Sick Development Global Launch
Patients living in poverty in the Global South are being bankrupted by private healthcare corporations backed by multi-million-dollar investments from development finance institutions (DFIs) run by the UK, French, German and other rich country governments as well as the World Bank. Two new reports from Oxfam - Sick Development and First, Do No Harm - find that DFIs are investing development funds in private hospitals that are responsible for serious human rights abuses, overcharging, turning away patients unable to pay upfront, and profiteering during the pandemic. Join report authors Anna Marriott and Anjela Taneja, alongside a fascinating panel of other speakers to explore the report findings, and discuss the role of DFIs in the sector. You can read the reports here: https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/poor-people-being-bypassed-or-bankrupted-rich-countries-pour-development-billions
On Monday 22 July 2024, SID, in partnership with Heinrich Boll Foundation, hosted the Sustainable Energy Futures Project public virtual workshop under the theme ‘Energy Policy & Dilemmas of a Just Transition'.
The Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Energy Futures for Namibia, hosted by Society for International Development in collaboration with Namibia Youth Energy Forum, was held on 5 July. This event provided a platform for young Namibians to reflect on the current energy landscape and strategize their involvement in shaping Namibia's energy future.
On 21 June, SID co-organized, together with other civil society partners, a side event to the 56th session of the Human Rights Council. Panelists discussed a new report analyzing civil society engagement in UN fora, and proposed ways forward to promote the protagonism of people and grassroots organizations.
On May 25, 2024, in Geneva, the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) convened a civil society workshop ahead of the 77th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA77). The workshop aimed to provide a space for common reflection and exchange on the escalating violence and humanitarian crises mounting globally, with a particular focus on conflicts in the Middle East, Sudan and Ukraine.