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Dr Marianna Leite

@drmariannaleite.bsky.social
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Legal scholar, policy expert, @CESR Director of Program, @GNDR Trustee, #HijadeAbyaYala❤️ Structural change, gender analysis, intersectionality and IHRL. Photo @HeidiScherm/Women7 + @Atelier34

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
The resources promised to confront the climate crisis are still shaped by colonial legacies and unequal power. Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations. ➡️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...
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New guide: Decoding Climate Finance
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Global tax rules didn’t emerge in a vacuum—they were built on racial capitalism. In our latest #KeyVoices, @islandtaxprof.bsky.social calls for dismantling this global Jim Crow & advancing real tax justice. Read more ⬇️ #FiscalJustice #TaxJustice www.cesr.org/key-voices-s...
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Key Voices: Steven Dean on global tax justice, racial capitalism, and dismantling Global Jim Crow
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🌍 As the IMF and the World Bank meet in #WashingtonDC for the Annual Meetings, debates on debt, tax, and climate finance take center stage. @cesr.bsky.social and allies will push for rights-based reforms to the global financial architecture. Details below ⤵️ #CSPF2025
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🎥 “No country can do this alone.” At the #UNTaxConvention negotiating session, our Research and Policy Lead, María Emilia Mamberti, calls for effective taxation of high-net-worth individuals, not just stopping evasion. 📺 youtu.be/8yon1QxUUG0 #HNWIs #TaxJustice #UNTC
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CESR's intervention - UNTC substantive session (Aug 8, 2025)
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
🧵 #UNTaxConvention Negotiations – Day 3 highlights: Day 3 opened with what may be the Convention’s most contested issue: fair allocation of taxing rights (FATR). Behind technical language is a fight over who gets to tax and who benefits. Here’s what happened in 10 key points👇
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
❓What happened during Day 2 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations? Countries debated three key commitments that could shape the foundation of a just global tax system. ⤵️ Here’s a quick rundown 🧵
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
📅 Yesterday was a historic moment for global tax justice. 🌍 The first substantive session of the #UNTaxConvention took place. All Member States reaffirmed their commitment to the process. Here are 6 key takeaways from Day 1 ⤵️
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
📅 Monday, Aug 4: A historic moment for global tax justice. 🌍 The first substantive negotiations of the #UNTaxConvention began today, with all Member States reaffirming their commitment to this landmark process. Here are 6 key takeaways from Day 1 ⬇️ #TaxJustice #UNTC
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The #UNTaxConvention negotiations kicked off today. Our new blog maps early State & stakeholder submissions: from taxing rights to fairness, rights, and climate justice. Read what’s at stake ➡️ www.cesr.org/early-signal...
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Early signals: mapping State and stakeholder inputs on the UN Tax Convention
As the UN Tax Convention talks begin, submissions reveal sharp divides while civil society pushes to put rights and justice at the core.
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
🌍 Climate change is a #HumanRights crisis. Two of the world’s top courts just confirmed it in historic advisory opinions. ✅ States must prevent harm ✅ Regulate polluters ✅ Protect future generations A turning point for #ClimateJustice. 🔗 www.cesr.org/landmark-win...
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Landmark win for climate justice: CESR welcomes historic advisory opinions from international courts
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🌱 How do we reclaim care as a public good and collective responsibility? In our #KeyVoices series, Verónica Montúfar of @psiglobalunion.bsky.social reflects on feminist unionism, public investment & building power to transform care. 🔗 cesr.org/key-voices-v...
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Key voices | Verónica Montúfar: unionism, feminism, and rebuilding the social organization of care
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
🌍 How can feminist tax strategies respond to austerity, digitalization & anti-rights backlash? Join this discussion during the 5th #FiscalJustice and #HumanRights Week: 📅 July 24 | ⏰ 13:00 🇦🇷🇧🇷 | 10:00 🇲🇽 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/3bt2p2ws
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The global rules of finance must serve human rights—not undermine them. 🎥 Watch highlights from our joint side event at #FfD4 youtube.com/watch?v=SoLb... With @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social, @liznelson13.bsky.social, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social & more Thank you @taxjustice.net for the video!
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Rights-Based Development Finance: A post-Seville agenda
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
How can global economic policy shift from hindering to enabling gender equality? In CESR’s latest blog, our Director of Program @drmariannaleite.bsky.social urges that the 2025 #HLPF and #BeijingPlus30 confront the economic roots of gender inequality. 🔗 Read: www.cesr.org/global-presc...
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Global prescriptions: A constructive view on the review of SDG5 and the Beijing+30 anniversary
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Dr Marianna Leite @drmariannaleite.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
@cesr.bsky.social is pleased do be co-organising an #HLPF side event with @ProfSuryaDeva, co-sponsored by 🇩🇪 Germany and 🇧🇷 Brazil, to further distill #SDG5 challenges & opportunities. Do join us at: 🇺🇳 UN Headquarters, Conference Room F 📆 Wednesday, the 16th of July 2025 🕐 13:15-14:30 EDT
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
💵 Billionaires hold $16.2 trillion (more than the GDP of every country except the US and China) yet are taxed just 0.3–0.4%. At #FfD4, Spain and Brazil launched a joint proposal for a global wealth tax, opening the door to a broader coalition. We unpack what it means ⤵️ www.cesr.org/spain-and-br...
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Spain and Brazil’s call to tax the super-rich can shift global norms
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Lena Simet @lenasimet.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
From #FFD4 in Sevilla: One of the most urgent conversations here is how to design economies to uphold human rights & repair the harm caused by systemic failures & inequality. @giescr.bsky.social @cesr.bsky.social Learn more about what we mean by a human rights economy: www.hrw.org/sites/defaul...
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Gender injustice doesn’t just happen — it’s built into our global economic system. Our new #DecodingInjustice guide with Third World Network shows how tax, debt and trade rules fuel inequality, and how to challenge them using human rights. Download now ⬇️ bit.ly/decoding_gender
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New guide: Decoding Gender Injustice
This guide unpacks how global economic policies entrench inequality and provides tools to challenge them. It equips movements to expose systemic harms and push for economic rules that center care, e…
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Are you in #Seville for #FfD4? Join us on Monday at 12:30 ⤵️
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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Missed the CAN Press Conference livestream on Closing Reflections on Bonn SB 62 - and the Road to COP30? 📽️Watch the full press briefing highlights on our YouTube channel @anabellarosemberg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6nU...
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Anabella Rosemberg, CAN International | SB62 Closing Press Conference
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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📰 ECO is out 🌍 Just Transition = real lives, not words 🚫 Kick polluters out of COP 💔 End toxic fossil finance 🚨 Justice for Kenya 🗣️ Youth demand action 🛑 No to bio-traps 🔥 1.5°C isn’t a vibe—it’s a deadline 📉 MWP fails to close ambition gap 📎 Read: climatenetwork.org/resource/eco...
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ClimateActionNetwork @canclimateaction.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🌡️ “Without public finance from rich countries and real accountability, we won’t close the ambition gap—or stay below 1.5°C.” @rebeccathissen.bsky.social #ClimateJustice #JustTransition #PayUp #SystemChange
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Dr Marianna Leite @drmariannaleite.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
People power is essential. At #SB62, we pushed for climate finance as reparatory justice, not charity. Solutions must be led by frontline communities. The fight for #ClimateJustice is a fight for human rights. More: bit.ly/4lhuzhG
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🌍✨ Side Event | Climate Reparations: Advancing Finance and Human Rights for Frontline Communities 📅 Date: June 24 🕘 Time: 16:30 – 17:45 📍 Location: Room Berlin @cesr.bsky.social @larutadelclima.bsky.social @amnesty.org @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @coolearthaction.bsky.social
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Dr Marianna Leite @drmariannaleite.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
As climate negociations stands at a crossroads, @cesr.bsky.social is present at #SB62 to echo calls for human rights centred climate finance. There is no climate justice without #humanrights. There is no #economicjustice without #climatejustice. #UNTC #DebtJustice @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social
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Dr Marianna Leite @drmariannaleite.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
In the coming weeks, we will be part of key global spaces shaping the future of climate and economic justice 💵 Join @cesr.bsky.social at London Climate Action Week, #SB62, #FfD4, and more 🌎 👇🏼https://www.cesr.org/cesr-at-london-climate-action-week-sb62-and-ffd4/ @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social
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Dr Marianna Leite @drmariannaleite.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Who pays for the damage climate change leaves behind? Join us for this #SB62 event to find out more✍🏼 🌍✨ Side Event | Climate Reparations: Advancing Finance and Human Rights for Frontline Communities 📅 Date: June 24 🕘 Time: 16:30 – 17:45 📍 Location: Room Berlin
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The #CompromisoDeSevilla is more than just another UN outcome: it’s a contested space where power, politics & possibility collide. In our newest blog post, we unpack what it really means for #DebtJustice, #TaxJustice & rights-based reform. Read below ⬇️ #FfD4
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Cautious consensus: Where we stand on the Compromiso de Sevilla
Despite deep divisions, the Compromiso de Sevilla opens space for long-overdue reforms in global economic governance. This blog unpacks what was gained, what was lost, and how civil society and Glob…
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Aligning financial flows with climate justice isn’t a technical fix: it’s a political choice. Our new briefing with @re-course.org exposes the barriers and sets out what governments must do to make climate finance support a just transition. 🔗 bit.ly/art2-1c #SB62
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“Making financial flows consistent with climate-resilient development”: The role of international financial institutions and standard setters - Recourse
“Making financial flows consistent with climate-resilient development”: The role of international financial institutions and standard setters
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
As #SB62 opens in Bonn, climate finance is back in the spotlight, and still failing the Global South. #COP29 fell short, offering too little and ignoring equity. It’s time to center human rights in how climate funds are raised and distributed. Read more: bit.ly/4kJFXTP
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The road from Baku to Belem: Advancing a human rights lens to climate finance
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🌍 Las reglas fiscales globales se están reescribiendo. ¿Servirán a las personas? Nuestra nueva nota técnica muestra cómo la #ConvenciónFiscalONU puede redistribuir el poder y alinear la cooperación tributaria con los derechos humanos. 📑 Léela aquí: bit.ly/3Z3PPPv
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
While the Global South brings urgency and solutions to upcoming #FfD4, Global North governments remain absent in presence & ambition Europe is blocking progress on just debt resolution & democratic tax reform. It’s time to back UN-led financing for development centered on rights. #EraOfJustice
Cityscape of Seville, Spain under clear skies on the left, with bold white text on an orange background on the right reading: "The Global South is showing up for #FfD4. Will European countries step up?" At the bottom right corner is the logo of the Center for Economic and Social Rights.
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🌍 As UN tax negotiations gear up to resume in August, Latin America & the Caribbean are showing what’s possible when fiscal policy is rooted in human rights. At a high-level dialogue in Santiago, voices from across the region called for just global tax rules. 📰 Read more: bit.ly/3ZAUwQU
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Dr Marianna Leite @drmariannaleite.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
🌈Happy #Pride Weekend Brussels! #LoveIsLove - No difference, no obstacles, no hate! 🌈
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
📍Geneva | At today’s #Beijing30 & #RightToDevelopment side event, our Director of Program @drmariannaleite.bsky.social reminded us: “Beijing is the bare minimum. Without binding rules, public financing, and human rights accountability, it risks becoming a ceiling—not a springboard.”
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"The current international financial architecture perpetuates historical injustices and exacerbates global inequalities. #FfD4 presents a critical opportunity to reshape this system through a human rights lens", @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social at #FinancingOurFuture @feps-europe.eu
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Lena Simet @lenasimet.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
What do we mean by Human Rights Economies? Mahinour El Badrawi @cesr.bsky.social explains the principles that underpin it. Read here to learn more: www.cesr.org/sites/defaul...
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
“Sovereign debt restructuring today lacks fairness, coherence & predictability—shaped by creditor-dominated, ad hoc processes that fail to prioritize people’s rights or countries’ obligations to them” our Global Partnerships Lead, Mahinour El Badrawi #FfD4People
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Pope Francis’ economic message was clear: cancel unjust debt, fight inequality, and build an economy centered on human dignity. As the Jubilee approaches, his call for structural change remains urgent. ➡️ Read more in our latest blog: bit.ly/4cUTDbw
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Protecting our common home and our shared humanity: Pope Francis’ legacy, the Jubilee and the way forward
As we enter the Jubilee year, we reflect on Pope Francis' unwavering advocacy for debt relief, tax justice, and a Rights-Based Economy.
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🚨 Next Monday: 📣 Join us in NYC or online to discuss what a human rights lens can bring to #FfD4, with Mahinour ElBadrawi, Luke Holland, @sergiochaparro.bsky.social, and @unhumanrights.bsky.social's Rio Hada 📅 April 28, 2025 🕓 4:45PM ET 📍 In person: bit.ly/4iua0wI 💻 Online: bit.ly/4ixl6kz
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
“Private creditors are never willing to lower the interest rate. They want debt sustainability—and they want high interest rates. And they also believe that markets work perfectly. If you can square that circle, you deserve a Nobel Prize,” @josephestiglitz.bsky.social
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"Research shows interest rates [charged to countries in the Global South] cannot be justified by the default rate. Capital markets are not working the way theory suggests." Professor @josephestiglitz.bsky.social at the #DebtPaperSeriesLaunch #IEJ
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
“Countries are defaulting on their development through crises not of their making”, Dr. Penelope Hawkins, UNCTAD Senior Economist #DebtPaperSeriesLaunch
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"For any Argentine person,the name and face of the IMF Managing Director is more familiar than knowing their Minister of Education—because the impact on their lives is more significant", our Research & Policy Lead María Emilia Mamberti at the #DebtPaperSeriesLaunch
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
"Human rights allow us to see that the debt debate is not only between creditors and debtors—it also involves the rights of people living in debtor countries," our Research & Policy Lead María Emilia Mamberti at the #DebtPaperSeriesLaunch
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The #IEJ #DebtPaperSeries is out! Our joint paper shows how debt restructuring can uphold human rights—so countries aren’t forced to choose between repaying creditors & protecting people. 📘 Read: bit.ly/3GhRyKe 🔗 Full series: iej.org.za
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Can sovereign debt restructuring uphold human rights and economic justice? Join @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, Zane Dangor & more for a bold conversation on rethinking the rules. 🔊 Join us online (bit.ly/3Ymwmt1) or in person in DC (bit.ly/3YmylNZ) 📅 Apr 21 | 3–5 PM ET
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We welcome the UN's Human Rights Council recent resolution on #ESCRights, which strengthens the link between human rights and fiscal policy 💪 It represents meaningful progress in recognizing tax justice as essential to fulfilling states’ human rights obligations. Our analysis in full ⬇️
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States adopt UN resolution to further rights-enabling economic policies
The Human Rights Council’s new resolution on economic, social and cultural rights strengthens the link between human rights and fiscal policy
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Will #FfD4 in Seville deliver real change—or reinforce the status quo? We analyzed the conference's First Draft and we break down: 🔸 What’s in the draft—and what’s missing 🔸 Why civil society must step up now to push for real change Read in full ⤵️
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All roads lead to Seville: why FfD4 matters for civil society and economic justice
We have reviewed FfD4’s First Draft—the preliminary version of the Conference’s outcome document now under negotiation. Like many of our allies, we see some welcome progress, but remain concerned th…
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Dr Marianna Leite @drmariannaleite.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Love working with creative colleagues! If you aim to hear a new song this week, you must watch this from out sisters from @APMDD 🎧https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE1tFNSdJu4 @gatj.bsky.social webinar taking place now! 👇🏽
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