A WOW! e-Brief

Work of Women program @ World Neighbors

February 2007

 

Introduction

This month’s e-brief looks at the World Social Forum, an annual event that was first organized in 2001 as a protest against the insularity and exaggerated power of decision makers at the World Economic Forum. The seventh World Social Forum just ended in Nairobi, Kenya, the first time that the event was held on the continent of Africa. Amidst wide-ranging critiques and praises, there is agreement that women had a greater role than ever before, and that youth were involved in increased numbers. This WOW! e-brief provides a glimpse into the history of this gathering of thousands, and some of the results of this year’s forum, as well as an interview with World Neighbors staffer Lydia Tapsoba, who participated in the forum.

  Photo by Anthony Barnett/OpenDemocracy.net

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