PHM-Exch> Civil Society and Feminist Movements Speak Out on the Need for Governments to Prioritize People Above Profits!

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Thea Gelbspan <tgelbspan at escr-net.org>


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*From:* ESCR-FEM at yahoogroups.com


*Civil Society and Feminist Movements Speak Out on the Need for Governments
Meeting at the** United Nations to Prioritize People Above Profits!*

*New York, NY, September 18, 2013*—At the moment when world leaders gather
in New York to review development agendas and plan for the coming decades,
a group of grassroots and feminist organizations, networks and social
movements from different backgrounds and contexts will share their visions
and proposals for a just world, where all are able to *live with freedom
from fear and want*. The *People’s General Assembly on Development Justice
(People’s GA)* will be the venue for people from the global south and the
global north to challenge governments to address the needs of the world’s
99%, the ones who earn the least, yet bear the costs of excessive
consumption and greed.****
The human and environmental effects of growing inequalities, conflicts,
forced evictions, militarization, gender-based violence, extremisms, and
corporate greed will be brought to the forefront during the assembly. While
2015 was set as a target date for achieving specific goals about poverty,
health and education, many of these goals have failed to address the causes
of social injustice and marginalization. Women, globally, are
disproportionately affected by the adverse effects of continued global
inequalities and insufficient responses.

Civil society and feminist movements are coming together to stake a claim
in the post 2015 global sustainable development agenda. They will speak out
and share their visions and demands for development justice, putting human
rights at the center as a means of transforming the lives of the most
marginalized. ****

Decisions made in boardrooms...to increase corporate profits have real
consequences in the lives of people. We are the people paying for excessive
greed,
*The People’s GA is organized by the Campaign for People’s Goals for
Sustainable Development; Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development;
Association for Women’s Rights in Development; Center for Women’s Global
Leadership; and IBON International. For more information, please visit **
https://www.facebook.com/peoplesGA* <https://www.facebook.com/peoplesGA>*. *

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Center for Women's Global Leadership****

School of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Email: cwgl at rci.rutgers.edu
Website: http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu
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