THE STEGLEY FOUNDATION and the RMIT SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND PLANNING COMMUNITY ADVOCACY UNIT presents GLOBAL CAPITALISM: LOCAL RESPONSES bridging the economic and the social A distinctive one-day conference to highlight hidden issues on the eve of the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne. SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2000, 9.00am - 5.30pm RMIT Storey Hall, Swanston Street, Melbourne commencing with a welcome from local Aboriginal elders followed by an INTRODUCTORY PANEL DISCUSSION with Associate Professor Rob Watts, RMIT Dr Lynette Dumble, GLOBAL SISTERHOOD NETWORK Associate Professor Terry Laidler, RMIT What globalisation really means; the role of the state; women's responses to globalisation; the state's role in developing culture. At 2.00pm the KEYNOTE CONFERENCE ADDRESS will be given by our very special international guest DR VANDANA SHIVA. >From India, the founder of ecofeminism and one of the world's leading campaigners against the devastating human and environmental impacts of corporate engineered international trade agreements. The conference will also feature DISCUSSION GROUPS on: - The role of Local Government in today's global context - The need for true measures of progress and human well-being - Lessons from various advocacy efforts and campaigns, successful and unsuccessful, including The Fair Wear Campaign - Women's responses to globalisation - The rights of people with disabilities - to be seen and heard - Corporations chasing the 'Pink Dollar' and the real human rights records of those corporations - Using the media effectively in campaign efforts - The internet and democracy - The use of international standards, instruments and avenues to achieve justice for Australia's indigenous peoples - Third World Debt - what we can and should do in Australia REGISTRATION FEE: General $25 OR Students/Concession/Community Action Groups $10 FURTHER INFORMATION: Gillian Davy, RMIT Tel. (03) 9925 2910 Email. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community Advocacy Unit Web Site www.tce.rmit.edu.au/advocacy Gillian Davy, Project Officer Community Advocacy Unit School of Social Science and Planning RMIT University GPO Box 2476V Melbourne VIC 3001 http://www.tce.rmit.edu.au/ss&p/ Tel: +61 3 9925 2910 Fax: +61 3 9925 1855 LL.VI -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
