwide, is calling on governments attending the conference to include the initiatives and proposals of developing countries, civil society and women’s organisations in particular, in their discussions and final declaration.
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) have welcomed the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President-Elect of the United States.
WORLD RECORD FOR MASS MOBILIZATION SHATTERED
CITIZENS DEMAND THAT WORLD LEADERS KEEP PROMISES TO ACHIEVE THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND END INEQUALITY
MORE THAN ONE PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ON EARTH TAKE ACTION TO DEMAND AN END TO POVERTY AND TO TELL WORLD LEADERS THAT FINANCIAL CRISIS IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO BREAK THEIR PROMISES
The United Nations Millennium Campaign and Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) today announced details of some of next week’s events aimed at mobilizing more than one percent of the world’s population -- over 67 million people – on October 17-19 to demand that world leaders deliver on their promises to eradicate extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance is warning that the economic meltdown which has spiralled in past days will have a devastating effect on people living in poverty and requires a sustained and structural approach to ensure short-term fixes do not lead to long-term damage.
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 here today.
Members of the world’s largest anti-poverty alliance, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), are calling on those attending the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Ghana next month (2-4 September, 2008) to ensure international aid reaches those most in need.
“This Summit has been another betrayal of the poor and citizens of G8 countries. The outcome shows a lack of understanding of the heart of the issues causing hunger and desperation in many countries already. We hope the citizens of these eight countries will put more pressure on their out-of-touch leaders. The planet is burning while the G8 is fiddling,” said Kumi Naidoo, Co-chair of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP).
Members of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance from Northern and Southern coalitions at the Japanese G8 Summit this week have reacted to the final communiqués on food security, climate change, development & Africa, with a mix of disappointment and frustration.
CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation and members of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance are deeply concerned at events surrounding elections in Zimbabwe. The Mugabe regime’s gross violation of the human and democratic rights enshrined in the African Charter of Human and People’s Rights need urgent action by Heads of State and Government meeting at the African Union Summit in Egypt this week.
As the G8 Finance Ministers gather in Osaka, tackling the state of the world’s poorest people must be at the front of their minds. As oil prices, the current food crisis and the looming global economic meltdown will be hotly debated, it is imperative that the ministers reassert themselves in the fight against global poverty by reviving momentum towards the Millennium Development Goals set eight years ago.
This morning, UN Secretary General sat down with civil society representatives to receive a unique petition calling for action on the food crisis. The petition co-organised by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance and Avaaz, today carries over 340,000 names, demanding the deep-rooted causes of the crisis are addressed as well.
At a time when many Zimbabweans are in need of humanitarian assistance ranging from educational support, food, legal aid, medical support, water and many other services from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), The National Association of NGOs (NANGO) is deeply disturbed by the fact that several NGOs operating in different parts of the country - including those in the humanitarian sector - have been banned from delivering humanitarian assistance and other crucial services they are registered to deliver.
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) had a meeting of coalitions in the Arab region from 30 May to 1 June in Amman, Jordan, to discuss civil society mobilisation and national level campaigns against poverty. There were 18 participants, representing the national coalitions of Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan, Palestine, Sudan, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, and Libya, as well as ANND, the Arab NGO Network for Development and regional secretariat of GCAP.
On Saturday 31st May 2008, top local vernacular singers Wangare Kabera and Kamande wa Kioi, led close to 3000 residents of Mwiki in calling for action to stop the looming food crisis. The concert organized by the Kenya Food Security Network, a member of GCAP Kenya was the first among a global chain of action in the lead up to the FAO meeting in Rome (June 3-5), demanding that governments Act Now to Stop the looming Food Crisis.
At the opening of a meeting of EU Ministers on aid today, anti-poverty organisations from across Europe are out in protest against the cavernous gap of 75 billion euros in aid promised by the European member States to developing countries.
Members of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance throughout Africa have come out strongly against the lack of democracy and rampant abuse of human rights in Zimbabwe since the undeclared elections on March 29th. The alliance holds that African leaders need to raise their voices in condemnation of the shocking decline of democracy and mounting poverty levels in Zimbabwe and that the outside world must echo that pressure.
In response to the deepening global food crisis the ITUC has called on governments and world institutions to take far-reaching measures to guarantee food security for all. ”This is an opportunity to completely revamp the failed policies which have led to this crisis, and it is vital that governments and the global institutions do more than just fiddle at the edges of a system which simply isn’t delivering for the world’s people”, said ITUC General Secretary Guy Ryder.
An urgent structural shift in the global economic food system is needed to stem the effects of the growing global food crisis, according to the members of the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) alliance meeting in Bangkok earlier this week.
Ghana is currently facing the threats of food insecurity. This is as a result of the low production of food crops and climatic changes that has hit the major food growing regions in the country. Major food crops growing areas like the Eastern and Brong Ahafo Regions of the country have already started recording increase in the prices of food items as a result low production.
Already, there are signs that the food crisis will affect the entire world which developing countries like Ghana will be the worst hit. In view of that most rice producing countries have started reducing the number of rice they import to other countries. It is estimated that only 6% of global rice produced are exported.
After a long two years and five months in prison, the two Ethiopian anti-poverty campaigners Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie were released from prison this afternoon.
8 March, 2008: The Global Call to Action Against Poverty GCAP is mobilising worldwide on International Women’s Day to call for gender equality to end poverty. With women representing 70% of the worlds poor, the issue of gender equality in the fight to end poverty has been carried by campaigners to the doors of governments and multilateral instiutions by GCAP coalitions since 2005. This year represents a change in gear for campaigners, concerned by signs that women are the big losers in current development strategies and the poor pace of governments in meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
March 7th, 2008: United by the symbol of a white band, millions of people are preparing to take actions in 2008 against poverty and inequality as part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. Building on the growing movement of people which reached 43,7 million taking action on October 17th,last year, the main focus is on holding political leaders to account for eradicating poverty and inequality.
Women in the Arab region have consistently been denied their very basic socio-economic, legal, civil, familial, and political rights. Persistent gender inequalities and discrimination represent a major constraint to progress at both the development and security fronts in the Arab region. There is a clear lack of political will to address these inequalities.
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) has expressed concern that the 2.5 billion Euro pledge by French President Nicholas Sarkozy in aid for Africa yesterday is not additional spending as it was presented. France committed in 2005 to spend 0.7% of GNP in Overseas Development Aid by 2015, confirmed this at subsequent G8 summits but has instead for the past two years been allocating less than required to meet the target.
Members of Global Call to Action Against Poverty GCAP Feminist Task Force today launched global plans for International Women’s Day (March 8) actions at UN Headquarters in New York during the meetings of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). With women representing 70% of the worlds poor, the issue of gender equality in the fight to end poverty is the core theme of hundreds of actions planned by GCAPs national coalitions on and around March 8th.
Members of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance across Kenya today called for an agreed, negotiated settlement so that good governance is restored. Following weeks of violence, the country needs to be put back onto a positive path for development and ending poverty in the interests of all its people. Political de-stabilisation following disputed election results on December 30 th is a distraction from the critical work that needs to be done to improve the lives of Kenyans living with out access to water, sanitation, housing, work or education.
Violence sweeping across Kenya since December 27th's disputed election is undermining years of progress in the fight against poverty and inequality there. With the economy at a standstill, violence and ethnic cleansing is devastating urban slums and poor rural areas. The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) Kenya network members most affected include slum based Korogocho Networks, Kariobangi, Mathare networks, Migori, and Molo networks. Preliminary reports indicate that network members have been beaten, lost their houses, are displaced and have had some of their relatives killed.
Más de 43,7 millones de personas en 127 países han roto el récord mundial Guinness, que el año pasado se estableció en 23,5 millones, de la mayor cantidad de personas que se Levantaron contra la Pobreza en un período de 24 horas.
The GCAP coalitions in the Arab region join the 100 GCAP Coalitions around the world to demand from the IFIs the following:
1. End harmful economic policy conditionality
2. Undertake Democratic Reform the World Bank and IMF
3. Develop a Progressive Agenda on Climate Change
3. Reform the World Bank Agricultural agenda
4. Support National Development Agendas
As the Annual Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) near, the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is preparing a weekend of high profile actions in Washington DC from October 20th to 22nd.
The recognition of people living in poverty as agents of change will be the focus of the 20th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, to be observed on 17 October at the United Nations HQs and around the world.
Actionaid's chief executive Ramesh Singh commented today on the news that the anti-poverty campaigners Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie would remain in prison for a further six weeks awaiting the verdict in their trial.
"The government's PhP 1 billion worth six-month hunger response which ended last September proved worthless," said Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP)-Philippines, a local network of non-government and people's organizations that is part of the biggest anti-poverty alliance in the world, "hunger has risen to its record high status since (mid-)1998 with 21.5% of families living with hunger."
On Wednesday next, the world's biggest ever mobilisation against poverty and inequality is geared to take place in almost 90 countries. Around the world, people will take part in events to mark 17 October, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and show their support of the Millennium Development Goals.
With just two weeks to go before International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the biggest ever mobilization against poverty and inequality and in support of the Millennium Development Goals, is geared to take place in almost 90 countries (highlights below). Stand Up and Speak Out is a day when the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance and UN Millennium Campaign call on millions to show courage and demand a more urgent political response to the growing crisis of global poverty.
The South African Global Call to Action Campaign, led by the South African NGO Coalition (SANGOCO), and working with faith based and other organisations, will once again be hosting activities to coincide with the anti-poverty Month of Action. These events take place during the month of October and culminate on October 17 – the UN recognised international day for the eradication of poverty.
In the week in which anti-poverty campaigners Live8 and ahead of next week’s crucial G8 Finance Ministers meeting in London, a series of open letters from global celebrities to the G8 Finance Ministers are being published in some of the most influential newspapers in the world, calling for decisive action by world leaders to tackle poverty once and for all.
On 10 December, three days before the opening of WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong, GCAP campaigners across five continents will be mobilizing to demand that the WTO Ministerial delivers trade justice for the world’s poor. A wide array of actions from rallies to peoples’ caravans to public performances will take place, all with the objective of putting a spotlight on trade injustice.
The 'Ondoa Umaskini Tanzania Campaign' which means 'The Poverty Eradication Campaign for Tanzania' is a coalition of 76 organizations, spearheading the fight against poverty and also organising the Stand Up event amongst faith-based and educational organisations.
Today, September 13, GCAP marks the start of its Month of Mobilization activities, under the umbrella slogan ‘Stand Up Against Poverty: We Must Have a Voice’. The events have been timed to coincide with the Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank that will take place in Singapore from September 16 to 17.
SINGAPORE – ONE (SINGAPORE) – a society
dedicated to raising public awareness and taking concrete actions to Make Poverty History –
is holding a Hunger “Banquet” on Wednesday 20 September to drive home the nature and
randomness of poverty. This “Banquet” will be co-hosted by and held at MTV, which supports the call for action against poverty and has a long history of providing a platform in support of pro-social issues.
At the UN World Summit, leaders including President Bush and Prime Minister Blair are urging implementation of the G8’s Gleneagles debt deal which promised debt cancellation of 18 highly-indebted countries with a possible increase to 38. But the world’s largest anti-poverty coalition warns that the deal could fall apart at next week’s World Bank/IMF annual meetings.
Despite the banning, detention and deportation of delegates to the International People’s Forum versus the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, the policies and practices of the IMF-WB will be put on trial at the Poverty and Debt Tribunal that will take place on the 17th of September in Batam, Indonesia.
Today the Global Call to Action Against Poverty issued an ultimatum to EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to remove the GCAP white band within 24 hours. “As head of the EU Trade Delegation whose conduct this week shows a serious lack of commitment to trade justice, wearing the white band is hypocritical and misleading”, said GCAP spokesperson Kumi Naidoo.
On the eve of the opening of the WTO Ministerial, Nelson Mandela let it be known that he, along with 31 million Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) supporters, will be watching events closely in Hong Kong this week.
As the finance ministers of G7 countries meet in London to discuss trade-related aid for poor countries, the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) warns that these proposals will make no difference in the developing world without serious trade reforms.
The objective of the march -which will be held on Monday 21 November- is to take into Brussels the voices of 15 million Europeans who have taken action this year as part of the Global Call to Action against Poverty, on the day that the EU Trade Ministers will give the EU Trade Commissioner the mandate for negotiations in Hong Kong.
The Global Call to Action against Poverty expressed its alarm at yesterday’s arrest of Ato Daniel Bekele, a GCAP activist and the Policy, Research and Advocacy Manager for Action Aid Ethiopia.
Collins Magalasi, Spokesperson for the Global Call to Action against Poverty, today said: “While today’s announcement is a positive first step, more still needs to be done.”
“You cannot score goals when you are standing still”, said Kumi Naidoo, chair of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty. “15 million people around the world have called for action on poverty and their leaders are not listening. We would give this summit a 5 out of ten for rhetoric, and 2 out of ten for action.”
Millions of campaigners around the world have expressed disappointment and dismay at the result of the UN Summit. Instead of taking an historic opportunity to take clear steps in the fight against poverty and insecurity, for the large part, leaders have instead simply reiterated promises already made.
As leaders from 175 countries arrive for the UN Summit in New York, the world’s largest anti-poverty movement, the Global Call to Action against Poverty, is outraged at the lack of progress and political backtracking on poverty eradication. In last minute negotiations, the GCAP believes several governments are playing politics with the lives of tens of millions of poor people around the world.
The Global Call to Action Against Poverty, the world’s largest ever anti-poverty campaign, joined and lead one of the oldest Labour Day parades in the world in New York City on Saturday, 10 September. Marchers in the parade stood together to say “no to poverty” and “yes to decent jobs and workers’ rights”. GCAP and the Labour Day march organiser both wanted to send a clear and united message to 170 world leaders about to meet in New York at the UN World Summit, to end world poverty.
List of global and regional spokespersons for the Global Call to Action against Poverty during the United Nations World Summit to be held in New York from 14 to 16 September 2005.
The world’s largest ever anti-poverty campaign warns today that if world leaders meeting at the World Summit in New York act to weaken already internationally agreed poverty-reduction goals, increased global insecurity will result.
From Asia to Africa, Latin America to Europe, leaders will be ‘woken up’ by GCAP supporters urging them to keep poverty and development at the top of the agenda at the UN Summit.
Less than three weeks away from the UN World Summit, the world’s largest ever anti-poverty campaign is gravely concerned that countries including the United States are undermining the Summit outcome, and ensuring its failure.
As the G8 summit begins on 6 July in Gleneagles, Scotland, the largest anti-poverty movement the world has ever seen piled unprecedented pressure on the eight leaders to save millions of lives. “No more excuses,” said Kumi Naidoo, chairperson of the Global Call to Action against Poverty.
Anti-poverty activists from over 50 countries including Africa, America and Asia arrive at Edinburgh airport on 4th July 2005, as part of the Long Walk to Justice and in advance of the G8 summit in Gleneagles.
More than 40 campaigners from over 30 countries representing the Global Call to Action against Poverty boarded a specially chartered Virgin flight from London Heathrow to Edinburgh to add their voice to the billions of people across the world who are standing up to G8 leaders to call for immediate action against poverty. Read who they are here.
Africa Standing Tall Against Poverty in concert with Live8 saw Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, Johannesburg filled with thousands of people as a part of a global movement to put pressure on the G8 leaders meeting in Gleneagles on 6 July. Towards the end of the concert, the much loved and respected former President Nelson Mandela graced the stage.
Africa Standing Tall Against Poverty in concert with Live8 saw Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, Johannesburg filled with thousands of people as a part of a global movement to put pressure on the G8 leaders meeting in Gleneagles on 6 July. Towards the end of the concert, the much loved and respected former President Nelson Mandela graced the stage.
Nelson Mandela will make an appearance at Africa Standing Tall Against Poverty in concert with Live8, the first of three anti-poverty concerts to be performed in Africa in the historic year of 2005. Mr Mandela’s appearance will form part of the global link from Johannesburg with the other 6 concerts around the world during the early hours of the evening on July 2.
Members of the media are invited to attend the concert-rally dubbed "People's Summit: Alternative to G8 Summit" on July 1 on Ayala Avenue corner Paseo de Roxas at the heart of the business district, Makati City. Some 12,000 people are expected to march.
Some of the world’s most famous landmarks will be adorned with huge white bands on 1st July, as part of a curtain-raiser to a week of global action during which campaigners and the public in 72 countries will use their voices to call for an end to global poverty.
South Africa will host the first in a series of free African anti poverty concerts on Saturday 2 July 2005 at Mary Fitzgerald Square, in Newtown, Johannesburg. This concert will be followed by concerts in Kenya and Ghana during August and September respectively. July 2 will also witness a number of concerts in key G8 capital cities including Philadelphia, London, Rome, Tokyo, Berlin and Paris organised by Live8.
The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) coalition will undertake one of the biggest weeks of global action ever seen, commencing with White Band Day One on July 1, 2005. Read all about it here.
Across Africa today, the African Day of the Child, anti-poverty campaigners, representing over 100 organisations and coalitions working in over 26 countries in Africa, launched a major publicity campaign to mobilise support for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP): the biggest anti-poverty campaign in history.
Across Africa today, the African Day of the Child, anti-poverty campaigners, representing over 100 organisations and coalitions working in over 26 countries in Africa, launched a major publicity campaign to mobilise support for the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP): the biggest anti-poverty campaign in history.
With just 3 weeks to go until G8 leaders converge on Gleneagles for their annual summit, and a mere 15 days until the first global White Band Day, the Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is ratcheting up the pressure on world leaders to honour their promises on debt, trade and aid. To mark the Day of the African Child, GCAP African campaigners will launch a major publicity campaign under the slogan Thumbs Down 2 Poverty.
Claudia Schiffer joined representatives of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty on Thursday to warn G8 Ministers "we'll be watching you" ahead of this week's Finance Ministers' meeting in London. They are demanding the G8 Ministers fulfil their promises to combat poverty by delivering on trade justice, debt cancellation and more and better aid.
Claudia Schiffer joined representatives of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty on Thursday to warn G8 Ministers "we'll be watching you" ahead of this week's Finance Ministers' meeting in London. They are demanding the G8 Ministers fulfil their promises to combat poverty by delivering on trade justice, debt cancellation and more and better aid.
On Thursday, 9 June, dedicated GCAP supporter Claudia Schiffer will meet with leading representatives of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty including the UK’s Make Poverty History coalition, America’s One campaign and Germany’s Your Voice Against Poverty. Kumi Naidoo, Chair of the GCAP will lead the discussions.
On Thursday, 9 June, dedicated GCAP supporter Claudia Schiffer will meet with leading representatives of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty including the UK’s Make Poverty History coalition, America’s One campaign and Germany’s Your Voice Against Poverty. Kumi Naidoo, Chair of the GCAP will lead the discussions.
Amid the turmoil in Europe over the future of the constitution, EU members are on the verge of delivering a historic breakthrough on aid today which could help lift millions out of poverty.
More than 40 campaigners from over 30 countries representing the Global Call to Action against Poverty boarded a specially chartered Virgin flight from London Heathrow to Edinburgh to add their voice to the billions of people across the world who are standing up to G8 leaders to call for immediate action against poverty.
More than 40 campaigners from over 30 countries representing the Global Call to Action against Poverty boarded a specially chartered Virgin flight from London Heathrow to Edinburgh to add their voice to the billions of people across the world who are standing up to G8 leaders to call for immediate action against poverty.
Live8 concerts will take place just a few days before the crucial G8 summit in Scotland, and will challenge leaders of the world's 8 richest nations to honour their commitments on poverty. On the first white band day, 1 July 2005, one day before Live8, millions of people around the world are expected to wear a white band as a symbol of their demands to world leaders.
South Africa will host the first in a series of free African anti poverty concerts on Saturday 2 July 2005 at Mary Fitzgerald Square, in Newtown, Johannesburg. This concert will be followed by concerts in Kenya and Ghana during August and September respectively. July 2 will also witness a number of concerts in key G8 capital cities including Philadelphia, London, Rome, Tokyo, Berlin and Paris organised by Live8.
In this advisory note to the media we provide background information on the state of the world at the start of the 21st century. More than a billion people are trapped in abject poverty, but for the first time in history, we have the means to turn this situation around.
The Global Call to Action against Poverty is an alliance of millions of people and organisations united in the belief that 2005 offers an unprecedented opportunity for change.
Salil Shetty joined the United Nations in October 2003 as Director of the Millennium Campaign from ActionAid - a leading international development NGO firmly committed to poverty eradication; here he was most recently Chief Executive.
“Rich countries have betrayed the world’s poor in Hong Kong with their bickering and posturing,” said GCAP spokesperson Kumi Naidoo. “By allowing the colossal inequities in world trade to persist, rich countries are trading away the livelihoods of millions of poor women and men seeking a better future for themselves and their children.”
