Global Eye on Social and Gender Rights

Source: IFIs Latin American Monitor / Mon Jan 25 2010

By the end of 2009, it seemed necessary to take stock of the political and economic situation and of the different processes in which civil society has been actively involved, in order to provide input for debate and coordinate efforts for the construction of a new economic and financial model. For this purpose, a seminar-workshop was carried out on December 10 and 11 2009, within the framework of the MERCOSUR Summit of Presidents held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on December 8.

Representatives of over 40 Latin American social organisations gathered in Montevideo in order to discuss and propose alternatives to the current financial system. Following the outburst of the economic and financial crisis in 2008, discussions and proposals started to proliferate in governmental and inter-governmental spaces and social organisations at international level, thus becoming necessary to bring them to this regional space, in order to build and strengthen political advocacy strategies in the face of alternatives, taking into account the current political and economic situation and the different sub-regions. Read more…

Eventos, News Alma Espino, Álvaro Padrón, Andean Coordinator of Indigenous Organisations, BNDES, CEDHA, Central Trade Union Coordinator of the Southern Cone, Confederation of Argentine Workers, Fernando Gambera, FESUR, Financial crisis, Graciela Rodríguez, Héctor Moncayo, Héctor Mondragón, Hemispheric Social Alliance, ILSA, International Gender and Trade Network, Jana Silverman, Javier Gómez of CEDLA, Juan González, Karen Lang, Latindadd, Luis Sirumbal, MERCOSUR, Norma Aguilar, OWINFS, Pedro Páez, PIT-CNT, Raúl Zibechi, Rebrip, Redes-Amigos de la Tierra, Ricardo Jacques, Roberto Bissio, Rómulo Torres, Sebastián Valdomir, social watch, Technical Commission of the Bank of the South, Víctor Ricco