Playing Freedom From Poverty

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This year the CIVICUS World Assembly returns to Canada after 9 years. Montreal will host the next 3 World Assemblies from 2010-2012, the first of which will take place from 20-23 August this year. This year's general theme is "Acting Together for a Just World".

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Freedom From Poverty

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Contributed by Citizen Shift

Length: 6 min 12 sec

License: Institut du Nouveau Monde license (non-exclusive, in perpetuity)

Year of Production: 2010

Director:

Makila

Producer:

CitizenShift-Parole citoyenne

Activists Rashmi Mistry, coordinator for the 'Every Human Has Rights' campagin and Savio Carvalho, Director for Amnesty International's 'Demand Dignity' campaign, talk about recognizing freedom from poverty as a basic international human right.

This video is part of the CIVICUS series and was created during the 2010 World Assembly in Montreal.

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