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Call attention to discrimination, poverty, unemployment and violence

फाल्गुन ८, २०८०
Call attention to discrimination, poverty, unemployment and violence
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Highlights

  • Issued more than 60 manifestos focusing on social movement issues

The 16th conference of the World Social Forum has come to an end, raising voices on contemporary issues such as climate change, inequality, discrimination, poverty, immigration, and war. Dealing with crises, the World Conference which started on February 3 with the slogan 'Another world is possible' was concluded on Monday.

The conference issued more than 60 manifestos focusing on social movement issues. Through the declaration, the attention of the world has been drawn against social discrimination, poverty, hunger, illiteracy, health problems, unemployment, inequality, violence, war etc.

'The neoliberal capitalist system has excluded the majority of the world's people, a limited number of people are monopolizing the world's resources, resources and wealth in their hands,' the Nepal Organizing Committee of the World Social Forum said in a press release, 'A large part of the population is poverty, exclusion. , is in the grip of discrimination and various problems, the earth is in crisis due to climate change and environmental pollution, so the 16th edition of the World Social Forum has been completed with grandeur while searching for another world.' The

social platform is considered to be the platform of the world's social activists for economic and social transformation. It aims to raise the voices of women, youth, farmers, Dalits, workers, tribal tribes, Madhesi, people with disabilities, gender and sexual minority communities etc. The statement said, 'We hope and believe that this social platform will prove to be a milestone for equal treatment and dignified living for all human beings in the world according to the 21st century.' More than 30,000 social activists in and affiliated with the organization participated. Workshops, discussions and interactions took place on the main 13 themes such as economic inequality, gender discrimination, human rights, food sovereignty, climate justice and its implications at the World Social Forum. People affected by the capitalist system in the world, various social movements, workers, farmers, youth, women, Dalits, tribals, Madhesi, people with disabilities, various civil organizations, marginalized communities held more than four hundred different meetings, conferences, forums, discussions, debates and interactions. .

On the closing day of the findings, social movements focused on their topics and issued more than 60 manifestos, drawing the world's attention against social discrimination, poverty, hunger, illiteracy, health problems, unemployment, inequality, violence, conflict, war, etc. Netra Prasad Timilsina of the Nepal Organizing Committee said at the closing ceremony that the world-class conference was successfully completed in Nepal, 'We will continue to find another world from Kathmandu to convey that another world is possible from Kathmandu to the rest of the world. Nirmala Sharma, on behalf of the media coordination sub-committee, said that the participants from all over the world had the opportunity to inform about Nepal's struggle for democracy, its achievements and the important contribution of social movements in it. Sushil VK said on behalf of the media coordination sub-committee, "In the declarations, those related to Nepal, the government of Nepal, the international community and the world should be drawn to the same pressures, challenges, and inequalities should be reduced and made fair." The

conference was attended by political and human rights activists from the Latin American country of Cuba, Aleda Guevara, Indian human rights activists, Medha Patkar, politicians and activists, Thomas Walgren, farmers' rights activists Buri Tunkara Gambi, human rights activists Tala Nasir, economist and activist Jomo Kawaim Sundaram, Dalit rights activists Ashok Bharti, farmers' rights activists. Wen Taijun, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Federation, Asia Pacific Soya Yesida and others addressed.

In the World Social Forum conference held under the slogan "From Kathmandu to the World", issues such as World Women's Forum, World Dignity Forum, Workers' Rights Forum, Farmers' Rights Forum, Tribal Tribes Forum, Human Rights Assembly, Children's Assembly, Intercontinental Youth Forum and Parliamentary Forum were discussed. There were discussions and debates. The organizing committee claims that there are about 50,000 participants attending the

conference itself and participating in the sessions broadcasted through the Internet. Solidarity rallies with cultural tableaus were also held along with discussion debates. It was organized in coordination with International Council, Asia Pacific Social Forum, Nepal Organizing Committee and others. Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations Nepal arranged a free secretariat for one year to make the World Social Forum a success.

प्रकाशित : फाल्गुन ८, २०८० ०८:४२
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