http://www.whiteband.org daily 1 2007-02-28T07:31:58Z http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/stand-up-2008/over-one-percent-of-global-population-expected-to-201cstand-up-and-take-action201d-against-poverty-and-for-the-millennium-development-goals-on-october-17-19 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. No publisher helena 2008-10-09T13:33:16Z Press Release http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/10/08/now-is-the-time-2013-only-ten-days-to-go Now or never, our actions count. Have your say by joining the biggest global mobilization against poverty and inequality and for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). No publisher adam MDGs 2008-10-09T10:27:38Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/10/07/day-for-decent-work-october-7th October 7 is World Day for Decent Work (WDDW). WDDW is an initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), now supported by more than 200 ITUC affiliates and other supporting organisations, including GCAP. No publisher helena 2008-10-07T13:51:00Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/10/03/activities-in-africa-gather-momentum-in-the-run-up-to-stand-up More reports keep coming through of GCAP mobilising with partners across Africa, with poverty hearings and other events taking place throughout the continent in the run up to Stand Up and Take Action in October 17-19. No publisher helena MDGs 2008-10-03T14:02:07Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/10/03/band-aids-for-financial-crisis-will-fail-unless-the-structural-causes-of-poverty-are-addressed 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. No publisher helena MDGs 2008-10-03T13:57:47Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/media/press-info/band-aids-for-financial-crisis-will-fail-unless-structural-causes-of-poverty-addressed-warns-anti-poverty-alliance 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. No publisher helena 2008-10-06T22:02:56Z Press Release http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/10/02/every-human-has-rights-join-the-campaing-this-month 2008 is a crucial year in the fight against poverty and inequality and is also the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. No publisher helena 2008-10-03T13:20:07Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/stand-up-2008/media-advisory-anti-poverty-advocates-attempt-to-mobilize-1-of-the-world2019s-people-to-tell-world-leaders-to-end-poverty-now No publisher helena 2008-10-03T10:51:23Z Press Release http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/10/02/women2019s-tribunal-on-poverty-in-nyc-2013-bearing-witness-under-the-shadow-of-the-un It was under the shadow of the UN that ordinary New Yorkers told their stories about the culture of poverty, the inaccessibility of benefits and rights to basic needs such as health care, food, education, and human security at the Women’s Tribunals on Poverty and the MDGs organized by the GCAP Feminist Task Force, ENLACE and the Women’s of Color Policy Network-Wagner NYU. No publisher helena MDGs 2008-10-02T10:49:50Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/09/26/videos-and-interviews-now-available-in-youtube Reaction to the poverty hearings from activists and advocates who took part in the poverty hearing in New York. No publisher helena 2008-09-30T16:13:36Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/09/25/in-my-name-take-action-now-to-end-poverty-and-inequalty A new interactive initiative launched today, with songs and videos and personal pledges to act now to end poverty and inequality. No publisher helena MDGs 2008-09-26T00:50:28Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/09/25/billions-for-banks-but-not-for-the-billions-living-in-poverty Leaders at the UN choose to discuss how to stem the current financial crisis, while the real crisis of billions of people living in poverty gets sidelined again. No publisher helena 2008-09-30T14:15:53Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/Action/take-action/gcap-mobilisation-2008/mdgs-2008/un-summit-leaves-little-space-for-voices-of-people-living-in-poverty No publisher helena 2008-09-24T18:41:31Z Press Release http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/09/23/poverty-hearing-in-new-york A global poverty hearing, bringing together witnesses and advocates from around the world, is taking place today in the UN Church Center Chapel in New York, just across from where the UN High Level Event on the MDGs will be taking place on September 25th. No publisher helena 2008-09-26T07:49:14Z Weblog Entry http://www.whiteband.org/blog/archive/2008/09/23/different-voices-same-stand-up No publisher adam 2008-09-30T10:14:18Z Weblog Entry