No To A Militarised Lockdown, Presidency Must Meet Civil Society Today
STATEMENT: We call on the state to assure us that its authoritarian capacities are reigned in and contained. We cannot live through another Marikana. Read More
Category Press Releases
Latin America and Covid-19
Globalization has facilitated the spread of COVID-19 throughout the world. Internationally, leaders have been reacting in different ways. The general measures to stop the spread of the virus are clear: constant hand washing, social distancing, suspension of activities and restrictions…
Urgent Call For Covid-19 Emergency Programs In Mexico
STATEMENT: Lockdown as a public health strategy cannot work unless it is supported by the provision of services, resources and safety nets, that allow people to stay home with their basic needs met.
South Africa Programme Of Action For Covid-19
A call for social solidarity in South Africa in the midst of COVID 19. Read More
Kenya Fight Inequality Alliance Statement on Covid-19 Response
The Kenya Fight Inequality Alliance (FIA) is part of the global Fight Inequality Alliance of social movements, trade unions, and non-governmental organizations. Kenya FIA members – women’s & youth groups, rural & urban poor, activists & artists, human rights organizations…
Time’s Up: We Need to Abolish Billionaires
By Njoki Njehu As a Kenyan grassroots activist and feminist, I never thought I would go to Davos. Never wanted to. But this year I am going with a specific purpose – to tell them that it’s time for the…
Urban Poor and Other Groups Assail Duterte Govt For Hunger, Gross Inequality
MENDIOLA, Manila – “Everyday millions of Filipinos are experiencing a Duterte legacy – the rising GDP. That is GDP, Gutom ng Pilipino (Hunger of the Filipino),” Atty. Aaron Pedrosa, secretary-general of Sanlakas, lambasted the current administration today in a rally…
World Economic Forum Ended Doing What it Does Best: Ignoring Genuine Solutions to Inequality
As the World Economic Forum in Davos draws to a close, Njoki Njehu, Pan Africa Coordinator of Fight Inequality Alliance, said: The World Economic Forum has once again proved that it will never be on the right side of history. …
Juliani to Host Concert ‘To Fight Inequality in Kenya’
Hip hop artiste Juliani in partnership with The Kenya Fight Inequality Alliance will host a concert at Railways Club, Nairobi county this Saturday 25 January to raise awareness of inequality in the country. Dubbed the “Usawa Festival’, the concert will…
Donald Trump In Davos Is Proof Of Wef’s Hypocrisy, Futility
On the United States President Donald Trump’s attendance to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Njoki Njehu, Pan-Africa Coordinator of the global Fight Inequality Alliance, said: “Donald Trump is living proof that billionaires should be abolished. He spreads the politics of…