GCAP-SENCA - Stand Up mobilizations in Asia

Stand Up mobilizations in Asia

Friday, 17 October 2008

India:
-Stand Up mobilizations will take place in the following states: Andra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharastra, and Uttar Pradesh. About 1. 5 million people are expected to participate in the mobilizations.
-Some 90,000 people will march to Parliament in Delhi to demand resources for the most vulnerable and socially excluded groups (organized by NACDOR and Amnesty International). Thousands of women will demand political representation for women in India.
-Mobilizations of Notified Tribes/Denotified Tribes will take place in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and New Delhi.
-Members of the Art of Living Foundation, one of the largest spiritual movements in the world and based in India, will mobilize to plant more than 100 million trees around the globe.

Indonesia:
-Indonesia's CSO Network will use "Stand Up" to demand better access to local health services for the poor and people of marginalized areas, better reproductive healthcare, and equal education and employment opportunities.
-Stand Up events will take place in East Kalimantan, East Java, North Sumatra, Bogor, West Java, Jakarta, NTT, NTB, and South East Sulawesi.
-Muslims will Stand Against Poverty at more than 400 mosques to demand that the government commit to more pro-poor policies.

Japan:
-The Africa Japan Forum will hold a garbage clean up march that will be joined by Africans living in Japan and ambassadors of African countries.
-Organizations that will hold their own Stand Up events include World Vision, Plan Japan, Peace Boat, People Tree, MOFA, JICA, Girls Scout, and NEC Corporation. More than 20 major universitiesØ are will also organize Stand Up events.
-A film on Stand Up will be screened at the big vision screen near the Shibuya Station.
-A youth talk event and photo op will be held by YDP Japan.
-Emails will be sent to15,000Ø people at Mixi, the biggest Social network service in Japan.
-A mobile site (www.standup2015.jp/m/ ) and blog site for the youth (http://sutayouth.blog7.fc2.com/) will be launched.

South Korea:
-From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., a Whiteband Event will take place on the main road of Duksoo Palace (near the Seoul City Hall). Korean NGOs will issue a statement on global poverty urging the Korean government to increase aid. Whitebands will be distributed and there will be performances. Booths depicting poverty will be set up along the main road of Duksoo.
-From Oct. 17-19, there will be a White Banner Campaign. Participating organizations will hang a large white banner outside their office buildings. Participating organizations include KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency), MOFAT (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Myeongdoong Catholic Cathedral, Girl Scouts, and the district offices of Seoul.
-There will be a sign-up campaign for the eradication of global poverty at on Korea’s number one website “Naver” (www.naver.com ).

Nepal:
-Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) will call on citizens of Nepal to Stand Up and Take Action against poverty and issue a full commitment of Nepal's government to take the actions towards eradicating poverty in New Nepal.
-Mobilizations will take place in Ilam District, Sunsary and Saptari districts. Millions will join the mobilizations, the majority will be people who have been devastated by flooding, as well as disadvantaged minority groups and workers.
-The Federation of Community Forest Users-Nepal (FECOFUN-Nepal) will organize a plantation program in the community forest areas of the central region. FECOFUN is a membership organisation of 8.4 million users of community forests.
-Public hearings will be held in Kailali and Kancanpur districts.
-There will be a roundtable with the women members of the Constituent Assembly (CA) in Kathmandu to discuss the role of CA members in the eradication of poverty and guaranteeing the rights of women in the new constitutions. More than 50 Constituent Assembly members will participate in the roundtable.

Pakistan:
-There will be a rally in Multan organized by AwazCDS-Pakistan and its partners. There will be street performances depicting poverty and a rally at B.Z. University.
-The Peoples’ Awareness and Rights Committees (PARCs) Network will hold Stand Up events in front of the Tehsil Council Halls.
-Stand up rallies will be organized in other districts by Insan Foundation, Anjuman Asiai Awam, Anjuman Mazarin Punjab, LCAP, Sarsabz Foundation, etc.
-Organizations of Balochistan Coordination Council led by SEHAR Organization will organize Stand Up events in Quetta, Gawadr, and Loralai.
-The Fisher Folk Forum will join with SEHAR in holding Stand Up events in the districts of Gawader and Quetta.
-The SindhNet and Bhitshah Coordination Councils will organize Stand Up events in Karachi, Hyderabad and Nawab Shah.
-AwazCDS-Pakistan’s partner organizations will organize Stand Up events in the Sukkur, Jaecobabad and Mir Pur Khas districts of Sindh.
-The Serhad Coordination Council, along with EPS and Sawabi Development Organization, will hold Stand Up events in Peshawar, Sawabi, Abbotabad, and Mansehra.

Bangladesh:
-About 1.5 million people are expected to join the mobilisations from October 17 to 19.
-The mobilisations on October 17 include a grand rally in Dhaka, a huge farmers rally, women's rallies demanding an end to hunger, a Stand Up Cycle Rally in Jhinaidah and Madaripur, a Friendly Football Match in Panchagar and Mymensigh, and a Human Chain of 50,000 students in Norshindi.
- On October 18 -19, there will be a kite flying event, a Stand Up school assemblies all over Bangladesh, including in Faridpur (Oct. 18) and in Biddya Pith High School, Mirpur (Oct. 19), a Friendly Football Match in Norshindi (Oct.19).

Singapore:
-ONE (Singapore) will launch at the Forbidden City the Countdown Clock website (www.standup.sg/clock), an online timepiece counting down the months, days, hours, minutes and seconds left to the Millennium Development Goal’s 2015 deadline. The clock uses photos of people holding numbers. Photos of Singapore celebrities Andrea De Cruz, Sheik Haikel, Nadya Hutagalung, Hossan Leong, Liu Ling Ling, Vernetta Lopez, Claressa Monteiro, Rod Monteiro, Mrs. UN Singapore Alicia Ng, film director Royston Tan, Angel Teo, Utt, and sports heroes Desmond Koh and James Wong are among those in the clock.
-Groups that will participate in the Stand Up event include Datacraft Asia’s 13 offices, Singapore Airlines’ 5Cs (Cabin Crew Club for Community Care), TWC2, the Thomson Hill community, the martial arts group Capoeira Zambiacongo, and schools like Anglo Chinese Junior College, Dunman High School, Raffles Girls School, Raffles Junior College, and Siglap Secondary School and Alumni.
-Bands including Vertical Rush and Jack and Rai will play at Youth Park on October 18 to express their demands to end world poverty.

Philippines:
-The Kabataan Kontra Kahirapan (Youth against Poverty) will hold a photo exhibit and signature campaign from Oct 16-17 in Ramon Magsaysay Cubao High School.
-The National Anti-Poverty Commission and other civil society organizations are expected to mobilize more than 10 million people at Stand Up events that include a National People’s Day on October 18, which will offer medical services and a job fair.
- GCAP Philippines will hold a mobilization in front of the Department of Agriculture on the morning of October 17 with fisher folk organizations to protest the ratification of the controversial Japan Philippines trade agreement.
-There will be a GCAP Philippines sponsored “Stand Up and Take Action” Rap Contest for community youth groups in Metro Manila on October 17 and a bike run on October 19.

Thailand:
-At least 180,000 people living below the national poverty line are expected to participate in poverty reduction clinics organized by the Ministry of Interior, which will encourage domestic and individual savings, health promotion, and empowerment of the poor.

China:
-There will be a Poverty and Migration Forum hosted in Beijing by GCAP China and will include large numbers of people standing up.

All Stand up events are registered on www.standagainstpoverty.org.

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