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What is happening in 2007?

by Irfan Mufti last modified 2007-10-05 15:37

In 2007, national coalitions will focus their efforts on (from the last to the first in the year):
 

Stand Up

October 17th: October 17th is your chance to Stand Up and Speak Out, for the 50,000 people who die from extreme poverty and the millions more who suffer from a lack of food, clean water, health care, education, peace and security.

 

 

IFI 120x240IFIs Annual Meetings actions: GCAP’s ‘STAND UP and SPEAK OUT” actions on October 17th, 2007 come two days ahead of the World Bank and IMF’s Annual meetings from October 20-22, 2007 in Washington DC. This represents an important opportunity to combine GCAP’s mass mobilisation with some targeted political messaging aimed at reforming these two powerful development institutions. 


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The midway point for the MDGs (July 7th): This is an historic opportunity for civil society to hold their political leaders to account and to challenge them to speed progress towards meeting and exceeding these goals.

                   

G8

The G8 in Germany (June 8th): One of the key dates in the fight against poverty and inequality is the annual G8 summit which takes place in Germany from June 6-8, 2007. Deine Stimme Gegen Armut - the GCAP Germany coalition - is calling on the G8 leaders to meet their promises made two years ago in Gleneagles, Scotland.

 

                 

IWD

International Women’s Day (March 8): The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) recognizes the inextricable link between poverty and gender inequality.  Gender equality is central to meeting the various challenges that humanity faces and the struggle for gender equality requires our active participation.

 

Did You Know......
  • Over 1 billion people live on less than $1 a day with nearly half the world’s population (2.8 billion) living on less than $2 a day.
  • Between 1990–92 and 2001–03, the number of hungry people in Brazil decreased from 18.5 million to 14.4 million and the prevalence from 12 to 8 percent of the population.
  • In 1988 there were some 350 000 polio cases worldwide; by January 2005 there were only 1185 cases reported.
  • UNESCO say in the 2007 Global Monitoring Report, that Universal primary education would cost $11 billion a year … that's half what Americans spend on ice cream.
  • Globally, as of 2005, an estimated 15.2 million children under 18 have lost one or both parents to AIDS; about 80 per cent of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • International trade is worth $10 million a minute. 70% of this is controlled by multinational corporations.

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