Declaration of the G20 Counter-Summit: What we need is system change!
St Petersburg, 4 September 2013Social movements and civil society organizations from different...
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Tag: alternative/counter meetings
The Broken “New Normal” and the G20 Mirage
By: Dorothy-Grace Guerrero*That is a mirage, cheap mirage, revolting, romantic and...
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Springs of Hope: Defending, Reclaiming and Redefining Public Water
Mary Ann Manahan, Focus on the Global South March 20, 2012 “Privatization is collapsing. We...
Read MoreGlobal water justice movement call to action for governments on the implementation of the human right to water
Marseille, March 2012As members of the water justice movement gathered in Marseille, France to mobilize against the 6th World Water Forum, we issue this statement which also carries the voices of many from around the world who...
Read MoreUPDATE: Civil society meets with UN special rapporteur, governments outside the World Water Forum
By Brent PattersonOn Monday March 12, the water justice movement met with United Nations special rapporteur Catarina de Alburquerque, as well as eight national governments and the deputy mayor of Paris, outside the...
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Overcoming the challenge to the right to water in Asia
Mary Ann Manahan15 March 2012 Speech delivered during the implementation of the right to...
Read MoreWater Commons, Water Citizenship and Water Security
(The) water crisis is largely our own making. It has resulted not from the natural limitations of the water supply or lack of financing and appropriate technologies, even though these are important factors, but rather from...
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Focus on the Global South will join thousands of “Water Warriors” at the Alternative World Water Forum
Every three years since 1997, the World Water Council (WWC), a Marseilles-based policy think tank...
Read MoreBridging the Gap in Water Service Provision in the Philippines: New Roles for Communities
By: Kristine Mae Quiray, Institute for Popular Democracy and Mary Ann Manahan, Focus on the Global South*ContextForty-seven percent of the Philippine population or about seven million households rely...
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