The People’s Assembly brought together people’s representatives and civil society from around the world to give grassroots and marginalized people a voice. The People’s Assembly is a space for all to jointly analyze the structural reasons for the injustices, act and plan for common future actions to create systemic change to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. Civil society plays a key role in advocating and implementing much needed change and to work on the structural causes of poverty and inequalities. Nevertheless, the CSOs and civic space to work is dwindling. Civil Society must fight back together and reclaim its space. Read more here.
Source: Global Call to Action Against Poverty