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  • CIDSE
    Country: Belgium
    City / Suburb: Brussels
    Mission / brief description:

    We are an international family of Catholic social justice organisations working for transformational change to end poverty & inequalities, challenging systemic injustice, inequity, destruction of nature & promoting just and environmentally sustainable alternatives. We work for a society based on social, economic and gender equality and solidarity, where the economy is at the service of society and functions within planetary boundaries. We aim at a fairer share of and limits in the use of global resources, and democratized governance where people regain control over their choices in economies based on the commons. We work for reforms aiming to move away from fossil fuels and extractivism, to limit global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees, to promote the right to food and agroecology, to regulate business to enforce human rights, to secure sustainable finance, to support local communities to speak for themselves, to confront gender inequalities, and to enable sustainable ways of living.

    Main activities: Agriculture, Agroecology, Climate action, Energy, Faith-based community, Food sovereignty, Gender equity, Human rights, Indigenous peoples, Mining, Poverty, Renewable energy, Youth
    Type of organization: NGO (Non Governmental Organisation)
    Scope: International