10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments
- Tuesday Jun 16,2009 03:16 PM
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Take action to demand
a rights-based solution to the crisis!
June 16 – 26 - New York City and on-line globally
Civil society organizations and social movements are calling on all to take action in the lead up to the United Nations Conference on the Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development in New York City.
The ’10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments’ aims to mobilize public opinion and delivers the message to world leaders that civil society is watching and expects equitable, sustainable and just solutions to the financial and economic crisis which are focused on the needs of people and the planet.
The ‘10 Days of Action’ begins with a focus on the Day of the African Child to raise awareness on how the economic crisis is hitting the most vulnerable and marginalized the hardest, such as children, women, small farmers and the working poor, among others. With close to a billion people living on barely a meal a day, and millions living on $2 a day, the financial and economic crisis is reversing progress and putting millions back into poverty.
The UN Conference will be the first opportunity for all countries – developed and developing nations alike - to have a seat at the table to discuss possible solutions to this systemic crisis.
10 Days of Action includes many event focused on the following themes:
- 16 June – Take action on the Day of the African Child
- 17 June – Take action on climate change
- 18 June –Take action to the right to quality public education
- 19 June – Take action on the Millennium Development Goals
- 20 June – Take action to highlight the voices of the people most affected by the crisis
- 21 June - Take action on gender equality and women’s rights
- 22 June – Take action to protect migrant workers during the crisis
- 23 June – Take action to support civil society solutions to the crisis
- 24 June – Take action to demand a restructuring of the global financial architecture
- 25 June – Take action to promote decent work and social protection
- 26 June – Take action to ensure a representative voice of the G192 at the UN Conference
Check out the ‘10 Days’ CALENDAR OF EVENTS and BLOG at:
http://tendays.socialwatch.org/
10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments is a collaborative effort by organizations and networks advocating for a more just, equitable and sustainable global economy and includes the Feminist Task Force-GCAP,
Social Watch,
ITUC,
ICAE,
FES,
Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development,
IBON Foundation,
NGO Committee on Financing for Development,
nd the major global coalitions of the Global Social Economy Group and the Global Crisis group, among others TBC.
For more information, contact
Rosa Lizarde, ENLACE / Feminist Task Force GCAP
rosaencasa@aol.com,
Jana Silverman, Social Watch
jsilverman@item.org.uy
Financial crisis, Financing for Development, IFIs, U.N. reform
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Thanks for the heads up
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