10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments

10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments


Take action to demand a rights-based solution to the crisis!


June 16 – 26 - New York City and on-line globally


Today, June 16th, civil society organizations and social movements kick off a 10-day initiative calling on all to take action in the lead up to the United Nations Conference on the Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development on 24-26 June in New York City. The ’10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments’ aims to mobilize public opinion and delivers the message to world leaders that civil society is watching and expects equitable, sustainable and just solutions to the financial and economic crisis which are focused on the needs of people and the planet.


The ‘10 Days of Action’ begins with a focus on the Day of the African Child to raise awareness on how the economic crisis is hitting the most vulnerable and marginalized the hardest, such as children, women, small farmers and the working poor, among others. With close to a billion people living on barely a meal a day, and millions living on $2 a day, the financial and economic crisis is reversing progress and putting millions back into poverty.


The UN Conference will be the first opportunity for all countries – developed and developing nations alike - to have a seat at the table to discuss possible solutions to this systemic crisis.

10 Days of Action includes many event focused on the following themes:

16 June – Take action on the Day of the African Child

17 June – Take action on climate change

18 June –Take action to the right to quality public education

19 June – Take action on the Millennium Development Goals

20 June – Take action to highlight the voices of the people most affected by the crisis

21 June - Take action on gender equality and women’s rights

22 June – Take action to protect migrant workers during the crisis

23 June – Take action to support civil society solutions to the crisis

24 June – Take action to demand a restructuring of the global financial architecture

25 June – Take action to promote decent work and social protection

26 June – Take action to ensure a representative voice of the G192 at the UN Conference

Check out the ‘10 Days’ CALENDAR OF EVENTS and BLOG at: http://tendays.socialwatch.org/


10 Days of Action: Countdown to Commitments is a collaborative effort by organizations and networks advocating for a more just, equitable and sustainable global economy and includes the Feminist Task Force-GCAP, Social Watch, ITUC, ICAE, FES, Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development, IBON Foundation, NGO Committee on Financing for Development, and the major global coalitions of the Global Social Economy Group and the Global Crisis group, among others TBC.

For more information, contact Rosa Lizarde, ENLACE / Feminist Task Force GCAP rosaencasa@aol.com, Jana Silverman, Social Watch jsilverman@item.org.uy