15-10-07: On Tuesday October 16th, at 9:00pm GMT, millions of people from all over the world are expected to begin mobilizing in the largest ever call to action against poverty and inequality and in
United States of America (Press Release) October 15, 2007 --
The mobilization will continue for 24 hours and hundreds of events will mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
The actions are organised by the UN Millennium Campaign, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance and a wide range of partners around the world. “Stand Up and Speak Out” calls on ordinary people to show courage and demand a more urgent political response to the growing crisis of global poverty and to demand that world leaders meet and exceed their commitments to the Millennium Development Goals.
The events will be verified by Guinness World Records to compare with the 23.5 million who took part last year.
Information available at www.standagainstpoverty.org
Events include:
INDIA - a march of 20,000 Dalits in Madhya Pradesh, Indian’s first female President Pratibha Patil, holds a poverty-focus meeting with women from 20 states, his holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of the Art of Living Foundation will mobilize millions globally and at his ashram in Bangalore, and renowned yoga guru Swami Ramdev is also leading millions of his followers.
KENYA - 25,000 schools and 93 prisons will take a stand and speak out against poverty. The People’s Parliament in Nairobi is hosting discussions about how poverty and debt affect Kenyans.
PALESTINE - 1 million Palestinian children in public and private schools, as well as UNWRA schools throughout the West Bank and Gaza are calling for faster action to end poverty. Also, the Poverty Requiem” will be performed in Ramallah, free healthcare is being provided in the West Bank all week and civil society delegations have lined up high-level meetings with ministers.
AFGHANISTAN - a youth kite-flying event will take place in Kabul in the morning of the 17th , followed by rallies in three cities calling for job creation policies and an end to corruption.
LONDON & NEW YORK – The UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon will lead UN staff and civil society in a stand up moment at UN Headquarters in New York, while the Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha Rose Migiro, will join Kumi Naidoo of GCAP and others at a white band wrap of City Hall in London.
Direct all requests to:
Ciara O’Sullivan, GCAP Media Coordinator
ciara_os@hotmail.com Tel: + 44 77672 46880 or +34 679 594 809 www.whiteband.org
Anand Kantaria, Global Media Coordinator, United Nations Millennium Campaign
Anand.kantaria@undp.org Tel: + 1 212 906 6783 www.endpoverty2015.org
The actions are organised by the UN Millennium Campaign, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance and a wide range of partners around the world. “Stand Up and Speak Out” calls on ordinary people to show courage and demand a more urgent political response to the growing crisis of global poverty and to demand that world leaders meet and exceed their commitments to the Millennium Development Goals.
The events will be verified by Guinness World Records to compare with the 23.5 million who took part last year.
Information available at www.standagainstpoverty.org
Events include:
INDIA - a march of 20,000 Dalits in Madhya Pradesh, Indian’s first female President Pratibha Patil, holds a poverty-focus meeting with women from 20 states, his holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of the Art of Living Foundation will mobilize millions globally and at his ashram in Bangalore, and renowned yoga guru Swami Ramdev is also leading millions of his followers.
KENYA - 25,000 schools and 93 prisons will take a stand and speak out against poverty. The People’s Parliament in Nairobi is hosting discussions about how poverty and debt affect Kenyans.
PALESTINE - 1 million Palestinian children in public and private schools, as well as UNWRA schools throughout the West Bank and Gaza are calling for faster action to end poverty. Also, the Poverty Requiem” will be performed in Ramallah, free healthcare is being provided in the West Bank all week and civil society delegations have lined up high-level meetings with ministers.
AFGHANISTAN - a youth kite-flying event will take place in Kabul in the morning of the 17th , followed by rallies in three cities calling for job creation policies and an end to corruption.
LONDON & NEW YORK – The UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon will lead UN staff and civil society in a stand up moment at UN Headquarters in New York, while the Deputy Secretary General Dr. Asha Rose Migiro, will join Kumi Naidoo of GCAP and others at a white band wrap of City Hall in London.
Direct all requests to:
Ciara O’Sullivan, GCAP Media Coordinator
ciara_os@hotmail.com Tel: + 44 77672 46880 or +34 679 594 809 www.whiteband.org
Anand Kantaria, Global Media Coordinator, United Nations Millennium Campaign
Anand.kantaria@undp.org Tel: + 1 212 906 6783 www.endpoverty2015.org
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