15. février 07
March 16th: "Access to water – a human right"
Talking about the human right to water, what does it mean? What needs to be done so that people can claim their right? Leading up to World Water Day (March 22nd) a half-day conference organized by the Swiss working group "Water - a public good" and supported by the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches and the Ecumenical Water Network will try to tackle these and related questions. Among the speakers will be Maude Barlow, winner of the...
2. février 07
World Social Forum 2007: Another World is Possible!
Almost 60,000 people from all over the world came together at the World Social Forum (WSF) from January 20th to 25th in Nairobi, Kenya. Though fewer than expected, the spirit was good and the common call for another, a better, world was strong. The Caritas/AACC Ecumenical Platform provided a visible space for churches to stand "Together for social justice". Many events drew attention to the pressing problems of dwindling water resources and lack...
26. janvier 07
A story in a glass of muddy water
A glass of water could tell a whole story. Like the glass Dunstan Ddamulira was offered recently in the Ugandan countryside. "In my country [Uganda]," Ddamulira says, "you can't be refused water to drink. So I stopped by at this house and asked for a glass of water. A girl gave it to me. It was 50 percent mud." And to prove what he says, he shows a picture he took with his cell phone. It is 50 percent mud.
25. janvier 07
Ecological debt: who owes whom?
"Mozambique is owed an ecological debt by those who constructed and have made profits from the dams of the Zambezi River, that is to say, the Portuguese government and the South African company Eskom," Malawian economist Francis Ng'ambi told participants at a World Council of Churches (WCC) workshop on ecological debt at the 20-25 January World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.
The EWN at the World Social Forum
Between January 20th and 25th, members of the EWN will participate in the 7th World Social Forum (WSF) taking place in Nairobi, Kenya. The WSF will be an important moment to exchange and discuss ideas on how we can work together to ensure and promote people's access to water worldwide and particularly in the African communities.
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