Flora Santos, President of Oriang Women’s Movement: Women are at the forefront of the climate and debt crisis. As the climate and debt crisis continue to get worse on top of the multiple crises, women and children of the Global South, we call for climate and debt justice!
Atty. Aaron Pedrosa, SecGen of Sanlakas: Pakistan is facing a huge debt crisis. Instead of social services, neoliberal policies pushed by the IMF & WB mandates debt repayment. This makes relief & recovery harder for the Pakistanis who were recently hard-hit by devastating floods.
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Happening now: Activists from @AsianPeoplesMvt in Manila gathered to show #SolidaritywithPakistan people who are bearing the brunt of debt, humanitarian, and climate crises. Intense rainfall and floods left 33 million in dire need of urgent relief and protection. #CanceltheDebt
Before the floods, public debt was already unsustainable: $242Bn in 2021, $7 billion more than 2020. $5Bn paid to foreign lenders in Jul-Dec 2021 alone. Continued debt service will divert funds for emergency relief and climate resilience. #CanceltheDebt#SolidaritywithPakistan
“People are dying from the devastating impacts of the debt crisis and the climate
emergency” @lnacpil, APMDD coordinator, expressed #SolidaritywithPakistan affected by
unprecedented heavy, continuous monsoon rains and onslaught of flash floods. #CanceltheDebt
We stand ever steadfast in our solidarity with the people of #SriLanka in their unyielding struggles against undemocratic and repressive governance, for human rights, and for a better, people-centered and sustainable future.
We strongly demand debt cancellation for #Pakistan, whose people have been staggering under the weight of unjust debt and related burdens including recent waves of economic prescriptions by the IMF.