It was a simple message:
Women’s rights are human rights!
Women’s rights not corporate rights!
Women and the planet are not for sale!
Repeat.
Women’s rights are human rights!
Women’s rights not corporate rights!
Women and the planet are not for sale!
A simple, straightforward, revolutionary message.
I raised my voice in protest with my fellow women as we shouted in the courtyard of the Rio Centro convention center. With the sounds of “Not for sale!” reverberating in my lungs, drumming against my chest, I realized I was protesting much more than the position of the Holy See in opposition to the inclusion of reproductive rights in the Outcome Document. I was also protesting the recent Supreme Court judgment that corporations are people as well as extractive industries and carbon markets.
As I discussed in an…
Post by: Soojin kim and Jose Medina-Mora
International Conferences and Organizations FES850
UNITAR is hosting a series of workshops in the Rio+20 preparation forum. This time the workshop’s objective is to reflect upon the role of environmentally sound technologies for sustainable development.
Feature speakers will concentrate in presenting diverse proposals regarding technologies and their role in the Rio+20 main themes. Special guests’ participation will range from the contribution of technologies in sustainable development and a government summit for proposals on ICT technologies to advance sustainable development solutions. Selected partners’ cutting edge solutions will address research, implementation, transfer and deployment of “green” technologies facing the challenges of sustainable development. Up to date discussions regarding economic development, poverty alleviation and…
