<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Thea Gelbspan</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tgelbspan@escr-net.org">tgelbspan@escr-net.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><br></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:justify"><b>Civil Society and Feminist Movements Speak Out on the Need for Governments Meeting at the</b><b> United Nations to Prioritize People Above Profits!</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i>New York, NY, September 18, 2013</i>—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 <b>live with freedom from fear and want</b>. The <b>People’s General Assembly on Development Justice (People’s GA)</b> 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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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.<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">
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. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Decisions made in boardrooms...to increase corporate profits have real consequences in the lives of people. We are the people paying for excessive greed,</p><i>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 </i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/peoplesGA" target="_blank"><i>https://www.facebook.com/peoplesGA</i></a><i>. </i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">
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<div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#330033">School of Arts and Sciences<br>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey<br>Email: <a href="mailto:cwgl@rci.rutgers.edu" target="_blank">cwgl@rci.rutgers.edu</a><br>
Website: <a href="http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/" target="_blank">http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu</a></span><span style="color:#330033"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#330033"><br><br></span></p><br></div></div></div>
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