{"id":1739,"date":"2024-08-30T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:26:07","slug":"asia-regional-peoples-assembly-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janic.org\/en\/2024\/08\/30\/asia-regional-peoples-assembly-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Regional Peoples Assembly 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Asia Development Alliance<\/a> (ADA)<\/strong>, which JANIC is a member of, jointly organize Asia Regional Peoples’ Assembly 202<\/strong>4 on 11th September via zoom. Please join the Assembly through the link below.<\/p>\n

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The world is reeling under increased hunger, abject poverty and dreadful impacts of climate change. Inequality is rising and the debt crisis has affected the low- and middle-income countries so much that they have to spend huge resources on debt servicing and debt repayment, cutting short their expenditure in education, health and other areas of social protection.<\/p>\n

In this context, the wider Civil Society, coordinated by the\u00a0Global call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP<\/a>) will be organising People\u2019s Assemblies at the national, regional and the global levels to deliberate on the issues concerning the most marginalised groups of people who are left behind in the process of development. The issues of food crisis, inadequate access to health and social protection, civil liberties, and impact of climate change will be discussed among others. This will be our key intervention during the Summit of the Future to be held on 23-24 September in New York.<\/p>\n

Global call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP<\/a>) is a global civil society campaign working on the issues of inequalities and poverty in context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is present in 66 countries.<\/p>\n

In Asia also the\u00a0Asia Regional People\u2019s Assembly<\/strong>\u00a0will be organised by the civil society, coordinated by\u00a0GCAP-Asia<\/a>, on\u00a011th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2024 from\u00a0<\/strong>2.30 \u2013 4.30 PM Bangkok<\/strong>\u00a0Time<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Your country time\u00a0<\/strong>here<\/a>)\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>to discuss the key issues affecting the poor and marginalised groups.<\/p>\n

You are invited to actively participate and contribute to the Assembly.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please register here: <\/strong>https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZMlc–spjMrHNfrI-NbGOt2G7cUinwc89N_#\/registration<\/a><\/p>\n

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On behalf of the Organising Partners:<\/p>\n

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  1. Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) (Coordination)<\/li>\n
  2. Asia Dalit Rights Forum (ADRF)<\/li>\n
  3. Global Forum on Communities Discriminated by Work and Descent (GFoD)<\/li>\n
  4. Asia Civil Society Partnership for Sustainable Development (APSD)<\/li>\n
  5. Asia Democracy Network (ADN)<\/li>\n
  6. Asia Development Alliance (ADA)<\/li>\n
  7. People\u2019s Vaccine Alliance (PVA), Asia Chapter<\/li>\n
  8. OXFAM-Asia<\/li>\n
  9. South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE)<\/li>\n
  10. ActionAid International – Asia Region<\/li>\n
  11. Aide Et Action \u2013 International<\/li>\n
  12. Wada Na Todo Abhiyan<\/li>\n
  13. NGO Federation of Nepal<\/li>\n
  14. Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM)<\/li>\n
  15. Noakhali Rural Development Society, Bangladesh<\/li>\n
  16. Sri Lanka United Nations Friendship Organisation (SUNFO)<\/li>\n
  17. \u00a0Sanayee Development Organisation, Afghanistan<\/li>\n
  18. Pakistan Development Alliance (PDA)<\/li>\n
  19. ONE Singapore<\/li>\n
  20. Africa Japan Forum<\/li>\n
  21. Coordination Committee of Cambodia (CCC)<\/li>\n
  22. Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organisation (APCASO)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Programme Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Welcome and Introduction (2 min):\u00a0<\/strong>Pradeep Baisakh,\u00a0<\/strong>Asia Coordinator, GCAP<\/p>\n

    Session 1 (30 minutes):<\/strong>\u00a0Voices on social protection<\/strong>\u00a0and civil liberties\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Key question:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The issues and challenges the communities are facing relating to poverty, hunger, access to health and welfare schemes, exclusion, human rights etc and what are the key demands\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    Moderation:<\/strong>\u00a0Beena Johnson, Chairperson, Asia Dalit Rights Forum (ADRF)<\/p>\n

    Keynote speaker:<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Devinder Sharma, Food and Trade Policy Analyst on \u201cThe Great Indian Divide: Opulence and Starvation\u201d\u00a0(10 minutes)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    Community voice 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Exclusion from the Social Protection in Pakistan\u00a0(3 min)<\/em><\/p>\n

    Community voice 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Voice of a Human Rights Defender from Myanmar\u00a0(3 min)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    Community voice 3:<\/strong>\u00a0Exclusion and discrimination of the Dalit community\u00a0(3 min)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    Community voice 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Youth from Bangladesh\u00a0(3 min)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    Session 2 (35 min):\u00a0<\/strong>Members of Parliament and UN representatives responding to people\u2019s issues and concerns\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Moderation:\u00a0<\/strong>Maneesh Pradhan, ActionAid International \u2013 Asia\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Preet Kaur Gill, Member of Parliament, UK (Or her video message) (5 min)\u00a0(tbc)<\/em><\/li>\n
    2. MP from Pakistan (7 min)\u00a0(tbc)<\/em><\/li>\n
    3. Dr Rojnath Pandey, Secretary of Parliamentary Committee of Nepal\u00a0(7 min)<\/li>\n
    4. Hitomi Rankine,\u00a0Environmental Affairs Officer, UNESCAP (7 min)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Session 3 (35 min):<\/strong>\u00a0Voices of the CSO leaders\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Key question:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Sharing on issues of economic justice, institutional reforms and democracy and human rights\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

      Moderation:\u00a0<\/strong>Beckie Malay, PRRM<\/p>\n

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      1. Poverty and Vulnerability in South Asia:\u00a0<\/strong>Arjun Karki, SAAPE\u00a0<\/strong>(5 min)<\/em><\/li>\n
      2. Reform of the WB and IMF:\u00a0<\/strong>Mae Buenaventura, APMDD\u00a0<\/strong>(5 min)<\/em><\/li>\n
      3. State of democracy in Asia:\u00a0<\/strong>Ichal Supriadi, ADN\u00a0<\/strong>(5 min)<\/em><\/li>\n
      4. Rising Inequality in Asia:\u00a0<\/strong>Farooq Tariq, Fight Inequality Alliance\u00a0<\/strong>(5 min)<\/em><\/li>\n
      5. Can implementation of the SDGs be expedited:\u00a0<\/strong>Speaker, ADA\u00a0(5 min)<\/em><\/li>\n
      6. Proposed global campaign on Economic Justice:\u00a0<\/strong>Arjun Bhattarai, NFN\/GCAP\u00a0(5 min)<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Session 4 (15 minutes):<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Discussion on the People\u2019s Declaration<\/p>\n

        Moderation:\u00a0<\/strong>Anselmo Lee, APSD Coordinator<\/p>\n

        Draft presentation by Maryam Khan followed by discussion<\/p>\n

        Thank giving:\u00a0<\/strong>Jyoti Prakash, Aide Et Action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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