News – Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)

APSD proposes reforms for the HLPF and the VNR processes 17/01/2019

The Asia Civil Society Partnership for Sustainable Development (APSD) has published a proposal on the need to reform the HLPF and VNR processes. This is based on discussions the regional forum held in 2018, where representatives from national, regional and global civil…

GCAP Newsletter – Faces of Inequality Campaign & Happy Holidays! 20/12/2018

Français | Español Dear friends, The year is already coming to an end and we are gearing up for a great and full 2019! The Campaign In 2018 we launched the Faces of Inequality…

Today: 70 years Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Marrakech Women’s Rights Manifesto 10/12/2018

Today is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)! Today, in 1948 the UN General Assembly proclaimed this declaration as a common standard of achievements for…

Open letter: EU Must Seize Opportunity to Adopt New Political Vision and Give Global Leadership on Sustainable Development 07/12/2018

GCAP and a coalition of EU CSOs led by SDG Watch Europe has written an Open Letter to EU Leaders. Urgent need for a new political vision for EU In advance…

GCAP signed the letter for the Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) 03/12/2018

Do not derail the Robin Hood Tax, put the project back on track We, the undersigned, civil society organisations and trade unions, representing more than 125 million European citizens,…

GCAP Newsletter – November 2018 – New Website! 30/11/2018

Français | Español Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to announce the new Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) website at our new domain - http://gcap.global! We've been busy here in the…

Citizens in Asia throng the streets demanding implementation of SDGs 22/11/2018

With three objectives of generating awareness, enforcing accountability and creating impact, the global citizens called to #Act4SDGs and held various forms of mass actions across the world. By Pradeep Baisakh,…

GCAP Newsletter: Global Day of Action (25/09) & Int’l Day to End Poverty (17/10) October 2018 31/10/2018

Dear Colleagues, First of all, I want to congratulate you for a successful Global Day of Action 2018! On 25 September, you were part of million people in 1,248 cities…

Joint C20 policy brief: Fair Transitions in the Future of Work 30/10/2018

GCAP Argentina / FOCO and several other organizations from the region met on 30 October 2018 at a multi-stakeholder round table within the framework of Civil 20 (C20), that also…

Press Release: Launch of the Manifesto for a Sustainable Europe for its Citizens 16/09/2018

Over 200 civil society organisations all around Europe are uniting to bring people together to discuss the “Europe we want”, and to put this on the agenda of the forthcoming…