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LDC5 Civil Society Forum

The LDC5 Conference was held in two ; Part 1 adopted the new Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2022-2031 (DPoA) on 17 March 2022 at the UN headquarters in New York. Part 2, the main Conference was held in Doha, Qatar, from 5 to 9 March 2023. The Civil Society Forum was organized by a Core Group of civil society organizations composed of LDC-Watch, Third World Network, Social Watch and Global Policy Forum, in collaboration with the United Nations Office…
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LDC5 Civil Society Forum

The Civil Society Forum is being organized in collaboration with a Core Group of civil society organizations composed of LDC-Watch, Global Policy Forum, Third World Network and Social Watch. The engagement of civil society organizations in the work of the UN helps build support for the promotion of sustainable development in the LDCs, brings their expertise and lessons learned on key implementation areas of the Doha Programme of Action (DPoA) and helps build support for…
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“Strengthen Care and Social Security in Latin America”

With the aim of strengthening the political incidence of civil society in favor of social protection in South America,  Ciedur, Social Watch and the Global Coalition for Social Protection Floors (GCSPF), with the support of Red de Género y Comercio, proposed a cycle of conferences with the participation of various organizations of civil society (, feminists, trade unions, ecumenical, etc.) and experts in the field. Within the framework of the general issues of social security, with new proposals, such…
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Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021

Time to overcome contradictions and hypocrisy in the COVID-19 crisis Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have exacerbated rather than reduced global inequalities. The most visible example of this is the global disparity in the distribution of vaccines. So far more than 60 percent of people in high-income countries have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, but less than 2 percent have done so in low-income countries. In view…
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