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Miss Campus and Diplomats Stand Up in Japan

From university students, to world diplomats, everybody joins in Stand Up in Japan to affirm their commitment to the Millennium Development Goals.

I am standing up this weekend.......

"My name is Toko Tomita, I will be standing up as part of a big rally in Tokyo alongside our special guests from Benin and Uganda". Hear what GCAP campaigners around the world are planning to do this weekend to be counted as part of the mass mobilisation Stand Up.

70,000 people take part in an exhibition on international cooperation, in the run up to Stand Up and Take Action in Japan

In 2008, 22,000 people participated in SUTA in Japan. This year, with a week left before its kich-off, already 8000 people have registered online to participate. There are growing number of people taking their own inititatives to organise SUTA events in their local communities.

Regime Change: Japanese NGOs United at New Challenges and Chances

Following a national election that conduced to a historic power shift in Japan, Ugoku/Ugokasu (GCAP Japan) jointly held a public meeting to pressure the new administration for quick, definitive action in the face of global poverty and climate change.

GCAP Japan - Learning brief 2008

 

Japanese NGOs United to Attain Millennium Development Goals

 

People in Poverty United in Tokyo: Anti-Poverty Festa, March 28

NGOs working on homelessness in Tokyo, trade unions, and lawyers united under the banner of "Japan Anti-Poverty Network" and organized an "Anti-Poverty Festa"

OPEN LETTER TO G20 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING 14 MARCH in LONDON

 

GCAP Mobilises on Women's Day

Marches, hair cuts and new beginnings kick off the 20 days of mobilisation between International Women's Day and the Global Week of Action starting 28th March in advance of the G20 meeting in London on 2nd April.

G20 2009 - April 2nd - Finance Ministers Lobby letter (sample)

The G20 Finance Ministers are meeting Saturday 14th March, this lobby letter can be sent prior to their meeting to focus their talks on GCAP demands.

GCAP campaigners hand over petitions to G8 delegates

Yesterday GCAP campaigners in Canada, Germany, Italy, Russia and the UK handed over the Tanabata petitions to the G8 delegations.

GCAP Japan events 07/07/07

 

Japan’s Live 8 Concert!

The very biggest Japanese stars, and international artists, such as Bjork, performed live in Tokyo for over 20,000 people.

Japanese groups unite to press government on aid, trade and debt

Japanese groups have come together through the Global Call to Action against Poverty under the slogan "Hottokenai, Sekai no Mazushisa" (World poverty can't be ignored), a coalition that works to make the eradication of poverty a priority on the Japanese agenda.

GCAP Japan events 2005