The Council of Swaziland Churches (CSC) in collaboration with CANGO and Bizaid is conducting a series of activities aimed at raising awareness on salient trade issues, such as the inclusion of trade issues in sermons of CSC member churches.
Hunger Strike marks International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
About 400 people participated in a seven hour hunger strike to protest poverty.
Feria Campesina y Solidaria por el Derecho a la Alimentación
AMás de 10 experiencias populares de producción alternativa convocadas por el Movimiento de Cristianos por la Paz, se congregaron ayer 16 de octubre, día mundial por el derecho a la alimentación, en la plaza de los periodistas de Bogotá, para unir su voz de denuncia y solidadridad a la de miles de personas que en todo el mundo exigen justicia en el comercio global.
2008 Trade Week of Action
Join with millions of people around the world as they participate in the Trade Week of Action from 12-19 October to call for justice in global trade!
For decades, rich countries and institutions have pushed poor countries to open their markets, privatize essential services, and divert development efforts away from local producers. The profits of large corporations, supermarkets, transport companies and advertisers have increased and the power to control trade has been increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few. At the same time, millions of people – from small farmers to individual consumers, have become increasingly disempowered and impoverished.
That’s why we are calling for trade justice. Trade justice is about recognizing the right that farmers have to feed their families and send their children to school. It is about allowing domestic industries to develop; it is about access to essential services like water and healthcare, and it is about the right to fair wages and dignified work. Trade justice is about people and their basic human rights.
Join us – learn about the issues, find out what’s being planned in your area, and work with others in taking action! Many people have organized their actions during this week around trade and the right to food, but everyone is encouraged to focus on an issue that makes sense in their own context.
Together we are telling the world that enforced free trade is inflicting misery on millions of poor people, and that there are alternatives.
Trade Week of Action Resource Guide