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Women's Day GCPA Global Launch 05-03-08 |
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2008
Kumi Naidoo & Ana Agostino, co-Chairs of Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP)
have the pleasure of inviting you to
THE GLOBAL LAUNCH OF GCAP'S 2008 MOBILISATION
PRESENTING THE CALL FOR GENDER EQUALITY
Venue
Fort Conference Centre, Constitution Hill, Old Fort, Johannesburg (follow signposts)
Day
Friday, March 7th
Time
10.30 (doors open 10am). Ends 11.30
In attendance:
· Mr. Jody Kollapen, Chair, South African Human Rights Commission
· Kumi Naidoo, GCAP co-Chair & Secretary General CIVICUS, South Africa
· Ana Agostino, GCAP co-Chair & Feminist Taskforce Representative, Uruguay
· Senior representative of People Opposed to Women Abuse, South Africa
· Representatives of the "Mini Skirt Protest, other South African Women's Rights organisations and of GCAP
Refreshments and food will be served to all guests
RSVP
By close of business, Thursday March 6th to christal.dupont@civicus.org
For interview bookings, please contact frida.hjalmarsson@civicus.org
For more information, please call 011 833 5959 ext 113
THE CALL
70% of the world's poor are women. The Global Call to Action Against Poverty, GCAP will be mobilising around the world on International Women's Day (March 8) calling for gender equality to end poverty and calling for:
· Trade Justice for women's social, economic, cultural and political empowerment
· Debt Cancellation to lift the burden on poor women and their families
· More and Better Aid to fund an end to the feminisation of poverty
· Democratic, Transparent, Participatory and Accountable National Policy Processes to open doors for women and eliminate discriminatory policies
· Gender Equality as central to achieving sustainable development
For more information, please visit
www.whiteband.org
Micha Hollestelle
Senior Communication Advisor
Tel: +27 (0) 11 833-5959, ext. 125
micha.hollestelle@civicus.org
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen ParticipationPO BOX 933, 2135, Johannesburg, South Africa
www.civicus.org
CIVICUS World Assembly, June 2008
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