Encuentro por la justicia del agua en Toronto >>
The Blue Planet Project and allies are organizing a Water Justice Gathering that will take place this September 8-11 in Toronto.
It will bring together policy and advocacy groups and activists from Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa working on water justice issues. The goal of the meeting is to create a strategic and coordinated 3-5 year plan to counter the corporate takeover of water resources and promote public water for all.
Over the past decade, the global water justice movement has worked to bring human rights, social justice, indigenous, peasant and environmental organizations and movements together in the fight for water justice. This movement has proven to be enormously effective in fighting for local control of water systems and countering the propaganda of corporations, international financial institutions and governments promoting a neoliberal agenda for solving the world’s water crisis. Despite our incredible successes, we now find ourselves in a crucial moment to stand back, take stock of where we are and where we are going, and renew our commitment not only to this work but to the next generation of goals.
Some sessions will be accessible online via webinar. Sessions will be streamed on:
Monday, September 8, 10:00 am –12:30pm EST
Tuesday September 9, 9:00- 1:00 pm EST
Thursday September 11, 10:00 am –12:30 pm EST
The URLS are:
English: http://canadians.adobeconnect.com/torontowater/
Spanish: http://canadians.adobeconnect.com/aguaentoronto/
| Convening organizations: Blue Planet Project Corporate Accountability International Focus on the Global South Food and Water Watch La Red Vida Ingenieras sin fronteras, Catalunya Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy Municipal Services Project Public Services International Transnational InstituteBackground resources: 1. Human right to water:
2. Water resource struggles: 3. Anti-privatization and pro-public campaigns:
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Participating organizations: Rede Guarani / Serra Geral Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) NAPM India KRuHA Plataforma de Acuerdos Públicos Comunitarios Red Vida Foundation for Grassroots Initiatives in Africa (GrassRootsAfrica) Focus on the Global South Asesoria a Programas y proyectos de desarrollo – ASPRODE Corporación Ecológica y Cultural Penca de Sábila Women for Change and Housing Assembly Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Badwani (MP) India Peasants Association of Ghana Jubilee South Asia Pacific Movement on Debt and Development (JSAPMDD) EYATH’S trade union and “SOSte to NERO” coalition Blue Planet Project Ingenieras sin frontera Catalunya Internacional de Servicios Públicos AMRTA Institute Public Services International (Africa and Arab Countries) Nairobi Water Secretaria General del Sindicato de Trabajadores de Acuavalle de Colombia Kenya Government Workers’ Union Tanzania Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers (TUICO) Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) of Ghana Trade Union Congress PSI Nagpur Municipal Services Corporation Employees Union Corporate Accountability International Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria(ERA/FoEN) Grassy Narrows (FN) Forum Social Sénégalais Transnational Institute Food and Water Watch Food & Water Europe Polaris Institute CUPE IATP Italian Forum |