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Over 116 million people stand up against poverty

23/10/08
The Elders' Mary Robinson joined Anti-poverty campaigners yesterday, to announce an astounding 116 million people – nearly two percent of the world's population – mobilized at events in 131 countries on October 17-19 as part of “Stand Up and Take Action.”


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Stand Up and Take Action - Official 2008 Clip

16/10/08
October 17th has arrived at the International Date Line, and this years 'Stand Up Take Action' event is underway. Watch this year's official clip for the big event.



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Stand Up Take Action - the view from inside GCAP

15/10/08
While Stand Up is doubtless only a success because of the hundreds of thousands of organizers and millions of participants every year, there is a dedicated team of coordinators working hard to bring all of the global actions together for this massive declaration against poverty and inequality and for the Millennium Development Goals.
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Blog Action Day - thousands blogging about poverty

15/10/08
In the lead up to this years Stand Up event, over 9,000 bloggers with an estimated readership near 11,000,000 people, are writing posts about poverty today. Bloggers around the world are submitting everything from their written thoughts to pictures, podcasts, and videos as part of Blog Action Day - hoping to spark a global conversation about poverty.
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Mariela Scazzioti

Children's and Women’s Rights Activist & Teacher - standing up for human rights
Buenos Aires-born Scazzioti has been fighting to bring social rights to poor communities since she was a student. In addition to lobbying government for basic social rights to housing, education and health and real solutions to existing inequalities, she gives workshops to socially excluded youth in one of Argentina’s poorest communities.

'Stand Up and Take Action' with 67,000,000 others!

8/10/08
GCAP just released a lineup of events for 'Stand up Take Action'. According to their latest press statement, you can join with what is expected to be more than 67,000,000 people - 1% of the entire planet - to Stand Up and Take Action against poverty and for the Millenium Development Goals on October 17-19.

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World Day for Decent Work! Get Involved

6/10/08
October 7th, you have an opportunity to participate in the World Day for Decent Work. There are hundreds of events are taking place around the world, or participate online by signing the Decent Work Decent Life - Call To Action.


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A DAY of VOICES: POVERTY HEARINGS in pictures

5/10/08
A slideshow from the 50 Days of Action Against Poverty and Inequality event 'A DAY of VOICES: POVERTY HEARINGS on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)'. The event took place two days before the UN High-Level Event on MDGs in New York, bringing attention to voices of the poor from poverty hearings around the world.
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Poverty Hearings Show People Behind Numbers

3/10/08
Is it possible that we are not on track to realize the Millennium Development Goals by 2015? An incredible story written by Mirela Xanthaki for IPS News captures some of the outcomes from last week's Poverty Hearings in New York, where GCAP shared some of the latest poverty figures and stories about the people behind the numbers.
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Alvin Tan

Advocate for freedom of expression through social theatre - standing up for human rights
A passionate advocate for social change, Alvin has produced controversial works such as Off Centre and Mobile which sought to bring remote voices into the mainstream through theatre. In 1994, he introduced forum theatre to Singapore, which became proscribed, but recently legalised. Despite having brushes with local authorities in challenging times, Alvin continues to push for individuals’ rights in the freedom of expression.
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