Dear friends and colleagues,

Nelson Mandela has launched the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) 2005. We are happy to invite you to celebrate  20 years of collective action for global justice. We will do in a special online event that brings together social movements, women, youth, civil society, governments and the United Nations, to celebrate and to reflect on lessons, challenges and opportunities for today and the future.

Date: Thursday, 10 September 2026
Time: 1:00 pm gmt/9am New York/9pm Manila/6.30 pm Delhi/3pm Johannesburg/7 am Mexico
Duration: 90 minutes
Format: Online
Interpretation: French and Spanish.  

Register here

Speakers

• Kumi Naidoo – President, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative; Former Secretary General, Amnesty International; Former Executive Director, Greenpeace International, former Co-Chair, GCAP
• Marina Ponti – Director, UN SDG Action Campaign
• Amitabh Behar (tbc)– Executive Director, Oxfam International; Former Co-Chair, GCAP

Before we meet you are invited to watch the 20 Years of GCAP Video  and the individual videos and messages on our webpage and here:

• Nelson Mandela, South Africa
• Kumi Naidoo, South Africa
• Isabel Ortiz, Spain
• Marina Ponti, Italy
• Amitabh Behar, India
• Sylvia Beales, UK
• Mandeep Tiwana, India
• Monika Dülge, Germany
• Rodolfo Bejarano, Peru
• Ganga Badur Gautam, Nepal
• Oli Henman, UK/Brazil
• Jane Anyango Odongo, Kenya
• Paul Divakar Namala, India
• Reshma Shakya, Nepal
• Neyla Rakhimova, Russia
• Olivier Consolo, France
• Laura Becerra Pozos, Mexico
• Carlos Lozano, Peru
• Salina Sanou, Kenya
• Oumar Sow, Senegal
• Alexandria Kassandra, The Philippines

We look forward to celebrating with you.

In solidarity,

GCAP Co-Chairs

Georgina Muñoz Pavon        Aminata Touré Barry          Arjun Kumar Bhattarai