Newsletter September 2024

Dear Colleagues,
 
We invite you to #Act4SDGs and to mobilise for Economic Justice! 

We organise the Global People’s Assembly 2024 from Sunday, 22 September to Tuesday, 24 September 2024. This year, the Assembly will be held in person at the UN Church Centre in New York in front of the UN during the UN Summit of the Future on 22-23 September 2024, and during the UN General Assembly.  

Explore the full program here: https://t.ly/MF38k  

Register for in-person attendance: https://t.ly/1RPvB

Register for online participation (22.9.2024): https://t.ly/WBXzi 

We will address crucial UN processes with a focus on economic justice, including climate action, debt, tax, financing for development, gender equality, civic space, and social justice.

The Global People’s Assembly is the culmination of constituency, national, and regional People’s Assemblies, bringing together representatives of marginalized and excluded communities, along with civil society, to discuss critical global justice issues.

Interpretation will be provided in French and Spanish for the plenary and part of the sessions.

#Act4SDGs – September Action for Economic Justice

As always in September, also this year GCAP will mobilize to Act4SDGs – with a focus on Economic Justice, linking it to debt, social, and climate justice as essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For eradicating poverty and inequalities – SDG 1 and 10 – we need Universal Social Protection Floors.
 
The September Actions include community and constituency assemblies; national people’s assemblies; regional assemblies; and also public stunts.
 
Participate in the actions. Access the toolkit here: https://t.ly/l7haw

National People’s Assemblies

Key element of the actions are national people’s assemblies in Asia –  India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia and The Philippines;  Latin America and the Caribbean –  Nicaragua, Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador and Guatemala; and in Africa – for example in Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Togo, Nigeria and Mali. The GCAP Social Justice Task Force will hold a virtual Asia-level Dalit People’s Assembly.

Tanzania Sustainable Development Platform (GCAP Tanzania) hosted the People’s Assembly on
6 September 2024, bringing together 180 representatives from civil society organisations across the country. 

Pakistan Development Alliance (GCAP Pakistan) held the National People’s Assembly on 12 September in Islamabad, bringing
together people’s representatives, academia, government officials and civil society to deliberate on the Summit of the Future.

Regional People’s Assemblies

Asia: The Asia Regional People’s Assembly was held on 11 September, focusing on pressing regional issues, including the debt crisis, poverty, hunger, health access, social protection, exclusion and human rights. It featured voices from the community, UN representatives, governments and civil society.

Watch the Asia Regional People’s Assembly: https://youtu.be/ceiKAZe1XKg 
 
Africa: The Africa Regional People’s Assembly will be held on 17 September at 12:00 GMT/UTC. Discussions will focus on debt justice, social justice, climate justice, universal social protection, and universal health coverage, with interpretation in English and French.

Register now to participate: https://t.ly/ho0T5 
 
Latin America and the Caribbean: The Regional People’s Assembly  will be held on 17 September at 2 PM GMT/UTC, with a focus on climate justice, economic justice, and social protection for peace-building.

Join the Latin America and the Caribbean Assembly: https://t.ly/9HsvR 
Concept Note and Programme: https://t.ly/QVXbv 
 
You are invited to participate and to contribute!
 
In Solidarity,

Ingo Ritz

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