Thursday, December 25, 2008
By By Jan Khaskheli
Karachi
The recent economic crunch has proved fatal for the marginalised sections of society, fisherfolk in particular, who have been deprived of all basic necessities of life, speakers said on Wednesday at a seminar titled ‘Pakistan Economy and the Poverty of Fishermen.’ The event was organised by the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) in collaboration with ActionAid Pakistan.
A large number of fisherfolk, women as well as men, belonging to various coastal localities of Karachi, Thatta and Badin attended the event. The PFF had invited all officials concerned, economists, intellectuals, and civil society representatives along with community people to share their views. Unfortunately, economists as well as government representatives ignored the voice of the victims.
The state departments add more problems to the lives of fisherfolk by awarding jetties to companies for real estate businesses, contracts of water bodies to influential people, allowing deep-sea industrial trawlers to poach fish stock from Pakistani waters and leaving land and timber mafia to chop off the mangrove forest, speakers said.
They demanded immediate measures to amend the Sindh Fisheries Ordinance 1980 from which the term ‘lease’ or ‘contract’ should be deleted. They also demand an announcement of a right-based sustainable fisheries policy by the government- a policy that must incorporate all indivisible human rights, including socioeconomic, cultural, political, civic and freedom of expression rights. Moreover, they were sceptical about the pledges that the current Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government has not honoured even after the 10 months of being in the power. The poor fishermen voted to elect the PPP candidates in their vicinities, the speakers claimed.
Ali Mohammed Mallah, hailing from Zero Point on the Badin coast, portrayed the real picture of fishermen residing there. He told The News that now people even catch juvenile fish and crabs – something they wouldn’t have dreamed of doing 10 to 15 years ago.
There is no fish along the seashore because several sugar mills flow their waste and chemicals through drains to the sea, poisoning the sea, their source of livelihood, he said.
The speakers also criticised parliamentarians elected from fisherfolk constituencies, and said that they breached promises made to the marginalised fisherfolk community.
Saeed Baloch
General Secretary
PAKISTAN FISHERFOLK FORUM [PFF]
Monday, December 29, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Fishermen threaten protest drive across Sindh
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
By our correspondent
HYDERABAD: The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on Monday announced to launch a protest campaign across Sindh from Dec 29 if the provincial government failed to resolve the problems and concerns of the fishermen.
Addressing a news conference at the Hyderabad press club, PFF office-bearers Ghulam Mustafa Mirani, Ayub Shah, Fiza Qureshi and others said despite the announcement of the Fisheries minister the Benazir cards have not been issued to the fishermen of the province for the last 10 months.
They said the Forest Department of Sindh has imposed a contract system on 30 lakes though the system was abolished due to the PFF struggle.They demanded that illegal occupation of lakes should be ended and arrested fishermen should be released forthwith otherwise a protest campaign would be launched from Dec 29 and protest demonstrations would be staged across the province and finally a long march up to the Sindh Assembly would be carried out.
Saeed Baloch
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Remembering Those Who Have Fallen
Following the afternoon discussion on the social movements' mandate proposal, the group took a moment to reflect on and remember those who could not be present at the conference, those who had fallen in the struggle. . .
CONTRIBUTED By Kattee Simon
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
A Letter of Solidarity from India
Dear ESCR Net,
First, I wish to apologise profoundly for our inability to join the strategy meeting. Yet we are very much part of the network and wish to convey that we believe in the collective civil society networking that ESCR has initiated. We are keen on continuing to be active members of ESCR net as we find the democratic spaces getting narrower and more stifling.
Our network within India with members fighting the big mining lobbies and the policy changes they are influencing, particularly on indigenous people's lands is finding the situation grim but we are also trying to find ways of fighting these forces. Our inability to participate is also due to these strong forces that are keeping us constantly fighting at different places where communities and local struggles need urgent actions and support. We are fighting the big multinational corporations that are threatening to take away indigenous people's lands for bauxite mining.
We were suddenly confronted with the threat to our Executive Council indigenous women's leader Munni Hansda who along with her comrades was arrested by local police on false cases for resisting the mining company. We are caught up in this urgent issue. But we agree with the discussions taking place there at Nairobi and will be happy to be signatories to the declaration and the nominations that this strategy meeting will come up with at the end of the day.
In solidarity,
Ravi Rebbapragada, Chairperson, National Network-mines, minerals & PEOPLE
Kalluri Bhanumathi, Coordinator, International Women and Mining Network
First, I wish to apologise profoundly for our inability to join the strategy meeting. Yet we are very much part of the network and wish to convey that we believe in the collective civil society networking that ESCR has initiated. We are keen on continuing to be active members of ESCR net as we find the democratic spaces getting narrower and more stifling.
Our network within India with members fighting the big mining lobbies and the policy changes they are influencing, particularly on indigenous people's lands is finding the situation grim but we are also trying to find ways of fighting these forces. Our inability to participate is also due to these strong forces that are keeping us constantly fighting at different places where communities and local struggles need urgent actions and support. We are fighting the big multinational corporations that are threatening to take away indigenous people's lands for bauxite mining.
We were suddenly confronted with the threat to our Executive Council indigenous women's leader Munni Hansda who along with her comrades was arrested by local police on false cases for resisting the mining company. We are caught up in this urgent issue. But we agree with the discussions taking place there at Nairobi and will be happy to be signatories to the declaration and the nominations that this strategy meeting will come up with at the end of the day.
In solidarity,
Ravi Rebbapragada, Chairperson, National Network-mines, minerals & PEOPLE
Kalluri Bhanumathi, Coordinator, International Women and Mining Network
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
General Assembly Plenary --Day 2 Session Notes
BUILDING A BOTTOM UP NETWORK OF MUTUAL SUPPORT AND COLLECTIVE ACTION
Contributed by Dan Mwihia, conference volunteer
Contributed by Dan Mwihia, conference volunteer
Joji Adresses the General Assembly
On the need for network solidarity toward the successful implementation of the UN Declaration of Human Rights
Monday, December 1, 2008
Letter From The World Organisation Against Torture
World Organisation Against Torture
P.O. Box 21 - 1211 Geneva 8
Switzerland
Tel.: 0041/22 809 49 39 / Fax: 0041/22 809 49 29
E-mail: omct@omct.org / Web: www.omct.org
Re: ESCR-Net International Strategy Meeting and General Assembly
Dear Colleagues of the ESCR-Net,
The International Strategy Meeting and ESCR-Net General Assembly are approaching fast and I am sure we are all thinking of the importance that these two meetings will have for our future work.
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), which is a founding member of the network and attaches great importance to its work, will not be able to be with you in Nairobi. Unfortunately, the dates coincide with OMCT's Colloquium on "Torture : political, cultural and economic relativisms, the clash of convictions" and its General Assembly, both of which require all hands to be on deck.
Your discussions will deal with a number of important issues of concern to us all, and OMCT would like to call to your attention in particular to the need to fight torture, ill-treatment and other forms of violence by addressing their economic, social and cultural root causes, which is important for ending violence and promoting development.
In the two years that we have been implementing a project financed by the European Union to address the root causes of torture, OMCT has learned that dealing with those root causes can reduce violence and that this, in turn, can increase the space for economic, social and cultural development. We hope that you will be able to consider this issue, which cuts across a number of the items on your agenda.
OMCT bases its work in this area on the Interdisciplinary Study, "Attacking the Root Causes of Torture: Poverty, Inequality and Violence", published in 2006:
http://www.omct.org/pdf/ESCR/2006/omct_desc_study_2006_cd/read_me_first.html
As you are meeting in Kenya, we wish to draw your attention to two reports prepared by OMCT and its Kenyan partners (Cemiride, ICJ-Kenya and IMLU) which were recently considered by, respectively, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the UN Committee Against Torture. Both these reports detail the links between violations of economic, social and cultural rights and torture and violence in Kenya:
http://www.omct.org/pdf/ESCR/2008/CESCR_kenya_OMCT_alt_report.pdf
http://www.omct.org/pdf/ESCR/2008/CAT_kenya_alt_report.pdf
Finally, in May 2008, in Maputo, Mozambique, 17 African NGOs adopted the Maputo Declaration Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (attached in both English and French). In this Declaration they recognise that violations of economic, social and cultural rights are very often the root causes of the torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment their organisations fight against, and that such violations can be effectively reduced or eliminated by action on those root causes. They call on African Governments to take action to make the continent "free from such practices". To date, close to 50 NGOs and individuals from around the world have signed the Declaration. NGOs and individuals from all regions are invited to join the Declaration.
Again, we regret very much not being able to be with you and we wish you all great success in the meeting.
Eric Sottas
Secretary General
November 2008
P.O. Box 21 - 1211 Geneva 8
Switzerland
Tel.: 0041/22 809 49 39 / Fax: 0041/22 809 49 29
E-mail: omct@omct.org / Web: www.omct.org
Re: ESCR-Net International Strategy Meeting and General Assembly
Dear Colleagues of the ESCR-Net,
The International Strategy Meeting and ESCR-Net General Assembly are approaching fast and I am sure we are all thinking of the importance that these two meetings will have for our future work.
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), which is a founding member of the network and attaches great importance to its work, will not be able to be with you in Nairobi. Unfortunately, the dates coincide with OMCT's Colloquium on "Torture : political, cultural and economic relativisms, the clash of convictions" and its General Assembly, both of which require all hands to be on deck.
Your discussions will deal with a number of important issues of concern to us all, and OMCT would like to call to your attention in particular to the need to fight torture, ill-treatment and other forms of violence by addressing their economic, social and cultural root causes, which is important for ending violence and promoting development.
In the two years that we have been implementing a project financed by the European Union to address the root causes of torture, OMCT has learned that dealing with those root causes can reduce violence and that this, in turn, can increase the space for economic, social and cultural development. We hope that you will be able to consider this issue, which cuts across a number of the items on your agenda.
OMCT bases its work in this area on the Interdisciplinary Study, "Attacking the Root Causes of Torture: Poverty, Inequality and Violence", published in 2006:
http://www.omct.org/pdf/ESCR/2006/omct_desc_study_2006_cd/read_me_first.html
As you are meeting in Kenya, we wish to draw your attention to two reports prepared by OMCT and its Kenyan partners (Cemiride, ICJ-Kenya and IMLU) which were recently considered by, respectively, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the UN Committee Against Torture. Both these reports detail the links between violations of economic, social and cultural rights and torture and violence in Kenya:
http://www.omct.org/pdf/ESCR/2008/CESCR_kenya_OMCT_alt_report.pdf
http://www.omct.org/pdf/ESCR/2008/CAT_kenya_alt_report.pdf
Finally, in May 2008, in Maputo, Mozambique, 17 African NGOs adopted the Maputo Declaration Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (attached in both English and French). In this Declaration they recognise that violations of economic, social and cultural rights are very often the root causes of the torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment their organisations fight against, and that such violations can be effectively reduced or eliminated by action on those root causes. They call on African Governments to take action to make the continent "free from such practices". To date, close to 50 NGOs and individuals from around the world have signed the Declaration. NGOs and individuals from all regions are invited to join the Declaration.
Again, we regret very much not being able to be with you and we wish you all great success in the meeting.
Eric Sottas
Secretary General
November 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
proposals for projects
PROPOSAL FOR PROJECTS
(Collective Action)
The participants came up with several proposals for projects to strenghthen the effectiveness of the social movements. It was required that the participants come up with priority projects.
1) Support for campaigns
2) Global unified campaigns
3) ESCR door opening to the UN
4) Exchange
5) Manuals
6) Trainings
7) Missions
8) Inspirational books of success stories
9) Accompanying videos and projects, which should be more expansive
10) Newsletters highlighting organizations’ success
11) Organizing conventions both locally and international e.g in land rights-(In and outside participation.)Training activists and social movements on research on activism and documentation, for magnification
(Collective Action)
The participants came up with several proposals for projects to strenghthen the effectiveness of the social movements. It was required that the participants come up with priority projects.
1) Support for campaigns
2) Global unified campaigns
3) ESCR door opening to the UN
4) Exchange
5) Manuals
6) Trainings
7) Missions
8) Inspirational books of success stories
9) Accompanying videos and projects, which should be more expansive
10) Newsletters highlighting organizations’ success
11) Organizing conventions both locally and international e.g in land rights-(In and outside participation.)Training activists and social movements on research on activism and documentation, for magnification
A Great Start!
Well here I am – in Nairobi again – this time for the meeting of the ESCR Net. The main meeting will start tomorrow on the 1 December but I am here attending the social movement meeting which started yesterday, and what a great experience it has been so far.
We are a bit over thirty people at the social movement gathering – movement leaders from all corners of the world gathered here to share, to learn, to strategise and to move forward. Over the past days I have heard stories of courage, stories of sacrifice, stories of successes and stories of successes yet to come.
It’s energizing to meet with our brothers and sisters in the frontline of the human rights struggle – be inspired by their courage and determination often fighting against all odds to bring about positive change for their communities. There is a common thread to the success stories - that when people get together and organize, change can happen!
----
It was wonderful to enter the hotel lobby last night as the new arrivals for the main strategy meeting were just checking in – friends and colleagues that we have interacted professionally and personally over the past 10 years – some whom I have not seen in years and others we work with on a regular and even daily basis.. anyway too many to mention all – but it was wonderful to see them in person and to reconnect. Seeing so many familiar faces, and reading the participant list of people who are still to arrive was a big treat. It seems like this meeting is the place to be. “….you don’t exist if you are not here…” commented a friend. Perhaps theres some truth in that if you are engaged in ESC rights work?
The main formal meeting may not have started yet but the networking is happening – the exchanges are happening at the meal tables, in the walks in the grounds and in other informal spaces, so part of the objective is already being achieved. I hope that in the coming days the formal discussions will go well and that the expectations will be met – that the meeting will lead to the strengthening of the work on esc rights around the world – strengthening the work of the network members and strengthening of the network secretariat.
Unfortunately I will need to leave after the social movement meeting is over as we have our 7th Annual Global Linking and Learning Programme which is starting on 1 December and ending on 10th December – it’s a fixed date on our Dignity calendar and I will need to make my way there.
Congratulations to the Secretariat – Julieta, Suad, Liz, Nikko, Chris, Marla, Rebecca (I hope I have not forgotten others!) and the organizing committee who have done an excellent job in thoroughly preparing this meeting - leaving nothing to chance and doing their best to ensure everything is working well and above all managing to keep a smile under a stressful situation. At least from my experience with the meeting so far - from arrival at the airport, the pick up, the check in, the registration, preparation of the meeting papers as well as the content and direction of the meeting every aspect has been perfect… I raise my hat to you all.
Aye Aye Win
Dignity International
We are a bit over thirty people at the social movement gathering – movement leaders from all corners of the world gathered here to share, to learn, to strategise and to move forward. Over the past days I have heard stories of courage, stories of sacrifice, stories of successes and stories of successes yet to come.
It’s energizing to meet with our brothers and sisters in the frontline of the human rights struggle – be inspired by their courage and determination often fighting against all odds to bring about positive change for their communities. There is a common thread to the success stories - that when people get together and organize, change can happen!
----
It was wonderful to enter the hotel lobby last night as the new arrivals for the main strategy meeting were just checking in – friends and colleagues that we have interacted professionally and personally over the past 10 years – some whom I have not seen in years and others we work with on a regular and even daily basis.. anyway too many to mention all – but it was wonderful to see them in person and to reconnect. Seeing so many familiar faces, and reading the participant list of people who are still to arrive was a big treat. It seems like this meeting is the place to be. “….you don’t exist if you are not here…” commented a friend. Perhaps theres some truth in that if you are engaged in ESC rights work?
The main formal meeting may not have started yet but the networking is happening – the exchanges are happening at the meal tables, in the walks in the grounds and in other informal spaces, so part of the objective is already being achieved. I hope that in the coming days the formal discussions will go well and that the expectations will be met – that the meeting will lead to the strengthening of the work on esc rights around the world – strengthening the work of the network members and strengthening of the network secretariat.
Unfortunately I will need to leave after the social movement meeting is over as we have our 7th Annual Global Linking and Learning Programme which is starting on 1 December and ending on 10th December – it’s a fixed date on our Dignity calendar and I will need to make my way there.
Congratulations to the Secretariat – Julieta, Suad, Liz, Nikko, Chris, Marla, Rebecca (I hope I have not forgotten others!) and the organizing committee who have done an excellent job in thoroughly preparing this meeting - leaving nothing to chance and doing their best to ensure everything is working well and above all managing to keep a smile under a stressful situation. At least from my experience with the meeting so far - from arrival at the airport, the pick up, the check in, the registration, preparation of the meeting papers as well as the content and direction of the meeting every aspect has been perfect… I raise my hat to you all.
Aye Aye Win
Dignity International
Suzanne sharing during strategy session
Suzanne from Comité de Emergencia Garifuna de Honduras
Watch the Rights Alert version of "Garifunas Holding Ground," produced by Comité de Emergencia GarÃfunas de Honduras and WITNESS.
ANALZING THE ROOTS OF COMMON CHALLENGES
TREE OF OPPRESSION
This session was led by Julie where she gave an example of a tree which had its leaves and its roots. The branches represented the problem/ injustices faced by the community and the roots present the underlying causes. The participants were divided into groups and came up with the following general problems and roots:
PROBLEMS
(i) Land
· Privatisation
· Resettlement
· Displacement
· Food Access
· Monoculture
(ii) Government
· Coorporate expolitation
· Natural resource exploitation
· Human Exploitation
· Water privatization and contamination
· Rights of fishermen
(iii) Militarization and Criminalization of Human rights Activists
(iv) Repression
(v) Cooperatization of food
(vi) Gender Dimension
(vii) Differences in religious Backgrounds
(viii) Inhuman development processes
ROOTS
(i) Lack of respect to diversity
(ii) Lack of representation structures
(iii) Ongoing colonialism
(iv) Holistic understanding
(v) Commoditization and Capitalism
(vi) Lack of political will
(vii) Lack of good leadership
(viii) Lack of Acccoutability
(ix) Lack of participation
(x) Selfishness
(xi) Disempowernment
(xii) Lack of information on human rights
This session was led by Julie where she gave an example of a tree which had its leaves and its roots. The branches represented the problem/ injustices faced by the community and the roots present the underlying causes. The participants were divided into groups and came up with the following general problems and roots:
PROBLEMS
(i) Land
· Privatisation
· Resettlement
· Displacement
· Food Access
· Monoculture
(ii) Government
· Coorporate expolitation
· Natural resource exploitation
· Human Exploitation
· Water privatization and contamination
· Rights of fishermen
(iii) Militarization and Criminalization of Human rights Activists
(iv) Repression
(v) Cooperatization of food
(vi) Gender Dimension
(vii) Differences in religious Backgrounds
(viii) Inhuman development processes
ROOTS
(i) Lack of respect to diversity
(ii) Lack of representation structures
(iii) Ongoing colonialism
(iv) Holistic understanding
(v) Commoditization and Capitalism
(vi) Lack of political will
(vii) Lack of good leadership
(viii) Lack of Acccoutability
(ix) Lack of participation
(x) Selfishness
(xi) Disempowernment
(xii) Lack of information on human rights
Collaboration and Solidarity- Strategies
DAY TWO
30TH NOVEMBER 2008
REFLECTING ON COLLABORATION AND SOLIDARITY
Other effective strategies in our different communities as shared by the participants.
They include;
Sussane from Honduras
Strategies;
Educating young people, for them to get better jobs.
Trainings for teachers on Human Rights,
Elberto from Angola
Strategies;
Having a manual on ESCR using simple and understandable language.
Carrying out alot of trainings for the community.
Humphrey from Kenya
Strategies;
Use of publications, both literature and pictures to reach out to the communities on Human Rights.
Budget Targeting- Organise the Peoples’ budget forum which is then presented to the government. This has brought people to the Solidarity Spirit.
Involving the members of the communities fully.
Joji from Philipines
Strategies;
Use of support groups
Use of documentations to strenghthen petitions
Encourage participation by all.
Ezekiel from Kenya
Strategies;
Mobilize the community.
Prepare documents and forward them to the government.
Networking with international organisations.
Ida from Trinidad
Strategies;
Capacity building especially for women.
Use of community theatre.
Facillitate for women participation of women groups.
Use of mass media.
Use of banners, posters and other publications to educate.
Aye Aye from Dignity International
Strategies;
Engage the community leaders.
Training of the public
Training of Trainers.
Networking as organisations and with NGOs
- Use of people to people strategy, people meeting and share ideas and experiences.
30TH NOVEMBER 2008
REFLECTING ON COLLABORATION AND SOLIDARITY
Other effective strategies in our different communities as shared by the participants.
They include;
Sussane from Honduras
Strategies;
Educating young people, for them to get better jobs.
Trainings for teachers on Human Rights,
Elberto from Angola
Strategies;
Having a manual on ESCR using simple and understandable language.
Carrying out alot of trainings for the community.
Humphrey from Kenya
Strategies;
Use of publications, both literature and pictures to reach out to the communities on Human Rights.
Budget Targeting- Organise the Peoples’ budget forum which is then presented to the government. This has brought people to the Solidarity Spirit.
Involving the members of the communities fully.
Joji from Philipines
Strategies;
Use of support groups
Use of documentations to strenghthen petitions
Encourage participation by all.
Ezekiel from Kenya
Strategies;
Mobilize the community.
Prepare documents and forward them to the government.
Networking with international organisations.
Ida from Trinidad
Strategies;
Capacity building especially for women.
Use of community theatre.
Facillitate for women participation of women groups.
Use of mass media.
Use of banners, posters and other publications to educate.
Aye Aye from Dignity International
Strategies;
Engage the community leaders.
Training of the public
Training of Trainers.
Networking as organisations and with NGOs
- Use of people to people strategy, people meeting and share ideas and experiences.
Reflecting on Collaboration and Solidarity
DAY 2
SUNDAY 30.11.2008
REFLECTING ON COLLABORATION AND SOLIDARITY
Effective strategies in our different communities as shared by the participants.
SUNDAY 30.11.2008
REFLECTING ON COLLABORATION AND SOLIDARITY
Effective strategies in our different communities as shared by the participants.
- Educating young people, for them to get better jobs.Trainings for teachers on Human Rights,
- Having a manual on ESCR using simple and understandable language.
- Carrying out alot of trainings for the community.
- Use of publications, both literature and pictures to reach out to the communities on Human Rights.
- Budget Targeting- Organise the Peoples’ budget forum which is then presented to the government. This has brought people to the Solidarity Spirit.
- Involving the members of the communities fully.
- Use of support groups
- Use of documentations to strenghthen petitions
- Encourage participation by all.
- Mobilize the community.
- Prepare documents and forward them to the government.
- Networking with international organisations.
- Capacity building especially for women.
- Use of community theatre.
- Facilitate for women participation of women groups.
- Use of mass media.
- Use of banners, posters and other publications to educate.
- Engage the community leaders.
- Training of the public
- Training of Trainers.
- Networking as organisations and with NGOs
- Use of people to people strategy, people meeting and share ideas and experiences
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Common challenges to many groups and the common causesof them
The group had almost same challanges which means we all face the same problems and were as follows:
- infrastucuturel
- law struggle especially in Kenya, Nigeria, India and almost all countries in Africa
- gender in equality
- H.I.V/AIDS
- Millitraisation
Regis speaks about root causes
Regis from South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign in a conversation about what might be the causes for the common challenges that the social movement are facing. At ESCR-Net's Social Movement and Grassroot Gathering, Nairobi, kenya
Friday, November 28, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Building a Strategic Network
ESCR-Net, in partnership with the Kenyan ESCR Coalition, will hold a four-day International Strategy Meeting of its Working Groups, Members and active participants in Nairobi, Kenya. This landmark gathering intends to bring together approximately 200 key human rights, social justice and grassroots’ activists from around the world.
Building on the collective achievements of ESCR-Net and its Members since its Inaugural Conference in Thailand in 2003, as well as the strong trajectory and experience of local Kenyan organizations over the past decade, this meeting is envisioned as a significant occasion to create new, substantial and more systematic pathways for greater global action for social and economic justice through human rights. Participants in ESCR-Net’s Working Groups and Initiatives will benefit significantly from meeting together—in one location with interpretation and preparation—to network, strategize and advance their collective agendas as well as to explore the intersections of their work.
Building on the collective achievements of ESCR-Net and its Members since its Inaugural Conference in Thailand in 2003, as well as the strong trajectory and experience of local Kenyan organizations over the past decade, this meeting is envisioned as a significant occasion to create new, substantial and more systematic pathways for greater global action for social and economic justice through human rights. Participants in ESCR-Net’s Working Groups and Initiatives will benefit significantly from meeting together—in one location with interpretation and preparation—to network, strategize and advance their collective agendas as well as to explore the intersections of their work.
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