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17-11-2009
A five-member civil society delegation met India’s minister of environment and forests to present a women’s charter on climate justice. They conveyed their concerns to press the need for a people’s agenda to protect the interests of the masses both at the domestic and international fronts.
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22-10-2009
Politicians, policymakers, members of parliament, celebrities and filmmakers in India answer the 'Stand Up' question and offer solutions to end poverty in the country. The purpose of this was to create a knowledge bank of poverty solutions from thought leaders who are specialists in their own fields.
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22-10-2009
In the largest anti-poverty mobilisation, more than 173 million citizens gathered at the Stand Up events around the globe last weekend, setting a new Guinness world record. Asia took the lead with 101 million, accounting for more than half of the global number.
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Image: Minar Pimple, Deputy Director, UNMC (L) and partner NGOs with signature cheque carrying the representation of 173 million citizens in the Stand Up campaign
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20-10-2009
India has a scheme for every problem but fails to implement it effectively, says Salil Shetty, Director, UN Millennium Campaign. On a recent visit to mark the global Stand Up campaign, he urges the government to invest more in MDGs to avert naxalism and make the goals instead a public demand.
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Image: Salil Shetty/ Photo credit: Google Images
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16-10-2009
Expressing their solidarity for the Stand Up Against Poverty Campaign, Indian parliamentarians have given a clarion call to address grave issues of infant and maternal mortality and human rights violations.
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Image: Agatha Sangma, Minister of State for Rural Development/ Photo credit: UNMC
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12-10-2009
As part of the global Stand Up events, Bangladesh will organise a countrywide rally mobilising millions against poverty. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Begum Khaleda Zia along with several other leaders, will participate in the event.
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24-09-2009
As per the figures released by the UN Millennium Campaign, poor countries will face a shortfall of $33 billion in aid delivery if the G20 fails to commit resources. The Campaign has urged world leaders meeting at Pittsburgh to prevent further indebtedness.
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Image: Logo of the G20 Summit at Pittsburgh/ Photo credit: Wikimedia
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27-08-2009
The global campaign director for MDGs Salil Shetty believes India's ambitious unique identification project can help track delivery of basic entitlements and services to the poor. Technology can fight corruption and its leakages if linked to the right to information, says Shetty.
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Image: Salil Shetty/ Photo credit: Google images
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20-08-2009
Living in precarious conditions, India’s denotified and nomadic tribes are subject to maltreatment and abuse by all and sundry. Highlighting their inhuman existence, a convention held in the national capital brought together many of these floating communities to demand basic rights of food and shelter from the government.
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Image: Speakers at the Convention/ Photo credit: Mahipal Singh Rawat/ OWSA
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24-07-2009
Boosting food security by increased investment in agriculture, more aid to Africa and setting emission targets were among many of the commitments made at the L'Aquila summit. But did the G8 merely repackage old promises? Salil Shetty makes a critical assessment from Italy.
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Image: Salil Shetty/ Photo credit: UN Millennium Campaign
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