The 7th World Social Forum was held on January 20-26, 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. It was attended by AFA through the representation of Esther Penunia, Secretary General.
Through its participation in the forum, AFA was able to establish and strengthen contacts with farmers’ organizations in Africa and Latin America as well as with NGOs working with farmers’ issues at the regional and international levels. It was also able to share its efforts and perspectives with various contacts and various fora.
During the seminar on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), Penunia delivered AFA’s solidarity message to the regional farmers’ networks from East Africa (EAFF), West Africa (ROPPA) and Central Africa (PROPAC). She was also one of the speakers in the press conference that followed. Penunia also attended the field visit to Muranga organized by the women’s committee of KENFAP.
With the theme “People’s Struggles, People’s Alternativesâ€, it brought the world to Africa as activists, social movements, networks, coalitions and other progressive forces from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, Europe and all corners of the African continent for five days of cultural resistance and celebration; panels, workshops, symposia, processions, film nights and much more.
Rallying around the clarion call of “Another World Is Possibleâ€, the World Social Forum has placed social justice, international solidarity, gender equality, peace and defense of the environment on the agenda of the world’s peoples.
The World Social Forum is, to use a Kiswahili word, a global Jukwaa, in other words, an international PLATFORM, “an open meeting place where groups and movements of civil society opposed to neo-liberalism and a world dominated by capital or by any form of imperialism, but engaged in building a planetary society centered on the human person, come together to pursue their thinking, to debate ideas democratically, formulate proposals, share their experiences freely and network for effective action.â€
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